Technological University of the Americas (TUA) is an institution of higher learning, licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education in Suriname, dedicated to providing innovative distance education in Business Administration & Management, Innovation Management, Finance & Accounting, Banking, Accountancy, Information Technology, Education,Technology Engineering, Innovation & Design, Surveying Engineering, Geodesy, International Business Management, International Business Law, Ecological & Environmental Management, Political Science, Healthcare Management, Real Estate, Public Administration, and Business Law.
Our Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master in Accounting (MA), Master of Science (MSc.), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Doctor in Business Administration (DBA), Doctor of Public Administration (DPA), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs foster these student learning with opportunities to enhance or change careers in a diverse global society. We are committed to general education, a student-centered service and applied scholarship in a practical environment.
TUA provides you a practice-focused innovative learning experience that separates our students from the crowd and transforms their life. We know that their success as a professional or executive depends on their dreams, what they know, and how they apply what they know. We are passionate and committed to improve the quality of their life by delivering top-level innovative programs to let them succeed in the global community.
At TUA, we are committed to the idea that learning is a lifelong process. Congratulations on taking the first step on your path to a lifetime of personal and academic growth.
- Technological University of the Americas
- Kwattaweg 183C, Paramaribo, Suriname
- 4280 SW 125th LN Miramar, FL 33027, USA
- Phone/Whatsapp: +13053992116
- [email protected]
- www.tua.university

Primary Contact
- Prof. Hubert Rampersad, Ph.D.
- Founder & Chairman. Technological University of the Americas
- Paramaribo, Suriname/Miami, USA
About Hubert Rampersad
Hubert Rampersad, Ph.D. is a reimaginer of Sustainability, Design Engineering, Innovation and Management, a disruptive innovation futurist, and a global crusader for real Sustainability. He is a maverick game changer who developed the innovative concepts Eco-Design Thinking, Eco-Innovation, Personal Disruptive Innovation, Total Performance Scorecard, Personal Balanced Scorecard, Authentic Personal Branding, Authentic Governance, and TPS-Lean Six Sigma. This highly respected Harvard Business School endorsed author holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (cum laude), MSc in Engineering & Robotics, and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from leading accredited universities in the Netherlands. He authored 25 books in many languages, was a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan and has been featured in Business Week two times. He is president/founder of Technological University of the Americas in Suriname and of Center of Excellence in Eco-Design Thinking & Eco-Innovation in Miami, USA. His new book “Eco-Design Thinking for Personal, Corporate and Social Innovation” is a game changing exposure to innovation and how to become a disruptor like Elon Musk.
Prof. Rampersad’s main focus is designing a better world. Please read his article “HOW TO DESIGN A BETTER WORLD“. “It’s not climate change that needs to be tackled. It is the personal integrity of people, which is awareness about their behavior and actions on human beings, animals, plants, and the environment. This is the first rule of sustainability and the foundation of empathy and eco-design thinking”. — Hubert Rampersad. Read his articles “Design For Sustainability” and “Why Sustainability Sucks”. He originated many sustainable and innovative management and design engineering concepts in the past 20 years based on his sustainability Philosophy.
The main reason why he launched his eco-innovation concept: “Today’s complex world requires sustainable innovation. Traditional innovation approaches are not sustainable because they are not holistic. They are cosmetical, theatrical and cozy, instead of sustainable. They don’t fit in my definition of real sustainability: Sustainability is a holistic and ethical system in which humans and nature can exist in harmony for a very long period of time”-— Hubert Rampersad. Read “Why Innovation Sucks“.
His new book “Eco-Design Thinking for Personal, Corporate and Social Innovation; How to Become a Disruptive Eco-Design Thinker Like Elon Musk“, is focused on sustainability in design and innovation. Read the excerpt of this book, which is about reimagining design and innovation.
He is not happy with traditional design approaches taught at Stanford, MIT and Harvard, which are not suitable for designing a better world. Read “Why Design Thinking Sucks”. He is also not happy with some management programs taught at leading universities and business schools, that are causing massive damage in society. Read his article “How Universities Kill Creativity, Sustainability and Innovation”.
