The Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (also called UNPHU) is a Public, coeducational, university in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Article 2 of that decree states that the university is authorized to issue academic degrees fully accredited and recognized by the Ministry of Education.

The University regulates its academic and administrative activities under the provisions of the statutes and bylaws approved by the Board of Trustees, on December 14, 1970.

“Pedro Henríquez Ureña,” was chosen as the name of the university to honor the great Dominican philosopher and humanist known and respected throughout the Americas and worldwide, as a brilliant figure in the humanities.

On November 19, 1966 the University began offering classes in a State-donated building which was the former site of the Geriatric Hospital.