Established 1977 Address San José, Costa Rica Founded 1977 | Website Oficial website Phone +506 2527 2000 Number of students 28 (2011) | |
Type Public, undergraduate, graduate. Rector MBA. Luis Guillermo Carpio Malavassi Location Mercedes de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica Campus Campus Fernando Volio Jiménez Motto El conocimiento al instante (Latin Similar Universid de Costa Rica, Universid Latina De Costa Rica, Universid Americana, ULACIT, UACA | ||
The Distance State University (UNED), (in Spanish, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, abbreviated UNED) is one of the five public universities in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. It is located in Sabanilla, Montes de Oca, distance mode study. UNED is the second university in number of students; and it is the largest coverage in the country. It also has its own publishing house that produces a variety of both textbooks that cover most of the needs of the university, as essayistic works, research, etc. This institution was created in 1977 and its first president was Don Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernandez.
The University has a wide range of programs, classified into four categories:
Science education (Bachelor of Special Education, Bachelor of Educational Administration). Management Sciences (Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis on Banking and Finance). Social sciences and humanities (Bachelor of Criminological Sciences). Natural sciences (Agricultural Engineering; Bachelor of Protection and Natural Resource Management). It also offers graduate programs for master's and doctorate .