Located in the district of Santiago de Surco, it was founded on July 1, 1969.

The process to create the university was started on April 12, 1969, and organised by a group headed by Antonio San Cristóbal [es].

17723, dated July 1, 1969, the university was created as a member entity of the Peruvian University System, with the legal personality of private law emerging from the act of its constitution, which would have as its headquarters the city of Lima, being recognized by paragraph 30 of article 97 of law no.

5440, with a validity of 6 years as determined by the Board of Directors of the National Superintendency of University Higher Education (SUNEDU).

[3] The university's rector, Iván Rodríguez Chávez, died on December 30, 2023.