University of Engineering and Technology (Peru)

UTEC
	Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología
Motto	Scientia et praxis
Type	Private
Established	1 September 2011
Address	Jr. Medrano Silva 165, Barranco 15063, Peru, Lima, Peru
Campus	Urban
Website	utec.edu.pe

The University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología is in Lima in Peru. It is a modern private university that occupies award-winning buildings. The buildings were designed by Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara and won the "Silver Lion" at the 13th Venice Biennale. In 2020, they received the Pritzker Price, one the selected works was the UTEC building.[1]

History

It is a modern private university that occupies award-winning buildings. It was created on September 1, 2011 and has a headquarters in the Barranco District of the city.[2] It opened in 2012 and its founders intended that it would be disruptive to Peru by supplying a new type of engineer.[3]

The buildings were designed by Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects. The building was considered the best new building in 2016 and it won the "Silver Lion" award at the 13th edition of the Venice Biennale.[4]

Education

The university has a cross curricular "Laboratory for Educational Innovation" which it calls Moray.[3]

References

Prize, Pritzker (2020). "The Pritzker Architecture Prize". Pritzker Prize. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
Peru21, Redacción (2018-09-30). "Estas son las 54 universidades peruanas que cuentan con licenciamiento de la Sunedu". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
Auer, Michael E.; Guralnick, David; Simonics, Istvan (2017-12-26). Teaching and Learning in a Digital World: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning –. Springer. p. 638. ISBN 978-3-319-73210-7.
Ireland), RIAI ie (The Royal Institute of the Architects of. "News | RIAI.ie (The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland)". www.riai.ie. Retrieved 2020-03-17.

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[1] Prize, Pritzker (2020). "The Pritzker Architecture Prize". Pritzker Prize. Retrieved 2020-03-19.

[2] Peru21, Redacción (2018-09-30). "Estas son las 54 universidades peruanas que cuentan con licenciamiento de la Sunedu". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-17.

[paper638-3] Auer, Michael E.; Guralnick, David; Simonics, Istvan (2017-12-26). Teaching and Learning in a Digital World: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning –. Springer. p. 638. ISBN 978-3-319-73210-7.

[4] Ireland), RIAI ie (The Royal Institute of the Architects of. "News | RIAI.ie (The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland)". www.riai.ie. Retrieved 2020-03-17.