sentences:  Management, Spanish and Bilingual Executive Secretarial Science, and Accounting, were the first majors offered by this university.In 1968, the government of the Dominican Republic granted APEC accreditation as a university with the right to award higher education degrees.The university changed its name to the current one (Universidad APEC) on August 11, 1983; such change having been approved by the Dominican government in 1985.