ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Being an entrepreneur is not only about starting one’s own business; it is also about providing solutions to our country’s social and economic problems. Our students develop important projects, business ideas and investment plans, while calculating risks and learning to work as team members. They learn that being an entrepreneur also means working well with others, understanding their needs and strengthening human relations. According to our vision, an entrepreneur may be an independent businessperson or a member of an organization; it is a matter of one’s approach to the challenges that arise. Developing one’s own leadership style, in accordance with one’s personality and abilities, working in diverse national and international settings, and recognizing the importance of interpersonal relations are characteristic of our graduates.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The university has an association called Alianza Social Universitaria – ASU, which is aimed at developing and implementing projects and programs of Social Responsibility at university and business level.

The main objective is to develop activities to meet Peruvian social requirements in which the main actors are students and faculty members. For more information contact this office in the student lounge weekdays from 9:00 am till 6:00 pm.






INTERNATIONALIZATION
The USIL international projection belongs to a development concept, and it is abroad since 1993 with a school in Paraguay, technical bachelors and other programs.
Furthermore, the Culinary Arts School in Miami is already open, which will be followed by other openings in our region. Along with this, students´ participation of our University is deepened in the exchange programs and double degree with more than 70 international universities. In this way, San Ignacio de Loyola University takes its experience to the world and opens even more its doors towards an integral formation of its students in the international globalization context.

Thanks to the demanding academic formation that the university gives, we have been selected by the most prestigious universities and institutions of America, Asia, and Europe to sign agreements which let them have USIL as a strategic partner in their programs of double degree, educational, academic, cultural, consulting, and work exchange. Moreover, leading companies invite our students to work in their headquarters around the world, as an example of international recognition of our academic programs.
The student´s profile who participates in the internationalization understands the context in an effective way using different skills to succeed in negotiations. In addition, the student uses strategies according to different demanding juncture throughout independent and leading decisions.

DECENTRALIZATION
San Ignacio de Loyola University projects itself towards decentralization with the purpose of offering an education based on a deep and innovative knowledge of our country. That is why our vision is to offer specific programs in the most important cities of the country, according to its most relevant social and economic characteristics. Proof of this is the “Semestre en Cusco” program; young students of the Hospitality Management and Tourism Management programs work in the most important hotels and travel agencies of the city while taking university classes. Other new programs are: International Programs “Semester in Cusco” and “Summer in Cusco”; customized for international students. The objective is to motivate our students to learn more about our national and regional reality, the society and economy, the productive structure, and also understand our diversity, in order to value our national products and recognize opportunities in our country’s different regions.