SUNEDU

{{Short description|Government organisation in Peru}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = National Superintendency of Higher University Education

| native_name = Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria

| type =

| logo = SUNEDU.svg

| formed = {{Start date|2014}}

| preceding1 = {{ill|National Assembly of Rectors|es|Asamblea Nacional de Rectores del Perú|lt=ANR}}

| agency_type =

| jurisdiction = Peru

| status =

| headquarters = Aldabas 337, Surco

| coordinates =

| motto =

| employees =

| budget =

| chief1_name = Manuel Castillo Venegas

| chief1_position = Superintendent

| parent_department = Ministry of Education

| website = {{URL|https://www.gob.pe/sunedu}}

}}

The National Superintendency of Higher University Education ({{langx|es|Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria}}), also known by its acronym SUNEDU, is a government organisation whose purpose is the licensing, quality supervision, and inspection of higher university educational service in Peru.{{Cite news |title=¿Qué es la Sunedu, cuáles son sus funciones y para qué sirve? |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/05/06/que-es-la-sunedu-cuales-son-sus-funciones-y-para-que-sirve/ |date=2022-05-06 |work=Infobae}}

SUNEDU officially (according to University Law No. 30220) is attached to the Ministry of Education with technical, functional, administrative, economic and financial autonomy. Although according to Law 31520 of 2022,{{Cite news |title=Ley N° 31520: Ley que restablece la autonomía y la institucionalidad de las universidades peruanas |url=https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/dispositivo/NL/2088561-1 |date=2022-07-21 |work=El Peruano}} the dependency is annulled because the institution was refounded as an autonomous entity with a legal nature of internal public law.{{Cite news |title=Pleno aprueba por insistencia el restablecimiento de la autonomía de las universidades peruanas |url=https://comunicaciones.congreso.gob.pe/noticias/pleno-aprueba-por-insistencia-el-restablecimiento-de-la-autonomia-de-las-universidades-peruanas/ |date=2022-07-13 |work=Congreso de la República}}{{Cite news |title=Fact-checking: ¿La Sunedu no tiene autonomía, como lo señaló virtual congresista de Perú Libre? |url=https://elcomercio.pe/elecciones-2021/fact-checking-la-sunedu-no-tiene-autonomia-como-lo-senalo-virtual-congresista-de-peru-libre-elecciones-2021-noticia/ |last=Rojas Sánchez |first=Alicia |date=2021-05-09 |work=El Comercio}}{{Cite news |title=Es falso que la modificación de la Ley Universitaria dio a Sunedu autonomía y personería jurídica pública |url=https://ojo-publico.com/4397/el-titular-la-sunedu-no-dijo-la-verdad-sobre-la-ley-universitaria |date=2023-04-14 |work=Ojo Público}}