University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

The University of Puerto Rico was created by an act of the Legislative Assembly on March 12, 1903 emerging as an outgrowth of the Normal School, which had been established three years earlier to train teachers for the Puerto Rican school system. In 1908, the benefits of the Morril-Nelson declared applicable to the island, fostered the rapid growth of the University. Eloquent evidence of that growth was the establishment of the College of Agriculture at Mayagüez in 1911.

It was in the College of Agriculture where the Mayagüez Campus as we know it today had is origin. Credit for the establishment of the College is given to the joint effort of D.W. May (Director of the Federal Experiment Station), José de Diego, and Carmelo Alemar. A year later, the school received the name that it bore for 50 years: The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The strengthening and diversification of the academic programs at Mayagüez were recognized years later when, in 1942, as a result of university reform, the campus was organized with a considerable degree of autonomy into the Colleges of Agrticulture, Engineering, and Science under the direction of a vice-chancellor. The expansion continued through the 1950s when many programs flourished in the University. The College of Arts and Sciences and the Nuclear Center were established in Mayagüez.

In 1966, the Legislative Assembly reorganized the University of Puerto RIco as a system of autonomous campuses, each under the direction of a chancellor. The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts became the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.

Today, the Mayagüez Campus continues its development in the best tradition of a Land Grant institution. It is a co-educational, bilingual, and non-sectarian school comprising the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, and the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies.

The College of Agricultural Sciences includes the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Extension Service. At present, the campus population is composed of around 12,000 students, 1,300 regular staff members, and 1000 members of the educational staff.

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  Mayaguez

  Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Campus Website

  5,000 - 20,000 on Campus

  <100,000 residents in Mayagüez

  Language(s) spoken on campus: English, Spanish

  The city of Mayagüez is located on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico and is the center of commerce and culture for the region. Mayagüez is predominately a college town thanks to the Universidad de Puerto Rico - Mayagüez campus and other Puerto Rican Universities.