Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (English: Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra) or PUCMM is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic university in the Dominican Republic.
It has three campuses: one in Santiago de los Caballeros, another in Santo Domingo and an extension in Puerto Plata.
[1][2] The university is named after Pope John XXIII's encyclical Mater et Magistra,[2][3] meaning mother and teacher in Latin.
PUCMM made the list of Quacquarelli Symonds' top Latin American universities in 2012.
[8] In 2023, the university received a ranking of two Palmes, representing a good business school with a regional influence.