Universities and Programs

Today, more than 40 higher education centers are functioning in the Dominican Republic with a total enrollment of more than 280,000 students.

The governmental body responsible for supervising and directing Dominican higher education is the Secretariat of the State of Higher Education, Science and Technology ( www.seescyt.gov.do ).

In this section, you will find a selection of the principal universities of the country and the undergraduate, graduate and masters programs offered.

Universidad Autonóma de Santo Domingo - UASD Universidad Central Dominicana de Estudios Profesionales - UCDEP
Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano - ICDA Universidad de lo Tercera Edad - UTE
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Exatas - INCE Universidad del Caribe - UNICARIBE
Instituto Superior de Agricultura - ISA Universidad Dominicana O&M
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo - INTEC Universidad Eugenio Maria de Hostos - UNIREMHOS
Instituto Tecnológico del Cibao Oriental - ITECO Universidad Evangélica - UNEV
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Universidad Federico Henríquez y Carvajal - UFHC
Universidade Abierta para Adultos - UAPA Universidad Iberoamericana - UNIBE
Universidad Adventista Dominicana - UNAD Universidad Interamericana - UNICA
Universidad APEC Universidad Odontológica Dominicana - UOD
Universidad Católica Nordestana - UCNE Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña - UNPHU
Universidad Católica Santo Domingo - UCSD Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago - UTESA
Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao Universidad Tecnológica del Sur - UTESUR
Universidad Central del Este - UCE Scholarships and Exchange Programs

 

Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo -UASD

Ciudad Universitaria, Santo Domingo, D.N.
Apartado Postal No. 1355
Tel: (809) 508-7375 / 535-1767 | Fax: (809) 508-7374
rectoria.uasd@verizon.net.do
http://www.uasd.edu.do/

Created by Papal Bull, issued by Pope Paul III (10-28-1538)

Programs Offered

Graduate Degrees

Masters
Faculty of Humanities

- Masters of Higher Education

    - Masters of Education, with a focus in Social Sciences

    - Masters of Educational Technology

    - Masters of Teacher Education

    - Masters of Early Childhood Educational Administration

    - Masters of Applied Linguistics in the Teaching of Spanish

    - Masters of Bilingual Education

    - Masters of Language and Literature

    - Masters of Modern Languages, with a focus in English

    - Masters of Applied Linguistics in the Teaching of the English Language

    - Masters of Mathematics Education

    - Masters of History

    - Masters of Higher Education

    - Masters of Research Methodology and Epistemology

    - Masters of School Psychology

    - Masters of School Psychology and Counseling

    - Masters of Clinical Psychology

    - Masters of Industrial Psychology

Faculty of Sciences

- Masters of Pure Mathematics

    - Masters of Environmental Chemistry

    - Masters of Ecology and the Environment

    - Masters of Mathematics for Educators

    - Masters of Telecommunications

    - Masters of Physics

Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

- Masters of Applied Statistics

    - Masters of Marketing

    - Masters of Administration

    - Masters of Business and Economic International Relations

    - Masters of Organizational Development

    - Masters of Population and Development

    - Masters of Management Accounting

Faculty of Juridical Sciences and Politics

- Masters of Law and International Relations

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

- Masters of Thermodynamics

- Masters of Food Science

- Masters of Energy and Environmental Protection

Faculty of Health Sciences

- Masters of Higher Health Education

    - Masters of Public Health

    - Masters of Infant and Maternal Health and Adolescence

    - Masters of Occupational Health

    - Masters of Natural Physiology and Pathology

    - Masters of Biochemistry

    - Masters of Human Sexuality

    - Masters of Family Therapy

    - Masters of Nutrition

Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

- Masters of Technology Transfer

- Masters of Tropical Soil Management and Conservation

Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano -ICDA

Ave. Abraham Lincoln, 21, Santo Domingo
Tel.: (809) 535-0665 • Fax: (809) 533-8652
http://www.icda.edu.do/espanol/unicda/index.asp

