{"id":7621,"date":"2024-10-22T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ciapr.org\/el-colegio\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:09:12","slug":"el-colegio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ciapr.org\/en\/el-colegio\/","title":{"rendered":"El Colegio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;home-img-text-block invert-mobile&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;4\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;heading-line-left has-sub&#8221;]\n<h2>About the College<\/h2>\n<p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]We are a quasi-public, nonprofit corporation founded in 1938 to unite professionals authorized to practice engineering and land surveying in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>Our organization includes a membership of professionals authorized by the Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Engineers and Land Surveyors. 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