Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas

What Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas does

Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas (UCLV) is a Cuban public university founded in 1948, headquartered in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, and operating under the supervision of the country's Ministry of Higher Education (MES). It delivers higher education and academic services to a campus community comprising students (primary segment), faculty and researchers, and administrative staff, with a reported headcount band of 1001-5000. The institution is state-owned, does not have a parent company, and operates under the trade name UCLV.

The university operates a centralized IT infrastructure stack that supports its academic, research, and administrative functions. Core products include Ayuda UCLV, a help desk and knowledge base portal (uvdesk-based) for IT support ticket submission and self-service; Cuentas UCLV, a centralized user account and identity management system integrating email, WiFi, Moodle, and software repository access; WIFI_UCLV, a campus wireless network requiring MAC-address registration; KMS license servers and activation scripts providing volume activation of Microsoft Windows (Vista through 11) and Office to the campus community; an internal antivirus distribution and update server (update.uclv.cu); software repositories hosting installers; and a Moodle-based learning management system for online course delivery.

The institution does not operate on a commercial revenue model. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; services such as Microsoft software activation, WiFi, antivirus, and software access are provided free of charge to the university community. The operating geography is single-country (Cuba, Caribbean), with no evidence of international expansion, external customers, or commercial partnerships beyond the Microsoft KMS volume-licensing relationship. As a public chartered university, financial inflows derive from state budget allocations rather than market transactions, and the entity is not structured for, nor pursuing, commercial monetization.

Name

Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas

Legal name

Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas

Website

https://uclv.edu.cu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas is a Cuban public university founded in 1948 that delivers higher education and operates centralized IT infrastructure — including Microsoft KMS licensing, WiFi, help desk, identity management, and Moodle — for its students, faculty, and staff in Santa Clara, Cuba.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Off-Campus / University-Affiliated Housing Management (EDAEAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Guest, Visitor & Conference Housing Services (Summer/Break Housing) (EDAEAFAN)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Academic research programs
• University IT support
• Software licensing services
• Learning management systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

Cuba

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas is a Cuban public higher education institution delivering degree programs and academic services to its student, faculty, and staff community. It supplements its educational mission with a centralized IT support ecosystem — including a help desk, Microsoft KMS licensing servers, a campus WiFi network, identity management, antivirus distribution, software repositories, and a Moodle learning management system.

Product overview

Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas operates a comprehensive IT infrastructure providing digital services to students, faculty, and staff. The core offering includes an IT help desk system (Ayuda UCLV) for technical support, Microsoft KMS license servers for software activation, centralized user account management (Cuentas UCLV), wireless network access (WIFI_UCLV) with MAC-based authentication, antivirus distribution, software repositories, and the Moodle learning management system. These interconnected services support the university's teaching, research, and administrative operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ayuda UCLV Help Desk System

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationThe university operates KMS (Key Management Service) servers that provide free Microsoft product activation for Windows and Office to its students and staff. This allows the university community to legally activate Microsoft software without requiring third-party programs that may contain malicious code.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Universidad de La Habana: Cuba's oldest and largest public university, operating under MES with a similar academic, research, and student-services mission. It is the most direct comparable institution to UCLV in terms of structure, governance, and Cuban public-university operating model.
• Universidad de Oriente: Major Cuban public university headquartered in Santiago de Cuba, governed by MES. Comparable to UCLV as a multi-faculty regional university offering undergraduate and graduate programs under the same national higher-education framework.
• Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE): Cuba's leading technical university based in Havana, operating under MES. Directly comparable to UCLV as a public, MES-supervised institution focused on engineering, architecture, and applied sciences with similar student-services and IT-support needs.
• Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez: Public Cuban university in nearby Cienfuegos province, also under MES. Comparable to UCLV as a peer provincial public university serving a similar regional student base and operating under identical governance and funding structures.
• Universidad de Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz: Public Cuban university in Camagüey governed by MES, with comparable academic programs and student-services scope. Directly comparable to UCLV as a multi-faculty Cuban public university.
• Universidad de Granma: Public Cuban university in Granma province under MES. Comparable as a regional public university with similar mission, funding model, and IT-support requirements.
• Universidad de Holguín: Public Cuban university in Holguín under MES. Comparable as a peer Cuban public university with similar enrollment scale, faculty structure, and academic program scope.
• Universidad de Pinar del Río Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca: Public Cuban university in Pinar del Río governed by MES. Directly comparable as a provincial Cuban public university operating under the same MES framework as UCLV.

Regional players

• University of the West Indies: Caribbean regional university serving multiple anglophone Caribbean nations. Comparable to UCLV as a public Caribbean higher-education institution serving a similar regional student base, though operating under a different governance and funding model.
• Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo: Dominican Republic's oldest public university, the only state-funded university in the country. Comparable to UCLV as a Caribbean public university serving a similar Spanish-speaking student population, though operating in a different national system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uclvcu
• Facebookfacebook.com/UCLVCU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uclv

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