He has authored 25 books in many languages, published by leading international publishers like John Wiley, McGraw-Hill, Springer Verlag, Elsevier Science, etc., check https://tpsint.wixsite.com/tpsi/clients . Most of these books have been endorsed by leading professors from Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, London Business School, IMD, and INSEAD. Title of some of his books: “Total Performance Scorecard”, “Personal Balanced Scorecard”, “TPS-Lean Six Sigma”, “Authentic Personal Branding”, “Be the CEO of Your Life”, “Authentic Governance”, “Authentic Personal Brand Coaching”, “Authentic Personal Branding for Design Thinkers”, and “Authentic and Holistic Design Thinking for Personal, Corporate, and Social Innovation.” His “Total Performance Scorecard” book was published in 20 languages and foreworded by Harvard Business School Innovation Professor Dorothy A. Leonard. His first book “Integrated and Simultaneous Design for Robotic Assembly” was published in 1995 by the world most leading publisher John Wiley, based on this PhD research. His Chinese book “Find the Blue Ocean in You” was fore worded by Yang Yuanqing, chairman/CEO of Lenovo, the world’s largest computer company. His book “Authentic Governance; Aligning Personal Governance with Corporate Governance” (Springer USA) was foreworded by the governors of the central bank of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
He has been featured on BusinessWeek / Bloomberg and Fortune Magazine and has published about 100 articles, 26 papers in international peer-reviewed international journals and 6 papers in international peer-reviewed conference proceedings. His paper “The Links Between Individual Learning, Collective Learning and Ethics” in peer- reviewed international journal “Training and Management Development Methods” (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, 2003) was awarded with “THE MOST OUTSTANDING PAPER for Training and Management Development Methods in 2003″.
He lectured at MIT Sloan, NOVA University in Fort Lauderdale, Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia, Stockholm University in Russia (Gazprom), South Ural State University in Russia, International Management Institute of St Petersburg in Russia, and 25 other universities globally. He also conducted keynotes and seminars for leading Fortune 100 companies such as: Sabic in Saudi Arabia, Nokia in Finland, IBM-India, ABNAMRO Bank, and Shell Oil Company. Please check https://tpsint.wixsite.com/tpsi/clients for his detailed CV, testimonials, videos, and publications.
He also conducted a guest lecture for Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) and Global Innovation Design (GID) students (two joint programmes with Imperial College London and the prestigious Royal College of Art) in London. Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design.
Technological University of the Americas (TUA) is an institution of higher learning, licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education in Suriname, dedicated to providing innovative distance education in Business Administration & Management, Innovation Management, Finance & Accounting, Banking, Accountancy, Information Technology, Education,Technology Engineering, Innovation & Design, Surveying Engineering, Geodesy, International Business Management, International Business Law, Ecological & Environmental Management, Political Science, Healthcare Management, Real Estate, Public Administration, and Business Law.
Our Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master in Accounting (MA), Master of Science (MSc.), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Doctor in Business Administration (DBA), Doctor of Public Administration (DPA), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs foster these student learning with opportunities to enhance or change careers in a diverse global society. We are committed to general education, a student-centered service and applied scholarship in a practical environment.
TUA provides you a practice-focused innovative learning experience that separates our students from the crowd and transforms their life. We know that their success as a professional or executive depends on their dreams, what they know, and how they apply what they know. We are passionate and committed to improve the quality of their life by delivering top-level innovative programs to let them succeed in the global community.
At TUA, we are committed to the idea that learning is a lifelong process. Congratulations on taking the first step on your path to a lifetime of personal and academic growth.
- Technological University of the Americas
- Kwattaweg 183C, Paramaribo, Suriname
- 4280 SW 125th LN Miramar, FL 33027, USA
- Phone/Whatsapp: +13053992116
- [email protected]
- www.tua.university

Primary Contact
- Prof. Hubert Rampersad, Ph.D.
- Founder & Chairman. Technological University of the Americas
- Paramaribo, Suriname/Miami, USA
About Hubert Rampersad
Hubert Rampersad, Ph.D. is a reimaginer of Sustainability, Design Engineering, Innovation and Management, a disruptive innovation futurist, and a global crusader for real Sustainability. He is a maverick game changer who developed the innovative concepts Eco-Design Thinking, Eco-Innovation, Personal Disruptive Innovation, Total Performance Scorecard, Personal Balanced Scorecard, Authentic Personal Branding, Authentic Governance, and TPS-Lean Six Sigma. This highly respected Harvard Business School endorsed author holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (cum laude), MSc in Engineering & Robotics, and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from leading accredited universities in the Netherlands. He authored 25 books in many languages, was a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan and has been featured in Business Week two times. He is president/founder of Technological University of the Americas in Suriname and of Center of Excellence in Eco-Design Thinking & Eco-Innovation in Miami, USA. His new book “Eco-Design Thinking for Personal, Corporate and Social Innovation” is a game changing exposure to innovation and how to become a disruptor like Elon Musk.
