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This is a '''list of universities in Ecuador''', including Ecuadorian universities and foreign institutions offering degrees in Ecuador. 

The [[Council for Higher Education of Ecuador | Higher Education Council]] (CES) of [[Ecuador]] is responsible for accrediting as qualified and suitable for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels; Ecuadorian Universities will be listed in accordance to their acreditation Status<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 November 2021 |publisher=CES |title=UNIVERSIDADES PÚBLICAS NACIONALES |url=https://www.ces.gob.ec/?page_id=328}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Universidades Particulares que reciben asignaciones y rentas del Estado |url=https://www.ces.gob.ec/?page_id=1537}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Universidades Particulares autofinanciadas |url=https://www.ces.gob.ec/?page_id=1540}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

== Accredited universities ==
=== Universities qualified for graduate and undergraduate studies ===

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! 
! Acronym
! University
! Type
! City
! Province
! Date of Creation
|-
|[[File:Logotipo Universidad Yachay Tech.png|20px]] || '''YACHAY'''<ref>[https://www.yachaytech.edu.ec/ YT]</ref> || [[Yachay University|Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental Yachay]] || Public|| [[File:Flag of Bharatpur1.png|20px|borde]] [[Urcuquí]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Imbabura.svg|border|25px]] [[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]] || {{dts|2013|12|16}}
|-
| || '''EPN'''<ref>[http://www.epn.edu.ec EPN]</ref> || [[Escuela Politécnica Nacional]] || Public || {{Flag|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1869|8|27}}
|-
||| '''ESPAM''' || [[Escuela Superior Politécnica Agropecuaria de Manabí]] || Public || [[File:Bandera de Calceta.svg|20px|border]] [[Calceta]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Manabí.svg|border|25px]] [[Manabí Province|Manabí]] || {{dts|1999|4|30}}
|-
| || '''ESPOCH''' || [[Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo]] || Public || {{Flag|Riobamba}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Cotopaxi.svg|border|25px]] [[Chimborazo Province|Chimborazo]]|| {{dts|1969|4|18}}
|-
| [[File:Espol1-300x299.png|20px]] || '''ESPOL'''<ref>[http://www.espol.edu.ec ESPOL]</ref> || [[Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral]] || Public || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]]|| {{dts|1958|11|11}}
|-
| [[File:Logo PUCESD.png|20px]] || '''PUCE'''<ref>[http://www.puce.edu.ec PUCE]</ref> || [[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1946|11|4}}
|-
||| '''UAE'''<ref>[http://www.uagraria.edu.ec UAE]</ref> || [[Universidad Agraria del Ecuador]] || Public || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|1992|7|16}}
|-
| [[File:Casa Grande.png|20px]] || '''UCG''' <ref>[http://www.casagrande.edu.ec UCG]</ref>|| [[Universidad Casa Grande]] || Private || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|1999|6|11}}
|-
| [[File:Fundador Dr César Cordero Moscoso.png|20px]] || '''UCACUE'''<ref>[http://www.ucacue.edu.ec UCACUE]</ref> || [[Universidad Católica de Cuenca]] || Private || [[File:Flag of Cuenca, Ecuador.svg|21px]][[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Azuay.svg|border|25px]] [[Azuay]]|| {{dts|1970|9|7}}
|-
| [[File:Logo UCSG.svg|20px]] || '''UCSG'''<ref>[http://www.ucsg.edu.ec UCSG]</ref> || [[Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil]] || Private || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]]|| {{dts|1962|5|16}}
|-
| [[File:Escudo de la Universidad Central del Ecuador - Andrés Agual.png|20px]] || '''UCE'''<ref>[http://www.uce.edu.ec UCE]</ref> || [[Universidad Central del Ecuador]] || Public || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1620|5|19}}
|-
|  || '''UARTES'''<ref>[https://www.uartes.edu.ec/ UARTES]</ref> || [[Universidad de las Artes (Ecuador)|Universidad de las Artes]] || Public || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|2013|12|17}}
|-
|[[File:Logo-UNAE-01.jpg|20px]] || '''UNAE''' || [[Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNAE)|Universidad Nacional de Educación]] || Public || [[Azogues]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Cañar.svg|border|25px]] [[Cañar Province|Cañar]] || {{dts|2013|12|19}}
