Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonía

The Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonía (UNIA) is a Peruvian public university located in the Ucayali region and recognized as the country's first intercultural university. It was created on 10 December 1999 by Law No. 27250, with the aim of serving indigenous learning needs, particularly for more than 20 native peoples including the Yine, Machiguenga, Joni Koin, Sharanahua, Awajun, Asháninca, Shipibo-Konibo, Isconahua, Kakataibo, Wampis, Yanesha, Shawi, Ashuar, Quechua and Aymara. The university promotes interculturality both regionally and nationally. UNIA offers four professional degree programs: Bilingual Initial Education, Bilingual Primary Education, Agroindustrial Engineering, and Agroforestry-Aquacultural Engineering. These programs combine pedagogical training in intercultural and bilingual contexts with sustainable management of agroforestry systems, natural resources and aquaculture production. The university describes its mission as forming professionals with intercultural identity, social commitment and a sustainable vision for Amazonian development. As a licensed university in the Ucayali region, UNIA reports a range of institutional indicators on its website, including student and faculty numbers, ecological environments, national and international agreements, and the number of native peoples it serves. It also provides academic systems, institutional documents, transparency portals, regulations, a university ombudsman, library services, and a pre-university center (CEPRE UNIA). Recent news highlights include the distribution of Canva Pro licenses to students, student projects on healthy Amazonian lunches, and agroindustrial engineering students producing nutritious breads from regional raw materials. UNIA is state-owned and operates under Peruvian law. It is regularly ranked within the middle third nationally among Peru's licensed universities in certain international university rankings. The university's official website is unia.edu.pe.

The Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonía was created on 10 December 1999 by Law No. 27250. Its founding objective was to provide indigenous learning, especially to serve more than 20 native peoples such as the Yine, Machiguenga, Joni Koin, Sharanahua, Awajun, Asháninca, Shipibo-Konibo, Isconahua, Kakataibo, Wampis, Yanesha, Shawi, Ashuar, Quechua and Aymara, promoting interculturality in the region and the country. It is recognized as Peru's first intercultural university and is located in the department of Ucayali. Since its establishment, UNIA has developed four professional degree programs: Bilingual Initial Education, Bilingual Primary Education, Agroindustrial Engineering, and Agroforestry-Aquacultural Engineering. The university has been licensed by SUNEDU, the national higher education regulator, and appears on the list of licensed universities in Peru. In recent years, UNIA has been included in international university rankings, where it has regularly placed within the middle third nationally among Peru's 92 licensed universities. The university continues to operate with a focus on intercultural identity, social commitment and sustainable Amazonian development, offering academic services, a pre-university center (CEPRE UNIA), a library, and various institutional transparency mechanisms.

• Created by Law No. 27250 on 10 December 1999

• Recognized as Peru's first intercultural university

• Licensed by SUNEDU and included in the list of licensed universities in Peru

Peru's first intercultural public university, focused on bilingual education and sustainable Amazonian development.

• Bilingual Initial Education

  Teacher training for early childhood with an intercultural and bilingual approach.

• Bilingual Primary Education

  Pedagogical preparation for primary teaching in intercultural contexts.

• Agroindustrial Engineering

  Innovation, transformation and management of sustainable agroindustrial products.

• Agroforestry-Aquacultural Engineering

  Sustainable management of agroforestry systems, natural resources and aquaculture production.

1. 1Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonía – UNIAunia.edu.pe
2. 2Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazoníaes.wikipedia.org
3. 3Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazoníawikidata.org