Recognized by Decree No. 389-01 del 20/3/2002

Programs Offered

Bachelors and Engineering Degrees

Graduate programs

Specialty in Education, with a focus in English

Technical Level

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Exactas –INCE

Av. Gustavo Mejía Ricart #211, Santo Domingo, RD.
Tel.: (809) 540-7300 | Fax: 567-7424  
http://www.ince.edu.do/

Recognized by Decree Nr.415 de 10/12/1974

Programs Offered

• Surveying
•  Civil Engineering
•  Industrial Engineering
•  Agricultural Engineering

Instituto Politécnico Loyola -IPL

Padre Ángel Arias, #1, San Cristóbal
Tel.: (809) 528-3503 | Fax: 528-9229

Recognized as a center of higher education by Decree No. 083 de 25/02/1989

Programs Offered

Instituto Superior de Agricultura -ISA

Km. 5, La Herradura, Santiago de los Caballeros
Apartado Postal 166
Tel.: (809)247-2000 / Fax: (809)247-2626
webmaster@isa.edu.do
http://www.isa.edu.do/

Recognized by Decree Nr. 651 de 30/06/1986

Programs Offered

Associate level

Undergraduate level

Graduate level

Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo -INTEC

Av. Los Próceres, Galá, Santo Domingo
Tel.: (809) 567-9271 / Fax: (809) 566-3200
http://www.intec.edu.do/

Recognized by Presidential Degree No. 3673 of July 4, 1973

Programs Offered

Area of Engineering

Graduate Degree in Transportation
Graduate Degree in Construction Administration
Postgrado en Ingeniería Industrial
Graduate Degree in Information Technology
Masters of Structural Engineering
Masters of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
Masters of Data Telecommunications
Graduate Degree in Textile Industry

Area of Basic and Environmental Sciences
Program for Specialization / Masters in Mathematics
Graduate Degree in Environmental Education
Masters of Environmental Sciences, with a focus in Natural Resource Management
Masters of Environmental Sciences, with a focus in Environmental Education
Masters of Environmental Sciences, with a focus in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Masters of Environmental Sciences, with a focus in Environmental Management
Masters of Environmental Sciences, with a focus in Environmental Education
Doctorate of Mathematics

Area of Social Sciences
Psychology
Social Work
Graduate Degree in Psychology of Terminal Diseases and Death
Graduate Degree in Specialization of Social Sciences Education
Graduate Degree in Community Intervention
Graduate Degree in Community Participation
Masters of Gender and Development
Masters of Social Sciences
Masters of Sustainable Human Development

Area of Health
Medicine
Graduate Degree in Clinical Nutrition
Graduate Degree in Clinical Bioethics
Graduate Degree in Integral and Adolescent Health
Graduate Degree in Fundamental Clinical Bioethics
Masters of Bioethics

Area of Business

Area of Humanities

Graduate Degree in Language and Mathematics Pedagogy in Early Basic Education

Instituto Tecnológico del Cibao Oriental -ITECO

Av. Universitaria, No. 100, Cotuí, Prov. Sánchez Ramírez
Tel.: (809) 585-2291  *  Fax: (809) 240-0603 

iteco@iteco.edu.do

http://www.iteco.edu.do/

Recognized by Decree Nr. 820 de 25/2/1983

Programs Offered

Administration
Engineering

Humanities

These degrees are given at the associate/technical and bachelors levels

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra -PUCMM

Autopista Duarte KM 1 1/2, Santiago de los Caballeros (Principal)
Tel.: (809) 580-1962
Abraham Lincoln Esq. Rómulo Betancourt, Santo Domingo
Apartado 2748
Tel.: 535-0111, Fax: 534-7060
http://www.pucmm.edu.do
Recognized by Law No. 6150 de 31/12/1962

Programs Offered

Faculty of Sciences and Humanities

Architecture

Bachelors degree in Primary Education

Teachers Degree in Primary Education

•  Masters of Educational Center Quality Evaluation and Administration,dual degree with the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, affiliated with Universidad Complutense of Madrid, España.

