Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture

In 2010, the school won an award from the Southern Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce for Valor del Año en Educacion (Courage of the Year in Education).

A formal proposal was reviewed by ex-governor Rafael Hernandez Colon, who, at the time, was a member of the Board of Trustees of the PCUPR.

It is located in downtown Ponce, about half a mile from the main campus of the university at Las Americas Avenue.

The University offers an array of physical activities including fitness classes; weight training; jogging track; basketball and outdoor pool.

The stated mission of the school is "to educate and forge a new architect, planner, thinker and entrepreneur in an interdisciplinary environment; one within which the understanding of the territorial and urban complexity , as well as the regional, and global economic dynamics operate with advanced technologies and knowledge to guide sustainable investments and interventions.