Higher Education · Quito
Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA) is a private, non-profit higher education institution based in Quito, Ecuador. Founded in 1994, it is the largest self-financed university in Ecuador, offering 48 undergraduate and over 60 postgraduate programs across multiple disciplines. UDLA is the only private university in Quito accredited in the US by WASC/WSCUC and is the first and only university in Ecuador allied with the Minerva Project. It has 4-5 campuses including the main UDLAPark campus and ranks #1 in research in Ecuador per SCIMAGO for five consecutive years.