University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Former name | Escuela Normal Industrial (1901-1903) |
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| Motto | Historia veritas vitae ministra (Latin) |
Motto in English | "History serves as the truth of life" |
| Type | Public land-grant research university |
| Established | March 12, 1903 |
Parent institution | University of Puerto Rico |
| Accreditation | MSCHE |
Academic affiliation | |
| Budget | $202.5 million (2020) |
| President | Vacant |
| Rector | Angélica Varela Llavona |
| Dean | Grisel E. Meléndez Ramos |
Academic staff | 1,374 |
Administrative staff | 2,406 |
| Students | 18,653 |
| Undergraduates | 15,186 |
| Postgraduates | 3,467 |
| 773 | |
| Location | , 18°24′10″N 66°03′00″W / 18.40278°N 66.05000°W |
| Campus | Large city, 289 acres (1.17 km2) |
| Magazine | Diálogo |
| Colors | Red and white |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascots | The Rooster & the Hen |
| Website | www |
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras; UPR-RP, or informally La IUPI) is a public land-grant research university in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the largest campus in the University of Puerto Rico system in terms of student population and it was Puerto Rico's first public university campus.
The university serves more than 18,000 students, 20% of whom are graduate students, and grants an average of over 3,000 degrees a year. Its academic offerings range from the bachelor to the doctoral level with 70 undergraduate programs and 19 graduate degrees including 71 specializations in the basic disciplines and professional fields. UPR‐RP has consistently granted the largest number of doctorate degrees to Hispanic students under the United States jurisdiction.