•  Masters of Educational Mathematics

Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences

Bachelors degree in Business Administration

Technical Degree in Business Administration

Bachelors degree in Hotel Administration

Bachelors degree in Law

Bachelors degree in Social Communication

Bachelors degree in Accounting

Degree in Accounting Technology

Bachelors degree in Marketing

Bachelors degree in Psychology

Bachelors degree in Economics

•  Masters of Public Management

•  Masters of Business Law and Economic Legislation

•  Masters of Strategic Administration

• Graduate degree in Corporate Finance

• Graduate degree in Hotel Administration

• Graduate degree in Business Economics

• Graduate degree in Civil Procedural Law

Faculty of the Engineering Sciences

Degree in Civil Engineering

Degree in Electromechanical Engineering, concentration in Electrics

Degree in Electromechanical, concentration in Mechanical

Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology

Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Degree in Telematics Engineering

Technology Degree in Electrical Engineering

Technology Degree in Telematics

Degree in Industrial Engineering

Degree in Industrial Technology

Degree in Systems and Computing Engineering

Technology Degree in Systems and Computing

•  Masters of Industrial Engineering, dual degree with Texas A & M, Texas, United States

•  Masters of Computer Technology

•  Masters of R·I·T Service Management

•  Graduate Degree in Industrial Engineering

•  Graduate Degree in Advanced Database Analysis

Faculty of Health Sciences

Bachelors degree in Nursing

Doctorate in Estomatology

Medicine

Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy

Degree in Physical Therapy Technology

Universidad Abierta para Adultos -UAPA

Ave. Hispanoamérica, Urbanización Thomén, Santiago de los Caballeros

Apartado Postal 1238
Tel.: (809) 724-0266; Fax: (809) 724-0329

Recognized by Decree No. 230 del 10/12/95

http://www.uniabierta.edu.do/siteuapa.net/default.aspx

Programs Offered

Mercadeo (Marketing)  (see program)

Business Administration  (see program)

Tourism Business Administration (see program)

Psychology (see program)

Clinical Psychology    (see program)

Industrial Psychology    (see program)

Educational Psychology   (see program)

Educational Science (Focus on Basic Education)    (see program)

Educational Science (Focus on Research Education)   (see program)  

Educational Science (Focus on Teaching of the Spanish Language in Secondary Education)   (see program)

Educational Science (Focus on Teaching of Foreign Languages)  (see program)

Educational Science (Focus on Social Sciences in Secondary Education)  (see program)

Law  (see program)

Modern Languages (Focus on Tourism)  (see program)          

Business Accounting  ( (see program)

Educational Science (Focus on Natural Sciences in Secondary Education)  (see program)  

Management Computer Science  (see program)
Masters of Education Science (Focus on Educational Center Management) (see program)
Specialty in Education Science (Focus on Educational Center Management) program

Masters of Mercadeo (with a focus in  Gerencia de Mercadeo) ver pensum

Masters of (Focus on Marketing Management) (see program)

Masters of Land Legislation(see program)

Universidad Adventista Dominicana -UNAD

Autopista Duarte km 74 1/2 Sonador, Piedra Blanca

Tel:(809)-525-7533-36 Fax:(809)-525-4048

http://www.unad.edu.do/Home1024.html

Recognized by Decree No.3482 de 08/11/82

Programs offered

Universidad APEC (Acción Pro Education y Cultura)

Av. Máximo Gómez, #72, Santo Domingo, D.N.
Apartado Postal No. 1497
Tel.: (809) 686-0021 •   Fax: (809) 685-5581
apec@apec.edu.do
http://www.unapec.edu.do/
Recognized by Decree No.2985 of 1968.


