University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
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The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus 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.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
University in Río Piedras, circa 1900-1917
The University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras campus, and its iconic clock tower, the Roosevelt Tower
Universidad Tren Urbano station
University of Puerto Rico
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The University of Puerto Rico is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 44,200 students and approximately 4,450 faculty members. UPR has the largest and most diverse academic offerings in the commonwealth, with 472 academic programs of which 32 lead to a doctorate.
Aerial view of the Río Piedras Campus
The University of Puerto Rico main tower (this tower is inspired by the Giralda, the medieval tower of the cathedral of Seville) includes the emblems both of Harvard University—the oldest in the United States—and University of San Marcos—the oldest in the Americas.
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, (BA 1982, JD 1985), 8th governor of Puerto Rico (2005-2009), U.S. Representative (Resident Commissioner), D-Puerto Rico (2001-2004), State Representative, P.R. House of Representatives (1992-1999)
José Aponte, (BBA 1980), State Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, (2001–present), 28th Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives (2005-2009)