Our University
Our university’s mission is carried out in a Christian environment through curriculum, teaching and learning, research, administration, faculty, and non-teaching staff.
Antillean Adventist University
Who We Are
Antillean Adventist University is an institution of higher education operated by the Puerto Rican Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches. It is located on the western side of the beautiful Island of Enchantment, Puerto Rico, 4 kilometers from the center of Mayagüez, the city of pure waters. Surrounded by lush mountain vegetation, it offers a haven of peace and harmony conducive to the holistic and balanced development of all members of its university community.
Mission
Antillean Adventist University promotes the holistic training of competent professionals, committed to serving God and humanity.
Vision
Antillean Adventist University will be recognized for spirituality, excellence, and service.
Spirituality
Antillean will be an educational institution where the knowledge of God is reaffirmed and religious experience is valued.
Excellence
Antillean will be an educational institution that offers high-quality education and fosters institutional effectiveness to meet the academic, social, physical, and spiritual expectations and needs of the student population.
Service
Antillean will be an educational institution that fosters the stewardship of human, natural, financial, and technological resources, and that encourages the development of an altruistic attitude that results in a better quality of life for the church and the world.
Institutional Values
Our History
Our university grew out of educational institutions in Puerto Rico and Cuba. The Seventh-day Adventist Church opened its first school in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, in 1920. In 1946, it established the Metropolitan Adventist Academy, a comprehensive high school, in Santurce.
Educational Philosophy
Antillean Adventist University recognizes that God, the Creator and Sustainer of the earth and the entire universe, is the source of knowledge and wisdom. God created humankind perfect, in His own image and likeness. Because of sin, humankind lost its original state of perfection. Christian education, through the development of faith in Christ, restores in humankind the image of its Creator and prepares it for service to God and humanity.
Knowledge of God is not obtained through reasoning alone; God has communicated His nature, purposes, and plans through divine revelation. The Holy Scriptures were inspired by God and are the primary source of wisdom, reality, truth, ethics, and aesthetics. This biblical foundation determines the aims of education and our understanding of the nature of the student, the role of the teacher, the curriculum, teaching methodology, and the role of the university in society.
Students possess infinite potential that needs to be developed. Adventist education fosters the continuous, harmonious, and holistic development of all dimensions of character: spiritual, moral, cognitive, physical, and social. Every member of the university community is an agent in this educational process for developing character potential. They are called to be models of spirituality, excellence, and service.
The curriculum will be based on biblical principles and integrate a faith-based perspective to achieve the student’s holistic and balanced development. It will be a dynamic and innovative curriculum that prepares students for social and professional challenges. It provides opportunities for students to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes in various fields of study. Furthermore, through a variety of teaching methods, and following the teachings of Christ, it seeks to develop critical thinking, research skills, problem-solving abilities, effective communication, resource stewardship, and the use of technological advancements. Ultimately, it aims to nurture a vocation and provide students with practical preparation so they can serve God’s work on earth with excellence.
Institutional Strategic Plan 2023-2028
Priority: Spiritual Development
Effective integration of faith and values into learning, both within the Adventist academic community and in the external community.
Priority: Student Success
Recruitment, retention, enrollment management and support to a diverse body of students through service systems, facilities and technology until the conclusion of their program of study.
Priority: Academic Quality
A learning environment that develops in students the skills necessary for excellent professional performance, with multicultural perspectives, based on a high-quality educational offering supported by research, creative work, learning assessment, and program effectiveness.
Priority: Research
Research, creative work, learning assessment, and program effectiveness.
Priority: Administrative Effectiveness
Emphasis on efficient administrative processes including planning and evaluation of institutional effectiveness, human resource management and sustainable development, supported by financial stability.
Priority: Social Commitment and Collaborative Relationships
Expand local and global service opportunities.