Programs offered
Bachelors Degrees

Engineering Degrees
Technical Majors
Masters

Graduate degree
  • Senior Business Management
  • Human Resources
  • Marketing Management
  • Graphic Communication
  • Financial Administration
  • Governmental Auditing
  • Law of International Commerce
  • Universidad Católica Nordestana -UCNE
    Los Arroyos, San Francisco de Macorís, Provincia Duarte
    Tel.: 809-588-3505 / Fax: 809-244-1647
    http://www.ucne.edu/
    Recognized by Decree No. 3487 of July 14, 1978

    Programs offered

    Universidad Católica Santo Domingo –UCSD
    C/Santo Domingo, #3, Ens. La Julia, Santo Domingo, D.N.
    Apartado Postal No.2733
    Telf.: (809) 544-2812 / Fax: (809) 472-0902
    http://www.ucsd.edu.do/
    Recognized by Decree No. 2048 de 06-08-1984


    Faculty of Religious Sciences

    Faculty of Humanities

    Faculty of Education

    Faculty Juridical Science and Politics

    Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences

    Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication

    Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts

    Faculty of Health Sciences

    Faculty of Science and Technology

    Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao –UCATECI
    http://www.ucateci.edu.do/
    Decree No.764/86 de 08/12/1986
    Autopista Duarte Km.1, Ave. Universitaria, La Vega, Rep. Dom.
    tel.: 573-1020, 573-3863, 573-4202 | fax 573-6194

    Programs offered
    Higher Technical Level:

    Graduate Level

    Graduate Level

    Universidad Central del Este -UCE
     Av. Francisco Caamaño Deñó, San Pedro de Macorís,
    República Dominicana
    Tel.: (809) 529-3562 | FAX (809) 529-5146
    http://www.uce.edu.do/
    Recognized by Decree No. 1205 of 7-2-1971 

    Programs offered

    Health Sciences

    Administrative and Systems Sciences

    Engineering and Natural Resources

    Sciences and Humanities

    Juridical Sciences

    Universidad Central Dominicana de Estudios Profesionales -UCDEP
    Avenida Independencia, Km 9, (Colegio San Gabriel)
    Apartado Postal 1263 Santo Domingo, D.N.
    Tels.: (809) 508-3279 / 532-3599 / Fax: (809) 699-2675
    http://www.ucdep.edu.do/
    Recognized by Decree No.2711 of 1-29-1985

    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

    1- Higher Technical and Bachelors Degrees:

    2- School of Education (courses from Monday to Saturday) Teaching and Bachelors Degrees:

    3- School of Psychology, Bachelors Degrees:

    4- School of Library Science, Bachelors Degree:

    5- Bachelors degree in Law

    Faculty of Health Sciences
    1-Bachelors:

    2- Higher Technical Degree

    Universidad de la Tercera Edad -UTE
    C/ Camila Henríquez Ureña Esq. Jesús Maestro, Mirador Norte, Santo Domingo
    Tel.:(809) 482-7093 / Fax: 482-0109
    www.ute.edu.do
    Recognized by Decree No.56 of 2-26- 1992
    Programs offered

    Bachelors Degrees

    Bachelors in Education:
  • Early Childhood
  • Special Basic
  • Technical Careers
    Design and Decoration

    Universidad del Caribe -UNICARIBE
    Autopista 30 de Mayo, Km. 71/2, Urb. Tropical
    P.O. Box: 4756 Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
    Tel: 809 616-1616 | Fax: 809 535-0489
    inf@unicaribe.edu.do
    http://www.universidaddelcaribe.edu.do/unicaribe.asp
     Recognized by Decree No. 01 of 12-12-96

    Programs offered
    Higher Technical Level

    Graduate level

    Diplomas

    Universidad Dominicana O & M
    Av. Independencia, #200, Santo Domingo, D.N.
    Tels.: 809-533-2648 / 809-535-0084
    www.udoym.edu.do
    Decree No. 3436, Date: 07/13/1978

    Programs offered


    Universidad Eugenio María de Hostos –UNIREMHOS
    Ave. Abraham Lincoln, No.126
    Tel.:809-532-2495 / Fax: 809-535-4636
    http://www.uniremhos.edu.do/

    Programs offered

    Universidad Evangélica –UNEV
    Ave. Juan Pablo Duarte, #100, Santiago
    Tel.: 809-247-3535 / Fax: 809-471-7834
    Recognized by Decree No.652 of 07-30-1986

    Programs offered

    Graduate

    Informal

    Etiquette and Protocol for Teachers, among others.