|-
|[[File:Logotipo Ikiam.png|20px]] || '''IKIAM'''<ref>[http://www.ikiam.edu.ec IKIAM]</ref>
 || [[Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam]] || Public || [[Tena, Ecuador|Tena]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Napo.svg|border|25px]] [[Napo Province|Napo]]|| {{dts|2013|12|16}}
|-
| [[File:Logo ESPE.png|20px]] || '''ESPE'''<ref>[http://www.espe.edu.ec ESPE]</ref> || [[Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE]] || Public || [[Sangolquí]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]|| {{dts|1922|6|19}}
|-
| [[File:Marca UCuenca 2021 Fondo Blanco (1).png|20px]] || '''UCUENCA'''<ref>[http://www.ucuenca.edu.ec UC]</ref> || [[Universidad de Cuenca]] || Public || [[File:Flag of Cuenca, Ecuador.svg|21px]][[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Azuay.svg|border|25px]] [[Azuay]] || {{dts|1867|10|15}}
|-
| [[File:Escudo usfq-01.png|20px]] || '''USFQ'''<ref>[http://www.usfq.edu.ec USFQ]</ref> || [[Universidad San Francisco de Quito]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1988|9|1}}
|-
| [[File:UEES logo.png|20px]] || '''UEES'''<ref>[http://www.uees.edu.ec UEES]</ref> || [[Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo]] || Private || [[File:Flag of Samborondón.svg|20px|border]] [[Samborondón]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|1993|11|18}}
|-
| [[File:600px solid HEX-8E3145.svg|20px]] ||'''UDLA'''<ref>[http://www.udla.edu.ec UDLA]</ref>|| [[Universidad de las Américas (Ecuador)|Universidad de las Américas]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] ||{{dts|1995|11|21}}
|-
| [[File:Universidad de Guayaquil.svg|20px]] || '''UG''' <ref>[http://www.ug.edu.ec UG]</ref>|| [[Universidad de Guayaquil]] || Public || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|1897|5|29}}
|-
| [[File:Logo UDA.jpg|20px]] || '''UDA'''<ref>[http://www.uazuay.edu.ec UDA]</ref> || [[Universidad del Azuay]] || Private ||[[File:Flag of Cuenca, Ecuador.svg|21px]] [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Azuay.svg|border|25px]] [[Azuay]]|| {{dts|1968|8|9}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Huanuni, Bolivia.svg|20px]] || '''UDLH'''<ref>[http://www.uhemisferios.edu.ec UDLH]</ref> || [[Universidad de los Hemisferios]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|2004|5|20}}
|-
| || '''UEA''' || [[Universidad Estatal Amazónica]] || Public || [[Puyo, Pastaza|Puyo]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pastaza.svg|border|25px]]  [[Pastaza Province|Pastaza]] || {{dts|2002|10|18}}
|-
| [[File:Emblema de la UNEMI.svg|20px]] || '''UNEMI''' || [[Universidad Estatal de Milagro]] || Public || [[Milagro, Ecuador|Milagro]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|2001|2|7}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Huanuni, Bolivia.svg|20px]] || '''UNIBE''' || [[Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1994|5|20}}
|-
| [[File:Logo UIDE.jpg|20px]] || '''UIDE'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000502032921/http://www.internacional.edu.ec/ UIDE]</ref> || [[Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE)|Universidad Internacional del Ecuador]] || Private|| {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1992|10|21}}
|-
| [[File:Halle Belgium.svg|20px|border]] || '''UISEK'''<ref>[http://www.uisek.edu.ec SEK]</ref> || [[Universidad Internacional SEK Ecuador]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1993|6|30}}
|-
| || '''UNL'''<ref>[http://www.unl.edu.ec UNL]</ref> || [[Universidad Nacional de Loja]] || Public || [[Loja, Ecuador|Loja]] ||[[File:Bandera Provincia Loja.svg|border|25px]][[Loja Province|Loja]]|| {{dts|1859|12|31}}
|-
| || '''UPEC'''<ref>[http://www.upec.edu.ec UPEC]</ref>
 || [[Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi]] || Public || [[Tulcán]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Carchi.svg|border|25px]] [[Carchi]]|| {{dts|2006|4|5}}
|-
| [[File:Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (1).jpg|20px]] || '''UPS'''<ref>[https://www.ups.edu.ec/ UPS]</ref> || [[Universidad Politécnica Salesiana]] || Private ||[[File:Flag of Cuenca, Ecuador.svg|21px]] [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Azuay.svg|border|25px]] [[Azuay]] || {{dts|1994|8|4}}
|-
| || '''UTA'''<ref>[http://www.uta.edu.ec UTA]</ref> || [[Universidad Técnica de Ambato]] || Public || [[Ambato, Ecuador|Ambato]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Tungurahua.svg|border|25px]] [[Tungurahua Province|Tunguragua]] || {{dts|1969|4|14}}
