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I. Rectorate

Dr. Paul Corcuera Garcia
President
Paul Corcuera holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the Institute of Advanced Business Studies – University of Navarra (Spain); a degree in Business Administration from UDEP; a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family from the Institute of Family Sciences of the University of Navarra and a Master’s degree in Business Management from the Institute of Advanced Business Studies – Austral University (Argentina).
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in 1984 and has been a professor there since 1985. In addition to teaching at the university, Dr. Corcuera has performed various service tasks at this institution, including the following: he was general administrator in 1995 and general secretary from 1990 to 2002.
II.Superior Council
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Dr. Paul Corcuera Garcia
President -
Dr. Dante Guerrero Chanduvi
Vice-Rector -
Dr. Susana Vegas Chiyon
Academic Vice-Rector -
Dr. Marcos Agurto Adrianzén
Vice Chancellor of Research -
Dr. María Pía Chirinos Montalbetti
Vice Rector Campus Lima -
Mgtr. Patricia Soto Quiroga
Director of Studies -
Mgtr. Beatriz Vegas Chiyon
General manager -
Mgtr. William Zapata Jimenez
General secretary -
Dr. Bertha Julissa Gutiérrez Rivas
Doyenne. Faculty of Humanities -
Dr. Francisco Martin Palma Lama
Dean. Faculty of Engineering -
Dr. Fernando Barranzuela Lescano
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Mgtr. Juan Carlos More Mori
Dean. Faculty of Communication -
Mgtr. Camilo Garcia Gonzales
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Dr. Susana Mosquera Monelos
Doyenne. law School -
Dr. Jorge Luis Zagaceta Guevara
Campus Lima Board of Directors
III.Academic Council
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Ing. Héctor Manuel Viera Petit-Jean
PresidentHe holds a degree in civil engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico) and a graduate of the PAD-School of Management at the University of Piura. He served on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Development of University Education (ADEU), a sponsor of the University of Piura (UDEP), from 1972 to 1994. He was also a professor at the School of Intermediate Management (CAME); Executive Vice President of the Piura 450 Civil Association; and a member of the Economic Council of UDEP.
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Dr. Antonio Mabres Torelló
Vice presidentHe holds a PhD in Physical Sciences from the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Since arriving in Piura in 1974, he has been a senior lecturer at the university's Faculty of Engineering, where he has held various academic positions. He has also served as pro-rector and vice-rector, and as rector of UDEP from 1989 to 2003. He is a member of various scientific institutions, such as the National Academy of Sciences of Peru and the Board of Directors of the Geophysical Institute of Peru.
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Dr. María Luisa Murillo Colque
SecretaryShe holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), a PhD in Law from the University of Navarra, Spain, a Master's degree in Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Law (LL.M) from the University of Houston, Texas, and a Master's degree in Organizational Governance (MGO) from PAD-Escuela de Dirección. She is a Fulbright Scholar (Peru headquarters). She is an Independent Non-Executive Director with PAD/IESE Business School certification from the Board of Directors Training Program. She is an international consultant with extensive experience providing corporate legal advice to national and international companies in the areas of Energy and Sustainability and Corporate Governance. She is a university professor at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Dr. María Isabel Aguirre Nieto
VocalShe holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Navarra. She joined the University of Piura in December 1974. She has held extensive teaching positions at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Piura, where she served as Dean. She also served in the Senior Management Program (PAD) as Director of the Part-Time MBA, Master's in Organizational Governance, Senior Management Program, and the Management Skills Program. She is currently a professor in the Department of People Management at the PAD. Her research has focused on information ethics, work-life balance, and family life.
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Mgtr. María Irene Velaochaga Rey
VocalBachelor in Liberal Arts from the University of Piura. He completed master's studies in Liberal Arts at the University of Navarra. She has been director of the Museum of the Nation, the Museum of Italian Art and the Directorate of Museums and Historical Heritage Management. He has more than 30 years of experience teaching Art History.
She has been recognized with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, in the rank of Knight (2002); and with the “Meritorious Personality of Culture” medal, from the Ministry of Culture of Peru (2018).
IV.Honorary Authorities
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Mons. Fernando Ocáriz
Grand ChancellorMonsignor Fernando Ocáriz was born in Paris on October 27, 1944, to a Spanish family. He graduated in Physics from the University of Barcelona in 1966 and in Theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1969. He obtained his doctorate in Theology in 1971 from the university of NavarraThat same year he was ordained a priest. In his early years as a priest, he devoted himself especially to youth and university ministry. His various publications include "The Mystery of Jesus Christ: A Christology and Soteriology Textbook" and "Children of God in Christ: Introduction to a Theology of Supernatural Participation."
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Father Ángel Gómez-Hortiguela
Vice Grand ChancellorFather Ángel Gómez-Hortigüela Amillo was born in Tetouan in 1955. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Navarra. He was ordained a priest in 2000. For more than 30 years, he served on the Council of the Delegation of the Prelature of Opus Dei in Valencia and, from 2015 to 2018, served as Rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Madrid. He has written four works on the life and thought of the philosopher Luis Vives; one of them was translated into Japanese and published in Japan in 1991: Luis Vives, Valencian, or the Philosopher's Commitment.
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