Bayamón Central University

Bayamón Central University
Universidad Central de Bayamón
Type Private
Established 1964 (as Universidad Católica de Bayamón); renamed Universidad Central de Bayamón in 1970[1]
Affiliation Roman Catholic
President Dra. Lilliam Negron
Students 2,133
Location Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Campus Suburban
Affiliations CHEPR, MSA
Website www.ucb.edu.pr

The Bayamón Central University—or Universidad Central de Bayamón (UCB) in Spanish—is a private, Catholic, and non-profit university in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Its predecessor began in 1961 by the Dominican Order as a community college of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico (today known as the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico). Universidad Católica de Bayamón was incorporated in 1964.

The university became autonomous on September 1, 1970, and is currently accredited by the Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and by the Congregation for Catholic Education.

On October 1982 a Multi-use Sports Complex inaugurated and was dedicated in honor of Rafael Pont Flores and it bears his name.[2]

  • President - Dr. Lillian Negrón Colón

References

  1. ↑ "Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Central de Bayamón. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Catálogo Graduado 2006" (PDF). Bayamón Central U. Retrieved July 9, 2010.


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