|-
| || '''UTN'''<ref>[http://www.utn.edu.ec/web/uniportal/ UTN]</ref> || [[Universidad Técnica del Norte]] || Public || [[Ibarra, Ecuador|Ibarra]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Imbabura.svg|border|25px]][[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]]|| {{dts|1986|7|18}}
|-
| || '''UTMACH''' || [[Universidad Técnica de Machala]] || Public || [[Machala]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia El Oro.svg|border|25px]] [[El Oro Province|El Oro]]|| {{dts|1969|4|14}}
|-
| [[File:Logo_universidad_UTM.png|20px]] || '''UTM''' <ref>[http://www.utm.edu.ec UTM]</ref>|| [[Universidad Técnica de Manabí]] || Public || [[Portoviejo]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Manabí.svg|border|25px]] [[Manabí Province|Manabí]] || {{dts|1952|10|29}}
|-
|||'''UTEQ'''<ref>[http://www.uteq.edu.ec UTEQ]</ref>
 || [[Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo]] || Public || [[Quevedo, Ecuador|Quevedo]] || [[File:Bandera de Los Ríos.svg|border|25px]][[Los Ríos Province|Los Ríos]] || {{dts|1984|2|1}}
|-
| || '''UTPL'''<ref>[http://www.utpl.edu.ec UTPL]</ref> || [[Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja]] || Private || [[Loja, Ecuador|Loja]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Loja.svg|border|25px]] [[Loja Province|Loja]] || {{dts|1971|5|3}}
|-
| [[File:600px Bianco con inserti Azzurri.png|20px|border]] || '''UTEG''' <ref>[http://www.uteg.edu.ec UTEG]</ref>|| [[Universidad Tecnológica Empresarial de Guayaquil]] || Private || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]]|| {{dts|2000|1|31}}
|-
| [[File:Logo-ute (2).png|20px]] || '''UTE'''<ref>[http://www.ute.edu.ec UTE]</ref>
 || [[Universidad UTE]] || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1971|2|18}}
|-
| [[File:Universidad Indoamérica .jpg|20px|border]] || '''UTI''' || Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica || Private || [[Ambato, Ecuador|Ambato]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Tungurahua.svg|border|25px]] [[Tungurahua Province|Tunguragua]]|| {{dts|1998|7|31}}
|-
| [[File:Logo Fountain UPACIFICO.jpg|20px]] ||'''UPACIFICO'''<ref>[http://www.upacifico.edu.ec UPACIFICO]</ref>||Universidad Del Pacífico|| Private ||{{Flag2|Guayaquil}}||[[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]]||{{dts|1997|12|18}}
|-
| || '''UO''' || [[Universidad de Otavalo]] || Private || [[File:Flag of Cajibío (Cauca).svg|20px]] [[Otavalo (city)|Otavalo]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Imbabura.svg|border|25px]][[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]] || {{dts|2002|12|21}}
|-
| || '''UEB''' || [[Universidad Estatal de Bolívar]] || Public || [[Guaranda]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Bolívar.svg|border|25px]][[Bolívar Province (Ecuador)|Bolivar]]|| {{dts|1977|10|22}}
|-
| || '''UNESUM''' || [[Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí]] || Public || [[File:Flag of Jipijapa.svg|20px]] [[Jipijapa Canton|Jipijapa]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Manabí.svg|border|25px]] [[Manabí Province|Manabí]]  || {{dts|2001|2|7}}
|-
|[[File:Upse.png|20px]] || '''UPSE''' || [[Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena]] || Public || [[La Libertad, Ecuador|La Libertad]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Santa Elena.svg|border|25px]][[Santa Elena Province|Santa Elena]] || {{dts|1998|7|22}}
|-
|[[File:Uleamnuevo.png|20px]] ||'''ULEAM'''<ref>[http://www.uleam.edu.ec ULEAM]</ref> || [[Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí]] || Public || [[Manta, Ecuador|Manta]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Manabí.svg|border|25px]] [[Manabí Province|Manabí]]  || {{dts|1985|11|13}}
|-
| || '''ULVR'''<ref>[http://www.ulvr.edu.ec/ ULVR]</ref> || [[Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte]] || Private || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|1966|11|10}}
|-
| || '''UMET'''<ref>[https://umet.edu.ec/ UMET] </ref>|| [[Universidad Metropolitana (Ecuador)|Universidad Metropolitana]] || Private || {{Flag2|Guayaquil}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|2000|5|2}}
|-
|[[File:Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo logo.jpg|20px|border]] || '''UNACH'''<ref>[http://www.unach.edu.ec UNACH]</ref> || [[Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo]] || Public || {{Flag2|Riobamba}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Cotopaxi.svg|border|25px]] [[Chimborazo Province|Chimborazo]]|| {{dts|1995|8|31}}
