Education
There are eighteen universities in Santo Domingo, the highest number of any city in the Dominican Republic. Established in 1538, the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) is the oldest university in the Americas and is also the only public university in the city. Santo Domingo holds the nation's highest percentage of residents with a higher education degree.
Other universities include Universidad Adventista Dominicana (UNAD), Universidad APEC (UNAPEC), Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Universidad del Caribe (UNICARIBE), Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) (UNIBE), Universidad Católica Santo Domingo (UCSD), Universidad de la Tercera Edad (UTE), Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA), Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Instituto de Ciencias Exactas (INCE), Universidad Organización y Método (O&M), Universidad Interamericana (UNICA), Universidad Eugenio María de Hostos (UNIREMOS), Universidad Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal (UFHEC), Universidad Instituto Cultural Domínico Americano (UNICDA), Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Instituto Tecnológico de las Americas (ITLA) and Universidad de Psicologia Industrial Dominicana (UPID).
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