    Universidad Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (UFHC)
    C/ Isabel Aguiar, #100, casi Esq. Guarocuya, Herrera,
    Santo Domingo
    Tel.: (809) 813-1806
    http://www.ufhec.edu.do/demo1/
    Recognized by Decree No. 57 of 12-02-1991

    Programs offered

    Engineering:

    Doctorate of Dentistry


    Universidad Iberoamericana –UNIBE
    Ave. Francia, #129, Gazcue, Santo Domingo
    Tel.: 809-689-4111, Fax: 809-687-9384
    Recognized by Decree No.3371 of 12-7-1982
    http://www.unibe.edu.do/

    Programs offered  

    Graduate / Masters

    Masters of Higher Education
    - International Masters in Business Administration
    - Graduate Program and Medical Residencies
    Specialization in Endodontics
    - Specialization in Maxillary Orthopaedia and Orthodontics
    Specialization in Dental Pediatrics


    Universidad Interamericana -UNICA
    C/Dr. Báez, # 2 y 4, Gazcue, Santo Domingo
    Apartado Postal 20687
    Tel.: 809-685-6562 / 685-2529 / Fax: 809-689-8581
    unica@verizon.net.do
    http://www.unica.edu.do/
    Recognized by Decree No.471 of 11-13-1982

    Programs offered
    Faculty of Science and Technology

    Faculty of Juridical Science and Politics

    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

    Graduate degrees
    Diplomas:

    Specialties and Masters:

    Doctorates:
    Doctorate in Pedagogical Sciences
    In coordination with the Universidad Pedagógica Enrique José Varona, of Habana, Cuba.
    Technical Level Programs:

    Universidad Odontológica Dominicana, UOD.
    Prolongación Avenida 27 de Febrero, Calle 1era, Las Caobas
    809-560-7461 / Fax: 560-7471
    http://www.uod.edu.do/
    adm@uod.edu.do , kasparov@verizon.net.do
    Recognized by Decree No. 3257 de 06/23/1985

    Programs offered

     Technical Majors

     Degrees  


    Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU)
    Aut. Duarte, Km. 5 ½, Santo Domingo
    809-562-6601
    webmaster@unphu.edu.do
    www.unphu.edu.do

    info@unphu.edu.do


    Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago –UTESA
    Av. Estrella Sadhalá, Esq. Av. Circunvalación, Santiago de los Caballeros
    Tel.: (809) 582-7156 / Fax: (809) 582-7644
    Apartados de Correo: 658 y 685.
    www.utesa.edu
    Recognized by Decree No. 3432 of June 17, 1978


    Programs offered


    Universidad Tecnológica del Sur -UTESUR
    Av. Enriquillo #01, Azua,
    Tel: 521-3785 | Fax: 521-4915
    Recognized by Decree No. 3432 of 06-07-1978

    Programs offered

    Higher Technical Level

      Bachelors degree level

    Scholarships and Exchange Programs
    1. National Scholarships Programs. The Scholarship Program of the Secretariat of the State of Higher Education, Science and Technology, SEESCYT, is a program that has as its principal objective:
     “Offer educational opportunities to underprivileged young people and proven intellectual capacity throughout the country (provinces and municipalities), as a way to promote equality of opportunities and academic excellence.”


    The Secretariat of the State of Higher Education, Science and Technology, SEESCYT, has the following National Scholarship Programs:


    Scholarships Programs for Undergraduate and Graduate
    Technological Education Program in the Instituto Tecnológico de Las Américas, ITLA.
    Requirements for Scholarship applicants are:
    Majors to which the scholarships do not apply


    For more information, please contact the National Scholarship Department.  Address: Av. Enrique Jiménez Moya, Esq. Juan de Dios Ventura Simó, Centro de los Héroes (LA FERIA) Email:
    becasnacionales@hotmail.com. Telephone: 809-533-3381 Ext. 2