|-
| [[File:Escudo Uniandes.JPG|20px|border]] || '''UNIANDES''' || [[Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes]] || Private || [[Ambato, Ecuador|Ambato]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Tungurahua.svg|border|25px]][[Tungurahua Province|Tungurahua]] || {{dts|1997|2|20}}
|-
| [[File:Image of USGP.svg|20px]] || '''USGP'''<ref>[http://www.sangregorio.edu.ec USGP]</ref> || [[Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo]] || Private || [[Portoviejo]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Manabí.svg|border|25px]] [[Manabí Province|Manabí]]  || {{dts|2000|12|14}}
|-
| || '''UTC'''<ref>[http://www.utc.edu.ec UTC]</ref> ||[[Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi]] || Public || [[Latacunga]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Cotopaxi.svg|border|25px]][[Cotopaxi Province|Cotopaxi]]|| {{dts|1995|1|24}}
|-
| || '''UISRAEL''' || Universidad Tecnológica Israel || Private || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1999|11|20}}
|-
| [[File:Logo-universidad-ecotec.png|20px]] || '''ECOTEC'''<ref>[http://www.ecotec.edu.ec Ecotec]</ref>  || [[Universidad Tecnológica Ecotec]] || Private || [[File:Flag of Samborondón.svg|20px|border]] [[Samborondón]] || [[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] || {{dts|2006|12|18}}
|}</div>

=== Graduate universities  ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! Acronym
! University
! Type
! City
! Province
! Date of Creation
|-
|[[File:LogoFLACSO.png|20px]] || '''FLACSO''' || [[Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales]] || Public || {{Flag|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1975|10|28}}
|-
|  || '''UASB''' <ref>[http://www.uasb.edu.ec UASB]</ref>||  [[Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar]] || Public || {{Flag|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1992|7|24}}
|-
| || '''IAEN''' ||  [[Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales]] || Public || {{Flag|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1972|5|20}}
|}

== Universities awaiting accreditation ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! Acronym
! University
! Type
! City
! Province
! Date of Creation
|-
|[[File:Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador logo 1.svg|20px]]
|'''UBE'''
|[[Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador]]
|Private
|[[File:Flag_of_Durán.svg|borde|20x20px]] [[Durán, Ecuador|Durán]]
|{{ECU|G}}
||{{dts|2021|5|14}}
|-
| || '''UDET''' || [[Universidad de Especialidades Turísticas]] || Privada || {{Flag2|Quito}} || {{ECU|P}} || {{dts|2000|3|14}}
|-
|
|'''UDR'''
|[http://www.udr.edu.ec/ Universidad Del Río]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Guayaquil}}
|{{ECU|G}}
|{{dts|2018|12|6}}
|-
|
|'''UAW'''
|Universidad Intercultural de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indígenas Amawtay Wasi
|Public
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|{{ECU|P}}
|{{dts|2018|8|2}}
|-
|[[File:Logo-UTB.jpg|20px]]
|'''UTB'''
|[[Universidad Técnica de Babahoyo]]
|Public
|[[Babahoyo]]
|{{ECU|R}}
|{{dts|1971|10|8}}
|-
|[[File:ESCUDETO UTE-LVT.png|20px]]
|'''UTE-LVT'''
|[[Universidad Técnica Luis Vargas Torres]]
|Public
|[[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]]
|{{ECU|E}}
|{{dts|1970|5|9}}
|}

== Foreign universities and business schools operating In Ecuador  ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! Acronym
! University
! Type
! Methodology
! Country of Origin
! Date of Original Offer in Ecuador
|-
|[[File:Global University LOGO.png|20px]]
|'''GU'''
|[https://globaluniversity.edu.ec/ Global University]
|Private
|Formal Education & [[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{USA}}
|{{dts|2000|2|7}}
|-
|[[File:Broward-College-jpg.jpg|20px]]
|'''BC'''
|[[Broward College]]
|Private
|Formal Education
|{{USA}}
|{{dts|2007|1|7}}
|-
|
|'''ADEN'''
|[https://www.aden.org/ Aden University]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{PAN}}
|{{dts|2010|3|4}}
|-
|
|'''ITAérea'''
|[https://www.itaerea.es/sedes/escuela-aeronautica-ecuador IT Aeronautical Business School]
|Private
|Formal Education & [[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ESP}}
|{{dts|2014|3|5}}
|-
|[[File:UNIR Logo.svg|20px]]
|'''UNIR'''
