[3][4] The non-profit privately funded institution of higher learning and research is free of political and religious affiliations.
Its Latin motto "Hominis beneficio cognoscere et agere" can be translated "Knowledge and action at the service of mankind".
[5] Despite the effects of the earthquake in 2010 when the number of students dropped to 721, by 2015 enrollment had grown to a record 3,500, served by a teaching staff of around 360.
The institution has succeeded in overcoming all the political and natural disasters with which it has been confronted, gaining a reputation as Haiti's leading private university.
[1] On 17 November 2015, the university's rector, Jacky Lumarque, spoke of achievements over the past 25 years, mentioning that the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) had created 200 enterprises, and had trained over 600 business consultants and entrepreneurs.