Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

Special Programs
UPR Sea Grant College Program
Since 1980, the University of Puerto Rico Sea
Grant College Program has been working to
promote the conservation, sustainability and wise
use of the coastal and marine resources of Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is one of
31 programs which conform the National Sea
Grant Program created in 1966 with the signing
of Public Law 89-688, the National Sea Grant
and College Program Act. The aim of UPR Sea
Grant is to better inform public policy makers,
change resource user attitudes and practices,
develop educational curricula and promote
conservation and sustainable economic
development. The UPR Sea Grant program
achieves its mission through a multifaceted
approach which includes research, outreach and
formal(K-12) education programs.
Pre-College Engineering Program
PCEP is a two-week summer-residential
program designed to introduce talented high
school students to the engineering profession.
The program’s main objective is to motivate
participants to select and pursue careers in
engineering. Upon completion of the program,
participants are able to make informed career
decisions. The program has served a total of 810
students. Ninety-four percent of the students
served by this program pursued careers in
engineering. Funding for the program comes
from corporate institutions.
UPR Sea Grant links the university setting,
which focuses on the development of theoretical
and applied research, with regional and national
agencies, and stakeholders producing a better
understanding of marine technologies, seafood
production (including marine aquaculture),
coastal ecosystem health, and coastal economic
development (including human environmental
impact, and public safety). Sea Grant provides
research and educational opportunities to
graduate and undergraduate students of all fields
related to conservation of marine resources. The
information produced by research activities is
organized and disseminated through workshops
and activities developed by the Marine Outreach
Program and the education component of our
program.
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