Center for Sociological, Economic, Political, and Anthropological Research (Cisepa)
An institute that develops, promotes, and disseminates interdisciplinary academic and scientific research in the social sciences and economics. It offers academic and professional development courses and organizes seminars and discussion forums. It also publishes works in the aforementioned academic fields. In this way, it seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the national reality and to develop solutions to its major challenges.
Center for Research and Educational Services (CISE)
A unit attached to the Department of Education that provides continuing education services for faculty, as well as the design and organization of educational development and research projects. It also promotes and raises awareness of lines of research that have an impact on the academic community. CISE-PUCP is composed of faculty members and researchers who seek to contribute to the development of...
Center for Measurement, Evaluation, and Certification (CMEC)
A technical unit under our Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs that specializes in designing and developing assessment processes to measure and certify competencies related to specific profiles. Among the main services it offers are the assessment of academic performance for high school students in their final years and the assessment of professionals at government and private institutions.
Center for Music and Dance (Cemduc)
Founded in 1992, Cemduc provides our entire university community with access to Peruvian music and dance. In this way, it helps complement the PUCP’s liberal arts education. It has three areas of focus: the ensembles; the open school, where courses are taught; and the research and community outreach division....
Consortium of Universities
An association comprising the following institutions: Cayetano Heredia University, the University of the Pacific, the University of Lima, and the PUCP. Since its creation in 1996, the Consortium has brought together the individual institutional efforts of its members to collectively contribute to the country’s comprehensive development. It carries out initiatives such as a student exchange program, research...
University Ombudsman's Office
An autonomous body established in 2011. Its function is to ensure that the rights of the entire university community are respected in the face of actions or omissions by university units, authorities, or officials that violate those rights. It has no authority to impose sanctions; rather, its actions are based on persuasion and conviction. To...
Academic Department of Architecture
It brings together professors and researchers in architecture and urban planning who work on topics related to the physical, social, and cultural realities of Peru. This department is known for its teaching—offering workshops, courses, and seminars at both the undergraduate and graduate levels—as well as for its dedication to research on topics such as development...
Academic Department of Art and Design
It brings together faculty members in the fields of art, design, and related disciplines. Currently, it consists of the following departments: General Education; Art, Fashion, and Textile Design; Graphic Design; Industrial Design; Sculpture; Printmaking; and Painting. Its responsibilities include meeting the teaching needs of the academic units and promoting research, professional development...
Academic Department of Performing Arts
It brings together PUCP faculty members involved in the performing arts. Its goal is to provide a high-quality arts education that is committed to the national context. It also promotes and develops research in and for the performing arts, and shares its methodologies and approaches to reflection and knowledge production.
Academic Department of Sciences
It brings together faculty members from the Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry divisions. In 1966, the Department of Basic Sciences was established, and in 1970, the current Academic Department of Sciences was formed. Its functions include providing faculty to teach courses in their respective fields of expertise for the General Studies program and the various schools...