University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla | |
Former Names: | Colegio Regional de Aguadilla (CORA) |
Motto: | ¡Por Siempre Cora! |
Established: | 1972 |
Type: | Public |
Rector: | Sonia Rivera González, Ed.D. |
President: | Luis A. Ferrao |
Faculty: | 160 |
Students: | 1,765 (2023) |
Colors: | Blue, White and Gold |
Nickname: | CORA |
Mascot: | Sharky and Tintorera |
Website: | www.uprag.edu |
The University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla (UPRAG or UPR-Aguadilla) is a public university campus in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It is part of the University of Puerto Rico.
In 2010 the campus went on strike as part of the 2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes. In 2017 in response to budget cuts to the university system by the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico the campus students voted to have an intermittent strike as part of the University of Puerto Rico strikes, 2017.
Located in northwestern Puerto Rico, the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla (UPRAg) offers Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees. Some programs are unique in the University of Puerto Rico:
The UPRAg has cooperation agreements with neighboring industry and business and design courses, programs and projects that respond to changing needs that occur in the region.
UPRAG has eight academic departments: Humanities, English, Pedagogy, Electronics, Business Administration, Office Systems, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.