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04-02-2009, 06:40 PM
As of July 2008, 3,806 Haitians were studying in Dominican universities. This is up almost 100% compared to the 1,900 students in 2005. Francisco D'Oleo of the APEC University Planning Department said that most Haitians study at the Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago (UTESA), with 1,831 students, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) with 680, Catolica de Santo Domingo (UCSD) with 215, Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) with 167, and APEC with 358 students. Students are 20-35 years old and most are men. A total of 1,596 Haitian students are studying medicine. Engineering and Computer science was chosen by 21%. A further16.6% chose social sciences and 10.8% chose philosophy and humanities (mainly Spanish). A total of 148 are on hotel school study courses, as reported in Hoy.

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