|[[Universidad Internacional de La Rioja]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ESP}}
|{{dts|2016|7|1}}
|-
|[[File:UniversidadNebrija.jpg|20px]]
|'''Nebrija'''
|[[Universidad Nebrija]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ESP}}
|{{dts|2018|6|22}}
|-
|[[File:Logo del ITESM.svg|20px]]
|'''TEC'''
|[[Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey|Tecnológico de Monterrey]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{MEX}}
|{{dts|2019|3|21}}
|-
|
|'''EUDE'''
|[https://www.eude.ec/ EUDE Business School]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ESP}}
|{{dts|2019|7|21}}
|-
|[[File:Utel logo.png|20px]]
|'''UTEL'''
|[[Universidad Tecnológica Latinoamericana en Línea (UTEL)|Universidad Tecnológica Latinoamericana en Línea]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{MEX}}
|{{dts|2020|7|15}}
|-
|
|'''Uk'''
|[https://universidaduk.com/ Universidad Kuepa]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{MEX}}
|{{dts|2021|3|28}}
|-
|
|'''MBTU'''
|[https://www.mbtu.us/es/ Miami Business Technological University]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{USA}}
|{{dts|2021|5|16}}
|-
|
|'''UGR'''
|[https://ugr.edu.ar/ugr-ecuador/ Universidad del Gran Rosario]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ARG}}
|{{dts|2021|10|12}}
|-
|[[File:IMF Smart Education.png|20px]]
|'''IMF'''
|[[IMF International Business School|IMF Global University]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ESP}}
|{{dts|2021|10|15}}
|-
|
|'''UIIX'''
|[https://uiix.edu.mx/ Universidad de Investigación e Innovación de México]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{MEX}}
|{{dts|2022|8|29}}
|-
|[[File:Universidad EAN logo.svg|20px]]
|'''EAN'''
|[[Universidad EAN]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{COL}}
|{{dts|2023|1|31}}
|-
|[[File:Universidad-europea-logo poc9mEM.2e16d0ba.fill-767x384.png|20px]]
|'''UE'''
|[[Universidad Europea]]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{ESP}}
|{{dts|2023|5|17}}
|-
|[[File:Ucontinental-logotipo.png|20px]]
|'''CUF'''
|[https://continentaluniversity.us/ Continental University of Florida]
|Private
|[[Online learning in higher education|Online]]
|{{USA}}
|{{dts|2023|6|8}}
|}

== Closed universities ==
The following universities have ceased operations in Ecuador.<ref>{{cite news |title=14 universidades categoría E fueron suspendidas |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2012/04/12/1/1447/senescyt-suspende-universidades-categoria-e-que-no-pasaron-evaluacion.html/ |access-date=20 May 2024 |publisher=El Universo |date=12 April 2012}}</ref> 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! Acronym
! University
! Type
! City
! Province
! Date of Creation
! Date of Closure
|-
|
|'''ESPEA'''
|[[Escuela Superior Politécnica Ecológica Amazónica]]
|Private
|[[File:Flag_of_Durán.svg|borde|20x20px]] [[Durán, Ecuador|Tena]]
|{{ECU|G}}
||{{dts|1997|9|30}}
|{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES">{{cite web |title=Ley de Extinción de las Universidades y Escuelas Politecnicas |url=https://www.gob.ec/sites/default/files/regulations/2018-10/Documento_ley-extincion-universidades-escuelas-politecnicas.pdf |website=Gob.ec |publisher=Registro Oficial|access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
| || '''ESPOJ''' || [[Escuela Politécnica Javeriana]] || Privada || {{Flag2|Quito}} || [[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] || {{dts|1995|11|29}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2017|06|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Decreto Ejecutivo Derogando Politecnica Javeriana |url=https://vlex.ec/vid/1385-deroguese-decreto-ejecutivo-681902885 |website=Vlex |publisher=Registro Oficial |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
|
|'''UNAQ'''
|[[Universidad Autónoma de Quito]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|1999|07|07}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|[[File:U. Cooperativa de Colombia logo.svg|20px]]
|'''UCC'''
|[[Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia]]
|Private
|[[Quevedo, Ecuador|Quevedo]]
|[[File:Bandera de Los Ríos.svg|border|25px]][[Los Ríos Province|Los Ríos]]
|{{dts|1998|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web |title=MANDATO CONSTITUYENTE 14 DEROGA LEY UNIVERSIDAD COOPERATIVA COLOMBIA |url=https://www.educacionsuperior.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/02/Mandato-Constituyente-14.pdf |website=educacionsuperior.edu.ec |publisher=SENESCYT |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref>
