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Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua (USMA) is located in Panamá City. 
USMA was founded on 27 May 1965 by Father Benjamin Ayechu, Director of the San 
Agustín College, as the first private university in the country. Catering 3,000 
students and 500 professors, USMA is divided into the Faculties of 
Administration Sciences, Life Sciences and Technology, Social Sciences, Law and 
Political Sciences, and Humanities and Religion Sciences. 
Home page: http://usmapanama.com/
The flag of USMA is vertically divided sky blue-white with a cross flory in the 
white part. Sky blue represents the patron saint of the university, the Blessed 
Virgin. White represents peace. The cross, taken from the coat of arms of the 
university, symbolizes the Catholic origin of the university. 
Source: 
http://usmapanama.com/nuestra-universidad/ 
The flag is seen on
photos 
taken in November 2010 during an official ceremony.
Ivan Sache, 21 May 2011
"The Technological University of Panama, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá 
(UTP) in Spanish, is the second largest university in the country and it is the 
highest hierarchy public institution, regarding higher education in Panama. It 
was formerly the Engineering School of the University of Panama, which in 1975 
became Polytechnic Institute and due to the need of a new model of university, 
it became the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, by means of Law 18 of August, 
13th, 1981"
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_University_of_Panama 
The flag (gonfalon) is seen here (on the right) (Source:
http://www.utp.ac.pa/utp-firma-convenio-con-el-municipio-de-panama). 
The flag is the coat of arms of the University with the name above it in golden capital 
letters.
For additional information go to: UTP 
(official website) 
Esteban Rivera, 12 January 2014