Motto | Conocimiento y Experiencia (Spanish) |
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Motto in English
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Knowledge and Experience |
Type | Private |
Established | November 12, 1974 |
President | Príamo Rodríguez |
Location | Campuses are located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata, Moca, Santa Cruz de Mao and Dajabón, Dominican Republic |
Campus | Santiago main campus, Urban, 0.10 km2; Santo Domingo campus, Urban, Puerto Plata campus Urban, Moca campus Urban, Mao campus Urban, Dajabón campus Urban |
Colors |
Green, Yellow and White |
Website | http://www.utesa.edu |
Green, Yellow and White
The Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago —or Santiago University of Technology (UTESA), is a private, coeducational, university located in the Dominican Republic. Its main campus is in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, and it has smaller campus extensions in Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata, Moca, Dajabon and Santa Cruz de Mao. It was founded on November 12, 1974, by a group of professionals and is one of the main research institutes in the country.
UTESA is recognized as one of the highest-ranking universities in the Dominican Republic, with emphasis on branches of health and of engineering.
The Santiago University of Technology (UTESA), is the result of the interpretation of a group of professionals who envisioned the need for a new educational order at a time when the country needed a qualified staff in technical and professional areas. In response to these needs, aided by the Foundation Board and its Academic Regulations, the November 12, 1974 begins its formal this educational institution, acquiring legal personality on April 19, 1976, through Executive Order No. 1944.
UTESA was the first private university in the Dominican Republic to offer a night time.
On June 17, 1978, by Decree 3432 of the Executive Branch is authorized to issue academic degrees with the same force and effect as those of other officials or independent institutions of equal status.
In 1979, responding to new demands, expanding its curricular offerings, for the development of the career of Health Sciences, with the advice of American Universities of Ohio, South Carolina and Grenada.
To achieve the purposes defined in the academic programs, the University integrates the national and international organizations that bring together higher education institutions in the region and globally which stand between the Dominican Association of Universities (Adou), Caribbean Universities (UNICA), the Union of Latin American Universities (UDUAL), the Pan American Association of Universities, The American University Council for Economic and Social Development (CARE), The Ibero-American University Postgraduate Association (AUIP), The International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), among others.