Universidad APEC

Universidad Acción Pro Educación y Cultura

Motto	“Por un mundo mejor” (AD MELIOREM MUNDUM)
Type	Private
Established	1965
Rector	Radhamés Mejía
Administrative staff	500+
Undergraduates	6,771
Postgraduates	1,431
Address	Av. Máximo Gómez #72, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Website	http://www.unapec.edu.do

Universidad APEC (Universidad Acción Pro-Educación y Cultura) (UNAPEC) is a private university located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was founded in 1965 under the name of Instituto de Estudios Superiores (Institute of Higher Studies). Management, Spanish and Bilingual Executive Secretarial Science, and Accounting, were the first majors offered by this university.

In 1968, the government of the Dominican Republic granted APEC accreditation as a university with the right to award higher education degrees. The university changed its name to the current one (Universidad APEC) on August 11, 1983; such change having been approved by the Dominican government in 1985.