Facultad Politécnica - UNA

What Facultad Politécnica - UNA does

Facultad Politécnica - UNA is a public engineering and applied-sciences faculty within the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay. It serves undergraduate students, graduate and continuing-education students, faculty researchers, and external research collaborators through 13 undergraduate programs and multiple master's, doctoral, specialization, diploma, and extension offerings. Programs span informatics, electronics, electrical engineering, aeronautics, materials, energy, atmospheric sciences, production systems, information sciences, marketing, and hospitality management.\n\nTeaching and research are supported by an Educa e-learning platform, GDoc document management, the ATOM historical archive, an online library system, and Google Earth Engine for geospatial processing. FP-UNA also operates the Paraguay-Korea ICT Innovation Center and maintains research groups, funded projects, and student initiatives including the Robotics Club. The disclosed Q-learning agent and Guaraní-language synthetic-data project demonstrate applied AI work, but they are described as academic or club projects rather than commercial products.\n\nThe faculty is primarily supported by Paraguayan government funding and charges subsidized registration and tuition fees. Additional funding comes from research programs such as CONACYT's PINV, INIC, and ENER, as well as continuing education, diploma, extracurricular, and language courses. Student acquisition follows admission examinations, preparatory courses, annual enrollment cycles, and orientation events, while delivery occurs through the San Lorenzo campus, regional filials in Villarrica and Coronel Oviedo, distance learning, and online enrollment; specific fee structures and total revenue are not disclosed.

Name

Facultad Politécnica - UNA

Legal name

Facultad Politécnica de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Website

https://pol.una.py

Company type

Public

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Facultad Politécnica - UNA is a public Paraguayan university faculty that delivers undergraduate, graduate, and continuing technical education through on-campus, regional, and distance-learning programs for students and the research community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education (Engineering and Applied Sciences)

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs (EDAAAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Language & Communication Continuing Education (EDAAAEAF)

Keywords

• Engineering education
• Higher education programs
• Graduate research programs
• Public university degrees
• Continuing education diplomas

Headquarters

HQ city

San Lorenzo, Central

HQ country

Paraguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Registration Fees (Aranceles): Public university funded primarily through government budget allocation, with students paying registration and tuition fees for academic programs.
2. Research Project Funding: Funding from CONACYT and international organisms for approved research projects through PINV, INIC, and ENER programs.
3. Continuing Education and Diplomas: Revenue from diplomados, cursos extracurriculares, and language courses offered through the extension division.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Facultad Politécnica - UNA delivers public higher-education programs in engineering, technology, and applied sciences through 13 undergraduate degree programs, graduate programs (master's, doctorates, specializations), and continuing-education diplomas. Instruction is delivered on-campus at San Lorenzo and regional filiales in Villarrica and Coronel Oviedo, supplemented by the Educa distance-learning platform. The faculty also administers externally funded research projects through its UGPI unit and offers continuing-education services (diplomados, language courses, extracurricular courses) to professionals and the general public.

Product overview

Facultad Politécnica - UNA is a public engineering university within the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay. The institution offers a comprehensive portfolio of 13 undergraduate degree programs spanning engineering (Informatics, Electronics, Electrical, Aeronautical, Production Systems, Materials Science, Energy), sciences (Computer Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Information Sciences), and professional studies (Marketing, Hospitality Management). Graduate offerings include Master's degrees, doctorates, specializations, and continuing education diploma programs. The university provides educational technology infrastructure including the Educa platform for online learning and the Centro de Innovación en TIC Paraguay-Korea for technology research. Student-led initiatives such as Club de Robótica and research groups like GITAE complement the formal academic offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Radio Aranduka: University radio station operated by the faculty
• Club de Robótica FP-UNA
• Poli Podcast
• Revista Aranduka
• Poli Noticias

Products and services

• Carreras de Grado (Undergraduate Degree Programs)
• Postgrados (Graduate Programs)
• Diplomados (Continuing-Education Diploma Programs)
• Cursos Extracurriculares e Idiomas (Idiomatik Language Courses)
• Plataforma Educa (Distance-Learning Platform)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability5 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Compañía Comercial del Paraguay S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFP-UNA and Compañía Comercial del Paraguay S.A. signed a Marco de Cooperación Recíproca (Framework Cooperation Agreement) to promote joint initiatives, with a focus on strengthening institutional ties and supporting mutual development goals.
• MITIC (Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for diplomados offered through MITIC programs, expanding continuing education opportunities in technology fields.
• NIDTECminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research and technology development entity collaborating on research projects and workshops such as the GBIOMAT workshop.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Major Spanish public polytechnic university. Comparable as a larger established public engineering university with similar mission (engineering, technology, applied sciences) but vastly greater scale and international reach.
• Universidad de la República - Facultad de Ingeniería: Uruguayan public engineering faculty within the country's flagship university. Comparable in role (engineering faculty within a premier public university) and Latin American public-university context.

Direct peers

• Universidad Nacional del Este: Another public Paraguayan university offering engineering-adjacent programs. Directly comparable in governance (state-funded), scope, and target student demographic.
• Universidad Católica de Asunción: Paraguay's largest private university, offering parallel engineering and computer-science programs. Most directly comparable in product/market because it competes for the same Paraguayan undergraduate engineering cohort.
• Universidad Nacional de Itapúa: Public Paraguayan university with engineering and technology offerings. Comparable because it is also a state-funded regional public university serving a similar domestic student base.
• Universidad Americana: Private Paraguayan university with engineering and IT programs. Comparable as a competing higher-education provider targeting the same Paraguayan technical-talent market.

Others

• CONACYT Paraguay: Paraguay's national science and technology council. Connected as the primary funding body for FP-UNA's research projects (PINV/INIC/ENER), making it a key ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.
• Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (INTN): Paraguay's national technology/metrology institute. Connected as a public-sector partner in the applied-technology ecosystem, complementary rather than directly competitive with FP-UNA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/fpuna
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCBBq8AnBd78CB7S_rWWhfcQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/pol.una.py
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fp-una
• Instagraminstagram.com/fpuna

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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