Dr. Carlos Garatea Grau
2019–2024
Carlos Garatea Grau served as rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru from 2019 until July 8, 2024. He is a senior professor in the Department of Humanities. He holds a Ph.D. in Romance Philology from the University of Munich (Germany) and a master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics from El Colegio de México. He has been a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) fellow...
Dr. Efraín Gonzales de Olarte
2018–2019
He is a senior professor in the Department of Economics. He began teaching in 1979 and has been a tenured professor since 1981. He has served as Academic Director of Economics and Chair of the Department of Economics. He is an international expert and consultant in development economics, political economy, human development, and regional economics. He is the author and editor of 25 books and more than 150 articles...
Dr. Marcial Rubio Correa
2009–2018
Dr. Marcial Rubio, president of the PUCP from 2009 to 2018, completed all of his undergraduate studies at the university: from 1965 to 1966 in the School of Liberal Arts and from 1967 to 1971 in the School of Law. In March 1972, he earned his bachelor’s degree, and in August of that same year, he received his law degree. He completed his...
Engineer Luis Guzmán Barrón
2004–2009
He was born in Huánuco in 1939. He holds a degree in civil engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a master’s degree in science from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He has worked as a design and construction engineer at the International Petroleum Company. He taught at our university from 1962 to 2009 and went on to become a professor...
Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres
1994–2004
Salomón Lerner Febres served as rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru from 1994 until July 6, 2004. These were ten fruitful years, marked by a variety of institutional initiatives, but also by the period during which he bore the enormous responsibility of chairing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He attended school at the...
Hugo Sarabia Swett, Engineer
1989–1994
Hugo Sarabia Swett, a civil engineer with a master’s degree in mathematics, served as the university’s president during some of the most difficult years in our country’s recent history, and he managed to keep the institution running smoothly without any significant problems. Having received his entire education at the PUCP, Sarabia graduated in 1954 to become the head of the Geometry and Calculus practicum program...
Dr. José Tola Pasquel
1977–1984 / 1984–1989
A mathematician, civil engineer, and member of the National Academies of Sciences and Language, Dr. José Tola Pasquel was the first lay president of the PUCP and also the first to have been trained in the sciences rather than the humanities. Dr. Tola served as rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru for two consecutive terms: from 1977 to 1984 and from 1984...
Fr. Felipe Mac Gregor, S.J.
1963–1977
Father Felipe Mac Gregor, S.J., who served as rector for 14 years that were crucial to the development of the PUCP and is now rector emeritus, is one of the most active figures in our country’s recent history. A priest, teacher, and concerned citizen, his constant commitment to fostering a culture of peace can be seen as a fundamental contribution to...
Monsignor Fidel Tubino Mongilardi
1953 and 1962
A priest, lawyer, and university professor, Monsignor Fidel Tubino Mongilardi was born in Peru, educated in Italy, and ordained a priest in our country. He held a doctorate in jurisprudence and a degree in Sacred Theology, and served as auxiliary bishop of Lima while he was our university president. Monsignor Tubino was ordained a priest later in life, in 1944, and distinguished himself in the Lima curia. He devoted himself...
Dr. Víctor Andrés Belaunde
1946–1947
A diplomat, professor, politician, and historian, Víctor Andrés Belaunde was associated with the PUCP beginning in 1931, when he returned from the exile imposed by Leguía, who had forced him to leave his teaching position at the National University of San Marcos. He served as a professor and dean of the School of Letters, vice president in 1942, and interim president from 1946 to 1947. Recognition of his...
Monsignor Pedro Pablo Drinot
The second rector of what was then the Catholic University of Peru, Monsignor Pedro Pablo Drinot, was auxiliary bishop of Lima—having previously served as bishop of Huánuco—when, in 1921, he was invited to join the faculty and took charge of the course in Canon Law. In 1922, he also taught Apologetics. In 1924, he was one of the members of the Superior Council of the fledgling institution...
Father Rubén Vargas Ugarte, S.J.
1947–1953
Father Vargas, the third rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, was born in Lima on October 22, 1886, and was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus in 1921. He joined the university as a professor in 1931, after a period of teaching at the secondary level in Spain, Bolivia, and Peru. A historian, he went on to become dean of...
Father Jorge Dintilhac, SS.CC.
1917–1947 / 1924–1946
Father Jorge Dintilhac, SS.CC., founded our university in 1917. To undertake such a major educational endeavor, he relied on the support of various individuals and institutions, who joined him in celebrating the supreme decree of March 24 of that year, signed by President José Pardo y Barreda and Minister of Education Wenceslao Valera, which established the University...