The University

Leadership at Universidad de Lima aims to expand civic education to the largest number of people possible. Whether implicit or explicit, codes of ethics are the backbone of educational institutions to become real schools of citizenship rooted in an authentic republican spirit. As life-long learning schools, we teach how to think properly to live correctly, participate democratically, and comply with the law. 

To read the Code of Ethics, click here.

A: No poverty
B: Environmental protection
C: Respect for diversity, equity and non-discrimination
D: Partnerships for the goals

Universidad de Lima is committed to academic excellence, fulfillment of expectations from students, employees and relevant stakeholders, as well as compliance with the requirements of the Quality Management System. This quality policy is based on the following principles:

1. Academic excellence: ensuring the education of well-rounded professionals, who are prepared to face challenges and expectations from the labor market.
2. Faculty development: fostering a suitable environment that encourages faculty development, featuring excellence throughout the teaching-learning process.
3. Research: providing a favorable environment to generate knowledge and know-how that propel groundbreaking and impact researches. 
4. National and international standards: meeting the highest quality standards and garner accreditations at institutional and program levels. 
5. Employability of graduates: ensuring that graduates have the required skillsets and knowledge to become highly employable and be able to create businesses, as well as to being committed to the welfare of society.
6. International positioning: seeking further international recognition that allows the University to become one of best regionwide and across the globe.

Universidad de Lima prioritizes compliance with legal requirements, continuous improvement of its processes, and risks assessment. Furthermore, it shares, supports and revises the quality policy, on a regular basis, in order to maintain its relevance and effectiveness.

Universidad de Lima, based on its vision, mission and sustainability policy, is committed to environmental responsibility in all its processes, through the following actions:

• Raise awareness, educate and engage the university community in environmental protection, by encouraging good practices for the use of resources, improvement of waste management, energy savings, and prevention of pollution.
• Assess environmental impacts and risks in all institutional processes, framed in the environmental policy and objectives.
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements in terms of environmental matters.
• Engage vendors, contractors and subcontractors in environmental management and protection on the campus.
• Periodically assess environmental performance to continuously improve the environmental management system.

Universidad de Lima is a higher educational institution committed to educate well-rounded professionals to become creative leaders dedicated to the welfare of society.

Our actions seek to consolidate a sustainability culture that fosters social, environmental and economic development, in order to generate a profound transformation in the university community and regionwide.

Our philosophy of institutional life states the following:

• Contribute to the sustainable development based on the principles of the global sustainability agenda for the elaboration of our undergraduate, graduate and executive education plans and programs; research, innovation and entrepreneurship; as well as social, cultural and sport activities.
• Prepare and implement actions focused on mitigating the impacts of climate change, based on capacity building, knowledge creation, and partnerships with public-private institutions and CSOs.
• Develop and maintain a sustainable campus with environmental management practices focused on resources optimization, waste management, recycling and circular economy.
• Encourage values and attitudes oriented towards sustainability standards through the participation of the university community, vendors and other relevant stakeholders in sustainability activities and policies implemented by the University.

Universidad de Lima is a non-profit independent academic institution comprising professors, students, alumni, administrative and service staff, who constitute its human capital. 

The University, as workplace, focuses its actions towards both prevention and protection of health and safety of employees and every person in its premises. To achieve this, the University fosters a culture of participation and consultation among employees and it is committed to the prevention of work risks, accidents, incidents and occupational diseases, as well as compliance with the current legislation and continuous improvement of occupational health and safety.

The Occupational Health and Safety Management System is supported by other University management systems and it is compatible with them all.

For further information, read Universidad de Lima’s Internal Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and the current legal regulations on health and safety at work.  

More information  
Guillermo Campos Hernández   
Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator   
Telephone 4376767 ext. 30705   
Ulima emergency extension: 11   
gcampos@ulima.edu.pe

Representatives of employees who comprise the Occupational Health and Safety Committee (February 18, 2023 – February 17, 2025)

Full members

• María Paola Denegri Flores
• Andrea Lureli Rebaza Lázaro
• Jhony Fernando Cubas Burga
• Carlos Antonio Arcos Barriga
• Percy Rafael Herrera Herrera

Proxy holder

• Wilson David Calderón Gonzales

Representatives were elected by vote on February 16, 2023.

Legal regulations  
Law 29783: Occupational Health and Safety Act  
Law 30222: Law that amends Law 29783  
Supreme Decree 005: Regulations of Law 29783  
Supreme Decree 006: Amendment to regulations of Law 29783  
Ministerial Resolution 375: Ergonomics Regulations

Universidad de Lima carries its economic activities with non-profit purposes with a view to achieving its objectives. The University invests the surplus resulting at the end of the fiscal year in favor of the institution and in scholarships. Such surplus may not be distributed among its members or used by them, either directly or indirectly.

The economic resources of Universidad de Lima come from:

• Its own income, the lease of its properties and valuables, and the income resulting from the provision of services and the production of economic goods.
• Donations from individuals and legal persons (to read the resolution, click here).
• Funds resulting from the disposal of its assets.
• State’s contributions, whenever they occur.
• Funds resulting from national or international cooperation.

The economic activity of the University is governed by the pertinent regulations. 

The Office of Internal Audit has access to all the documents required for the accomplishment of its work. Any and all academic and administrative units of Universidad de Lima must provide the relevant assistance for the performance of its duties. The Office of Internal Audit reports simultaneously to the rector and the Board of Trustees on the results of its work.

The financial statements for each fiscal year are reviewed and evaluated by an external renowned auditing company that is selected through a bidding process. Under no circumstance will the external auditing company review and evaluate financial statements for more than two consecutive fiscal years. 

For each fiscal year, Universidad de Lima has an income and expense budget, duly balanced, which is approved by the Board of Trustees. The Annual Functioning and Development Plan, approved by the Board of Trustees and endorsed by the University Assembly, is consistent with such budget.