Universidad Privada del Norte S.A.C.

Key Highlights

• Founded in Trujillo in 1994, where the first El Molino campus opened.
• Listed by SUNEDU as a currently licensed private university as of August 2026.
• Operates campuses in Trujillo, Cajamarca and several parts of metropolitan Lima.
• Offers traditional, working-adult and distance undergraduate formats.

Student Life & Environment

Student life is organized through campus-level activities and university-wide support services. UPN’s Vida Universitaria program offers cultural activities, sports, integration events, health-promotion initiatives and volunteering. Participation generally requires current enrolment, and schedules are communicated through university channels. Because activities are organized locally, the exact selection may differ between Trujillo El Molino, Trujillo San Isidro and the other campuses. The university describes a student-support structure covering mentoring, student leadership, personal guidance, the University Ombuds Office, virtual leveling and orientation programs. Its campus services also include information centres with physical and virtual library resources, work areas, psychological guidance, and extracurricular artistic and sports workshops. These services are more comparable to a distributed urban-campus model than to a single residential university environment. At Trujillo El Molino, UPN lists a simulated hospital laboratory, architecture and drawing workshops, information-centre or library facilities, parking, and spaces for academic, sports and cultural activities. Facilities at another campus should be checked separately; the El Molino list does not establish that every site has the same infrastructure. No current official source reviewed clearly described university-operated residence halls or a comprehensive student-housing service. Students moving to Trujillo, Cajamarca or Lima should therefore ask the university whether housing guidance is available and independently investigate commuting time and rental arrangements before committing to a campus.

Location & Surroundings

The database record associates UPN with Trujillo, which is both its founding city and the location recorded by SUNEDU. The university has two Trujillo campuses. El Molino is at Avenida El Ejército 920 in Urbanización El Molino, while San Isidro is at Calle 31 in Urbanización San Isidro, second stage. These are distinct teaching locations within the same licensed university, not independent institutions. UPN’s footprint also includes Cajamarca and multiple metropolitan Lima campuses: Ate, Breña, Chorrillos, Comas, Lima Sur, Los Olivos and San Juan de Lurigancho. This network broadens geographic choice but makes campus-specific checking essential. The official directory displays different undergraduate program counts by site, indicating that students cannot freely treat the locations as interchangeable. Prospective students should base accommodation and transport decisions on the exact campus where their program is delivered. This is particularly important in Lima, where sites are spread across different districts, and in Trujillo, where El Molino and San Isidro have separate addresses and facilities. Applicants considering a transfer between campuses should also note that UPN treats a campus change as a formal request rather than an automatic option.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UPN publishes variable rather than single-price undergraduate charges. For the 2026-02 admission process, the official tariff page lists a one-time registration charge per academic period of S/100 to S/300, a prematriculation charge of S/365 to S/380, and tuition instalments of S/460 to S/2,605 each. There are five tuition instalments per academic period. The same published ranges are shown for the 2027-01 process. Actual charges depend on degree, campus and study format, including traditional undergraduate, working-adult and distance options, so applicants need a written program-specific calculation. The newest postgraduate price information visible on the reviewed tariff page applies to 2025, not 2026. It lists financing over 18 or 24 instalments for master’s study, but those figures should not be treated as current for a new 2026 applicant. Candidates should request an updated quotation and confirm the total program price, instalment schedule and any additional administrative or graduation charges before enrolling. UPN’s student-services page directs students and graduates to an employment portal containing job opportunities, discounts and training. This establishes that career support exists, but it does not guarantee placement, salary or access to a particular employer. The university’s own history page makes a broad employment claim about its graduates; because the reviewed material does not provide enough methodology to evaluate that figure, it is not used as an outcome estimate here. No current, comprehensive housing price was verified. Students should budget separately for accommodation, commuting, meals, equipment and personal expenses based on their chosen city and campus. Scholarship, discount or financing eligibility should also be confirmed directly for the relevant intake rather than inferred from general promotional references.