National Agrarian University

The International Potato Center (known as CIP from its Spanish-language name Centro Internacional de la Papa) is a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas. It was established in 1971 by decree of the Peruvian government.CIP is one of the 15 specialized research centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, an international consortium of agricultural research organizations, having joined in 1972.In late 2015, they partnered with NASA to attempt to grow potatoes in a simulated Martian environment. In March 2017, they announced that preliminary indications are positive.

St. Ignatius of Loyola University (Spanish: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola) (USIL) is a private institution for higher education and research in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1995, as part of the Educational Corporation San Ignacio de Loyola, by Raúl Diez Canseco. The main campus is based in La Molina district. Four decentralized campuses in Pachacamac, Huachipa, Independencia, and Magdalena, provide additional infrastructure for lectures, research, workshops, and sport facilities. Historically, USIL has focused on business, management, and entrepreneurship; however, in recent years, it has expanded significantly in the fields of Education, Engineering and Health Sciences. By 2023, USIL offers 34 undergraduate and 13 postgraduate programmes in 8 faculties.

The Lima Peru Temple is the 38th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

The Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones Recoleta is a private Catholic school in La Molina District, Lima, Peru. Founded in 1893 by a French mission of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary as a all-boys school in central Lima, it is currently a mixed-sex school.

The Women's University of the Sacred Heart (UNIFÉ) is a private university for women, located in the city of Lima, Peru. It was founded and sponsored by the Congregation of Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Catholic Church on December 24, 1962. Its headquarters are in the district of La Molina.

Newton College is a Peruvian British co-educational private school in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1979 with the purpose of offering a modern, humanistic, technological education. It was to be British in outlook but with an international philosophy. It is a semi-immersion, bilingual school delivering 50% of the curriculum in English and 50% in Spanish up to Year 3. As students progress through the school more of the curriculum is taught in English and for the IB Diploma Programme students may study five of their six chosen courses in English. Newton College was the first school in Peru to deliver the International Baccalaureate curriculum. It offers all its students the Primary Years Programme (2-11 year olds), the Middle Years Programme (11-16 year-olds), and the Diploma Programme (16-18 years olds). The curriculum gives equal importance to all subjects and all three creative arts (Music, Drama and Visual Art) are taught to all students up to Year 8, when they become optional courses. All students learn to play a musical instrument from the age of 5. The school also offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities: community service projects, all major sports, Drama Club, Model United Nations, debating, gardening, scouts, etc. Newton College has approximately 1,560 students, 85% of whom are Peruvian. It is located in an 11 hectare campus next to a lake in the leafy suburb of la Molina. It has facilities, extensive sports fields and beautiful gardens. In addition, the school owns a large plot of land in the Amazon rainforest - the Sachavacayoc Centre, in the district of Tambopata (Madre de Dios), where there is a purpose-built study centre that allows secondary- aged students to study the different ecosystems and collect data for their IBDP Geography and Biology investigations; university students may apply to do postgraduate research at the centre. In 2006, the British newspaper, The Guardian Weekly, listed it as "one of the eight leading British-style, bilingual, international schools in the world".

The University of Lima (Spanish: Universidad de Lima; IPA: [uniβersiˈðað de ˈlima]; ) is a private nonprofit university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1962 and it is considered one of the most prestigious and remembered universities in Peru. The decision to create the University of Lima was made in the early 1960s by a group of university professors, along with commerce and industry representatives gathered in the Civil Association PRODIES (Promotion of Industrial Development through Higher Education). It was after two years of effort that they managed to start it. It officially started operating on 25 April 1962. At the beginning only had with 120 students in a small campus in the Jesús María District. Due to the university's quick growth, the campus in the Monterrico area of Surco was inaugurated to serve the university's space needs. Today, the University of Lima has over 20,000 students, 13 majors, a postgraduate school, a general studies program and a scientific research institute, international relations, along with many services for students, faculty, and the community at large.

Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a K–12 school in Lima, Peru, founded by a group of American families in the mid-1940s, with the intent of providing an American Education. While its first campus was in the San Isidro District, it eventually moved to the current location in Camacho, La Molina. Its students, faculty, and staff are of various nationalities from all over the world. There are approximately 1,300 students.

ESAN University or Universidad ESAN in Spanish (acronym: ESAN) is a non-profit private University, located in Lima, Peru. ESAN University is a leading academic institution in business education, that was founded in 1963 as ESAN - Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados, the first graduate business school in the Spanish speaking world and in Peru. Throughout these years ESAN has achieved a relevant role in Peru and Latin America, based on the quality of its MBA program, specialized masters, advanced management and executive education programs among others. From the years 2003 to 2007, ESAN established ESAN University and launched its first undergraduate programs in business, economics and engineering. Currently, in addition to its master's and executive education programs, it offers the Doctoral Program in Management, as well as nine programs at the undergraduate level and two professionalization programs for adults.

The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) is a private university in Lima, Peru, founded on January 5, 1994. Currently, it offers 46 career programs categorized in 13 schools.

The Embassy of the United States in Lima is the official diplomatic mission of the U.S. to the Republic of Peru. The current U.S. chargé d'Affaires to Peru is John T. McNamara.

The Jockey Club del Perú in Lima is one of the leading racecourses in Peru.