Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego

UPAO is a large, nonprofit private university with nearly 30,000 students across campuses in Trujillo and Piura, combining broad professional education with a growing research and innovation mission. Its high-technology multidisciplinary laboratory provides specialized infrastructure for collaborative research, prototyping, knowledge transfer, and engagement with external partners. The Hub Digital and DNT Startup incubator connect researchers, students, entrepreneurs, and companies, anchoring the university in northern Peru’s emerging innovation economy. Research is supported by internal funds and competitive national programs associated with CONCYTEC, ProCiencia, and ProInnóvate. Institutional research and transfer functions support project development, intellectual property, commercialization, and startup formation.