|{{dts|2001|12|19}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Cerrada Universidad de Colombia |url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/secciones/cerrada-universidad-de-colombia/ |access-date=21 May 2024 |publisher=La Hora |date=19 December 2001}}</ref>
|-
|
|'''UCL'''
|[[Universidad Cristiana Latinoamericana]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|2000|03|31}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UI'''
|[[Universidad Intercontinental]]
|Public
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|1992|5|18}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UAPG'''
|[[Universidad Alfredo Pérez Guerrero]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|2001|1|15}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UPAC'''
|[[Universidad Panamericana de Cuenca]]
|Private
|[[File:Flag of Cuenca, Ecuador.svg|25px]][[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]]
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Azuay.svg|border|25px]] [[Azuay]]
|{{dts|2004|06|25}}
|{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UNIDEC'''
|[[Universidad Interamericana del Ecuador]]
|Private
|[[Riobamba]]
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Cotopaxi.svg|border|25px]] [[Chimborazo Province|Chimborazo]]
|{{dts|2006|10|31}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UOMQ'''
|[[Universidad Og Mandino de Quito]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|2005|11|27}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UTSAM'''
|[[Universidad Tecnológica San Antonio de Machala]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|1999|06|15}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UTA'''
|[[Universidad Tecnológica América]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|1997|08|20}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UE'''
|[[Universitas Ecuatorialis]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|2002|12|27}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UE'''
|[[Escuela Superior Politécnica Ecológica Prof. Servio Tulio Montero Ludeña]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|1997|08|20}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UE'''
|[[Universidad Técnica Particular de Ciencias Ambientales José Peralta]]
|Private
|{{Flag2|Quito}}
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg|border|25px]] [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
|{{dts|1998|07|31}}
||{{dts|2012|04|12}} (Closed)<br/>
{{dts|2016|08|02}} (Extinguished)<ref name="Extinción IES"></ref>
|-
|
|'''UJ'''
|[[Universidad Jefferson]]
|Private
|[[Flag|Guayaquil]]
|[[File:Bandera Provincia Guayas.svg|border|25px]] [[Guayas Province|Guayas]]
|{{dts|1998|07|31}}
||{{dts|2005|04|29}} (Closed)<ref>{{cite news |title=U. Jefferson fue intervenida por el Conesup |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2005/06/05/0001/18/0E1C4C2E2ED34422815BD9DCA33A7A96.html/ |access-date=25 May 2024 |agency=El Gran Guayaquil |publisher=El Universo |date=5 June 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107050039/https://www.eluniverso.com/2005/06/05/0001/18/0E1C4C2E2ED34422815BD9DCA33A7A96.html/ |archive-date=2016-11-07 }}</ref><br/>
{{dts|2008|08|28}} (Extinguished)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pablo |first1=Beltrán Ayala |title=La Educación Superior Ecuatoriana |url=https://uees.edu.ec/descargas/libros/2021/educacion-superior-ecuatoriana.pdf |website=Universidad Especialidades Espíritu Santo |access-date=25 May 2024 |ref=Una mirada desde la Política Publica, previo a la Ley Orgánica de Educación Superior}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Ecuador|Lists}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Universities and colleges in Ecuador}}
*[http://www.altillo.com/en/universities/universities_ecuador.asp Universities in Ecuador by region]
*[http://unicarrera.com/universidades/universidades-ecuador/ Complete list of universities in Ecuador]

{{South America in topic|List of universities in}}

[[Category:Ecuador education-related lists|Universities]]
[[Category:Lists of universities and colleges in South America|Ecuador]]
[[Category:Universities in Ecuador|*]]
[[Category:Lists of universities and colleges by country|Ecuador]]
[[Category:Lists of organisations based in Ecuador|Universities]]