Prof. Rampersad’s main focus is designing a better world. Please read his article “HOW TO DESIGN A BETTER WORLD“. “It’s not climate change that needs to be tackled. It is the personal integrity of people, which is awareness about their behavior and actions on human beings, animals, plants, and the environment. This is the first rule of sustainability and the foundation of empathy and eco-design thinking”. — Hubert Rampersad. Read his articles “Design For Sustainability” and “Why Sustainability Sucks”. He originated many sustainable and innovative management and design engineering concepts in the past 20 years based on his sustainability Philosophy.
The main reason why he launched his eco-innovation concept: “Today’s complex world requires sustainable innovation. Traditional innovation approaches are not sustainable because they are not holistic. They are cosmetical, theatrical and cozy, instead of sustainable. They don’t fit in my definition of real sustainability: Sustainability is a holistic and ethical system in which humans and nature can exist in harmony for a very long period of time”-— Hubert Rampersad. Read “Why Innovation Sucks“.
His new book “Eco-Design Thinking for Personal, Corporate and Social Innovation; How to Become a Disruptive Eco-Design Thinker Like Elon Musk“, is focused on sustainability in design and innovation. Read the excerpt of this book, which is about reimagining design and innovation.
He is not happy with traditional design approaches taught at Stanford, MIT and Harvard, which are not suitable for designing a better world. Read “Why Design Thinking Sucks”. He is also not happy with some management programs taught at leading universities and business schools, that are causing massive damage in society. Read his article “How Universities Kill Creativity, Sustainability and Innovation”.
He has authored 25 books in many languages, published by leading international publishers like John Wiley, McGraw-Hill, Springer Verlag, Elsevier Science, etc., check https://tpsint.wixsite.com/tpsi/clients . Most of these books have been endorsed by leading professors from Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, London Business School, IMD, and INSEAD. Title of some of his books: “Total Performance Scorecard”, “Personal Balanced Scorecard”, “TPS-Lean Six Sigma”, “Authentic Personal Branding”, “Be the CEO of Your Life”, “Authentic Governance”, “Authentic Personal Brand Coaching”, “Authentic Personal Branding for Design Thinkers”, and “Authentic and Holistic Design Thinking for Personal, Corporate, and Social Innovation.” His “Total Performance Scorecard” book was published in 20 languages and foreworded by Harvard Business School Innovation Professor Dorothy A. Leonard. His first book “Integrated and Simultaneous Design for Robotic Assembly” was published in 1995 by the world most leading publisher John Wiley, based on this PhD research. His Chinese book “Find the Blue Ocean in You” was fore worded by Yang Yuanqing, chairman/CEO of Lenovo, the world’s largest computer company. His book “Authentic Governance; Aligning Personal Governance with Corporate Governance” (Springer USA) was foreworded by the governors of the central bank of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
He has been featured on BusinessWeek / Bloomberg and Fortune Magazine and has published about 100 articles, 26 papers in international peer-reviewed international journals and 6 papers in international peer-reviewed conference proceedings. His paper “The Links Between Individual Learning, Collective Learning and Ethics” in peer- reviewed international journal “Training and Management Development Methods” (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, 2003) was awarded with “THE MOST OUTSTANDING PAPER for Training and Management Development Methods in 2003″.
He lectured at MIT Sloan, NOVA University in Fort Lauderdale, Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia, Stockholm University in Russia (Gazprom), South Ural State University in Russia, International Management Institute of St Petersburg in Russia, and 25 other universities globally. He also conducted keynotes and seminars for leading Fortune 100 companies such as: Sabic in Saudi Arabia, Nokia in Finland, IBM-India, ABNAMRO Bank, and Shell Oil Company. Please check https://tpsint.wixsite.com/tpsi/clients for his detailed CV, testimonials, videos, and publications.
He also conducted a guest lecture for Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) and Global Innovation Design (GID) students (two joint programmes with Imperial College London and the prestigious Royal College of Art) in London. Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design.