Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

Key Highlights

• Public university listed and licensed by SUNEDU
• Institutional history dates to an official inauguration in 1902
• Present university name and status were established in 1960
• Three campus sectors total 193.13 hectares

Student Life & Environment

Student support is coordinated through the university’s Directorate of University Welfare. Its current service structure includes medical care, student affairs, sports, cultural activities, and the university dining hall. UNALM’s institutional quality system also identifies social assistance, medical services, dining, sports programs, and counseling as formal welfare processes. These services give students several points of contact beyond their faculty, although eligibility, schedules, and capacity should be confirmed directly for each semester. The campus environment includes academic and research buildings as well as sports, cultural, dining, and green spaces. A late-2025 university report described improvements to the semi-Olympic swimming pool and children’s pool and a new procurement process for nutritionally balanced dining services. Because implementation and operating conditions can change, students should check whether particular facilities are open before relying on them. International mobility is available through UNALM’s interinstitutional and global-affairs office. Its guidance distinguishes self-funded exchanges from scholarship-supported mobility and notes that students must satisfy both UNALM and host-university requirements. Scholarships may not cover every expense, while agreements can reduce some academic costs. Exchange participation therefore requires advance planning for insurance, travel documentation, living expenses, academic recognition, and the dates established by the destination institution.

Location & Surroundings

UNALM’s principal campus is at Avenida La Molina s/n in the district of La Molina, in eastern Lima. The university has occupied the La Molina site since 1933. Official planning documentation describes access through major avenues including Javier Prado and Constructores, placing the campus within metropolitan Lima while giving it a more expansive physical setting than a compact central-city institution. The property is divided into three campus sectors. The 160.03-hectare main sector contains most existing classrooms, faculties, laboratories, research centers, and institutional buildings. Two additional sectors of 13.62 and 19.48 hectares are associated with planned research and innovation development. Agricultural land, open areas, and research facilities are central to the setting rather than incidental amenities. Students should evaluate commuting time carefully because Lima’s traffic can make travel duration differ substantially from straight-line distance. Applicants planning to live off campus should compare routes to La Molina and verify current public-transport options at the times their classes or laboratory sessions are scheduled. The reviewed sources do not establish a generally available on-campus housing guarantee, so accommodation should be investigated independently and early.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UNALM is a public university, but applicants should not interpret that classification as a complete cost estimate. The current undergraduate admissions page lists a mandatory applicant guide costing S/104 and separate examination charges that depend on the route and the public or private status of the applicant’s previous institution. For the ordinary competition, the cited page lists examination charges of S/416 for applicants from publicly managed schools and S/591 for those from privately managed schools. These are application-process charges, not verified annual tuition figures. No sufficiently current, comprehensive official schedule covering tuition, recurring academic fees, housing, food, transport, books, insurance, and personal expenses for every undergraduate and graduate category was found in the reviewed sources. Graduate program costs can also differ by program. Students should therefore request a written cost breakdown for their exact program and 2026 intake and budget separately for living in Lima. International students should also account for document recognition, immigration requirements, insurance, and currency movements. Career preparation is closely tied to UNALM’s subject mix. Programs lead toward professional and research work connected with crops, livestock, food production, fisheries, forests, water, climate, environmental management, economics, business operations, and statistical analysis. Laboratories, research units, field-oriented study, and exchange opportunities may help students build applied experience. However, the reviewed sources do not provide current, comparable graduate employment rates, employer lists, or salary outcomes, so no earnings claim or placement guarantee should be inferred.