Uapa

What Uapa does

Universidad Abierta Para Adultos (UAPA) is a private, for-profit higher education institution founded in 1995 and headquartered in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. It delivers undergraduate (pregrado/grado), graduate (posgrado), and continuing education programs across disciplines including legal and political sciences, business and tourism, engineering and technology, health sciences and psychology, education, and social communication. Its core customer base is working adult learners in the Dominican Republic and the Dominican diaspora, served through three main campuses (Santiago, Nagua, Santo Domingo Oriental), six domestic support offices, and two international support offices in the USA and Europe, supplemented by a flexible virtual/online learning methodology.

The institution's technology footprint centers on an academic content stack rather than a software product: a DSpace-based institutional repository (Repositorio Académico Institucional – RAI) that hosts four peer-reviewed scientific journals and supports the COAR Notify protocol for repository interoperability; the SIES-UAPA strategic intelligence system and observatories (Vida Universitaria, Producción Científica) for institutional analytics; Google Workspace-based institutional email; and an online payment platform integrated with BHD León bank. Revenue is generated primarily from tuition and academic fees paid per quadrimester, supplemented by registration, certification, and graduation fees, a mandatory student accident insurance product (RD$150 per quadrimester, underwritten by Seguros Humano), and recurring enrollment windows such as the June 1–30, 2026 cycle for an August 2026 start. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the institutional website, a broad social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok), campus-based recruitment, and academic events.

Name

Uapa

Legal name

Universidad Abierta Para Adultos (UAPA)

Website

https://uapa.edu.do

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago De Los Caballeros

HQ country

Dominican Republic

HQ region

Latin America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Academic Fees: UAPA generates revenue through tuition payments, registration fees, certification fees, graduation fees, and academic record services. Students pay per quadrimester for insurance and can pay for record notes, certifications, and degree certifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

UAPA (Universidad Abierta Para Adultos) is a private Dominican Republic higher education institution that delivers undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education academic programs across disciplines such as law, business, engineering, health sciences, psychology, and education. The university primarily serves working adults through flexible in-person classes at its campuses and virtual/online learning modalities. It supplements its core academic offering with student support services including a medical dispensary, accident insurance, professional internship placement, and an institutional repository (RAI) hosting peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Product overview

Universidad Abierta Para Adultos (UAPA) is a Dominican higher education institution offering a comprehensive educational portfolio comprising undergraduate degree programs, graduate programs, and continuing education across multiple academic disciplines. The institution operates a platform-plus-services model anchored by its academic programs, supported by an institutional repository (RAI/DSpace) hosting scientific journals and publications, a strategic intelligence system (SIES-UAPA), and various student support services including medical care, accident insurance, professional internship placement, and social service programs. The institution also provides digital infrastructure including institutional email (Google Workspace) and online payment processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs (Pregrado, Grado, Posgrado) Degree-granting academic programs offered across disciplines including law, business, health sciences, engineering, education, social communication, and psychology. Targeted at adult learners in the Dominican Republic.
• Continuing Education (Educación Continuada) Non-degree continuing education courses and certificates offered to professionals and adult learners seeking skill development outside formal degree programs.
• Student Accident Insurance Personal accident insurance coverage for enrolled students aged 18-65, covering accidental death, dismemberment, total permanent disability, and medical/odontological expenses, provided in partnership with Seguros Humano.
• Medical Dispensary Services (Dispensario) Free preventive and curative medical assistance provided on-campus to students, faculty, and administrative staff through the university dispensary.
• Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals Four peer-reviewed academic journals published annually by UAPA covering Education, Business/Innovation/Entrepreneurship, Psychology, and Law/Jurisprudence, distributed via the institutional repository RAI.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Seguros HumanominorOthersInsurance provider for student accident coverage. Seguros Humano provides personal accident insurance for enrolled participants covering accidental death (RD$200,000), dismemberment (RD$200,000), total permanent disability (RD$200,000), and medical/odontological expenses (RD$30,000). The university offers this insurance at RD$150.00 per quadrimester.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• O&M University (Universidad Organización y Método): A Dominican private university with broad undergraduate and graduate offerings and a focus on accessibility for working students. O&M competes with UAPA in the same price-sensitive, adult-learner segment of the Dominican higher education market.
• Universidad del Caribe (UNICARIBE): A Dominican private university with multi-campus presence and programs in law, business, education, and engineering. UNICARIBE serves a similar working-adult student profile and competes with UAPA on flexible scheduling and affordability.
• INTEC (Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo): A major Dominican private university with a strong STEM, business, and social science portfolio and multiple campuses. INTEC competes directly with UAPA for adult learners and working professionals in Santo Domingo and Santiago.
• UNIBE (Universidad Iberoamericana): Another leading Dominican private university offering undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs, including in health sciences and law. UNIBE serves a similar adult-learner segment and competes for the same tuition-paying student base in DR.
• PUCMM (Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra): The leading private university in the Dominican Republic, offering undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs across similar disciplines (law, business, engineering, health). PUCMM is UAPA's most established domestic competitor with comparable multi-campus and virtual learning offerings.
• UNPHU (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña): A long-established Dominican private university with comparable multi-disciplinary undergraduate and graduate offerings. UNPHU competes with UAPA in Santo Domingo for adult and traditional students across law, engineering, and health sciences.
• UNAPEC (Universidad Acción Pro Educación y Cultura): A Dominican private university offering undergraduate and graduate programs with a strong continuing education and corporate training orientation. UNAPEC's business-focused portfolio and flexible scheduling directly overlaps with UAPA's target adult-learner market.

Emerging players

• Southern New Hampshire University: A US-based non-profit university that scaled rapidly through online adult-learner degree programs. SNHU is a useful global comparable for UAPA's virtual, adult-focused higher education model and its potential to grow via digital delivery.
• UNITEC Mexico: A large Latin American for-profit university with a strong online/distance learning operation and multi-discipline portfolio. UNITEC's scalable virtual model in a neighboring market is a relevant comparable for UAPA's growth trajectory and operational benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• UASD (Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo): The Dominican Republic's public flagship university and largest higher education provider by enrollment. UASD offers the broadest portfolio at the lowest price point, setting the competitive baseline that UAPA's adult-learner, virtual-friendly model must justify.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/CUICEUAPA
• Facebookfacebook.com/uniuapa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/universidad-abierta-para-adultos
• Instagraminstagram.com/uniuapa
• TikToktiktok.com/@uniuapa
• Xx.com/uniuapa

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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