Universidad Ricardo Palma

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Universidad Ricardo Palma is a private, nonprofit university in Santiago de Surco, Lima. Created in 1969, it is listed by Peru’s university regulator, SUNEDU, as a licensed private institution with an associative legal structure. URP offers undergraduate education across eight faculties, alongside master’s and doctoral study through its graduate school. Its portfolio spans architecture, biological sciences, business and economics, law, engineering, health, psychology, and translation and interpretation. Most applicants should expect a Spanish-language academic environment and an admissions system organized around Peruvian secondary-school credentials, examinations, special-entry categories, and transfer routes. The main campus on Avenida Benavides brings academic programs, admissions, the central library, health services, and student support together in Santiago de Surco. Prospective students should verify program-specific curricula, admission dates, and charges directly because these differ by entry route and academic cycle.

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SUNEDU lists URP as a licensed private university in Lima.
Created on 1 July 1969 under Decree Law No. 17723.
Officially classified as an associative private institution.
Current 2026-II teaching and admissions information confirms active operation.

Student Life & Environment

Student support is coordinated through URP’s Office of University Welfare and related academic units. The office lists social-work assistance, health care, sport and recreation, academic tutoring, pre-professional practice support, scholarships, agreements, and optional student insurance. These services cover undergraduate and graduate communities, although eligibility and application procedures differ. The campus medical centre advertises general medicine, nursing, gynaecology, dentistry, and psychological counselling for the university community according to published schedules. Academic tutoring is intended to address both study progress and socio-emotional needs. The welfare office also administers or coordinates scholarships based on academic standing, documented financial circumstances, institutional agreements, orphanhood, and high-level sport. Students should verify current calls and conditions rather than assume that an award is automatic. Organized sport includes university representation in activities such as athletics, basketball, football, futsal, karate, rugby, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting, chess, and aerobics. Some activity takes place at URP’s recreation centre on the Panamericana Sur rather than on the main Benavides campus. The Central Library supports learning and research through physical lending, digital resources, bibliographic assistance, and information-literacy guidance. A valid university card or institutional account is required for relevant services.

Location & Surroundings

URP’s main address is Avenida Benavides 5440, Urbanización Las Gardenias, Santiago de Surco, Lima. Santiago de Surco is part of metropolitan Lima, so students study within Peru’s largest urban, economic, governmental, and cultural centre rather than in a separate residential college town. This setting can provide access to hospitals, courts, businesses, cultural organizations, and other potential sites for professional exposure, but placements and employment are not guaranteed by location alone. The principal address houses the university campus and central services referenced by the admissions, welfare, library, and faculty pages. Some activities are held elsewhere: the university’s sports and recreation facilities are identified at Panamericana Sur kilometre 10.5 in San Juan de Miraflores. Students should check the location attached to each class, laboratory, clinical activity, interview, or sporting commitment before arranging travel. URP does not present institution-managed student residences or a comprehensive housing service on the reviewed official pages. Applicants relocating to Lima should therefore ask the university whether referral support exists and independently compare commuting time, transport access, security, lease conditions, and total living costs before choosing accommodation.

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URP did not provide a single current 2026/2027 tuition table on the official pages reviewed that could be applied safely across all undergraduate programs, payment categories, graduate programs, and applicant types. Applicants should obtain a written calculation for their intended program and cycle covering application or document-review charges, initial enrolment, tuition instalments, insurance if selected, materials, laboratory or clinical expenses, degree procedures, and any other mandatory charges. Costs displayed for a pre-university course or EPEL route are not substitutes for regular undergraduate tuition. The 2027-I admissions information illustrates how charges vary by route. It lists separate document-review and application amounts for certain exempt and transfer categories, with some international or external-university routes costing more than domestic or URP-graduate routes. These are admission-process charges, not the complete cost of a degree. The welfare office publishes several forms of aid, including partial awards for top-ranked students, support assessed through academic performance and socioeconomic need, sports scholarships, and benefits under institutional agreements. Each has eligibility conditions, and availability should be confirmed for the relevant academic year. Career preparation is decentralized across welfare services and academic units. The welfare office offers an internal pre-professional-practice service for students who have completed the seventh semester or 140 credits, while faculty pages provide practice documentation and, in some cases, employment-board links. These services can assist professional preparation but do not establish placement rates, salaries, or guaranteed employment. No current institution-wide graduate earnings or employment-outcome dataset was verified, so students should ask their intended school for recent, program-specific outcomes and professional-licensing requirements.