Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (also known as
Entrepreneurial University of Costa Rica & Empresarial University
in Costa Rica)
Acronym UNEM
It's a private university located in the suburb of Zapote, in
Montealegre, in the state of San Jose de Costa Rica. The begins of
it academic life, was through the Business School of San Jose.
Unmet educational demand, by the 5 public universities, made
possible the proliferation of 52 private universities, making a
total of 57 universities that currently operate in Costa Rica.
The educational body to control and regulate the operation of
private universities is CONESUP (National Council of Higher
Education).
In the case of the Entrepreneurial University, its operation is
approved in the assignment No. 336-97 of November 5, 1997 (
http://www.mep.go.cr/CentroDeInformacion/DOC/uempresarialcr-2912008102452.pdf
).
Empresarial University in Costa Rica it's also been listed by
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO); International Association of Universities (IAU) and the
International Handbook of Universities
http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/list_data/c-nw.html
Under Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica
Costa Rica, has the peculiarity, that his army was abolished in
1948 (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Costa_Rica ), which
induces the Costa Rican people to channel their efforts towards
technological progress, driven by education.
The world was no stranger to this effort, which back in 1987,
the President's Office, Dr. Sanchez, is winner of the Nobel Prize
in Peace (
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1987/arias-bio.html
).
Public education system was established in 1917. At the time of
study abroad, Costa Rica is an option to consider, as are Spanish
and English, both official languages (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica#Languages ).
The low cost of living, the invaluable ecosystem, beaches and
people, explain why more people choose to do their undergraduate
and / or graduate there. With distance education, the benefit of
higher education in Costa Rica, is not limited to natives of the
region, or who, have the resources to travel and study there, but
also opens its doors to thousands of people around the globe, that
through e-learning now also access their education through virtual
classrooms in distance mode.
All Private Universities in Costa Rica are autonomous, once
that the National Council of Higher Education also known as
CONESUP approve their operations, all institutions regulate
themselves.
http://www.sinaes.ac.cr/riacesen/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139&Itemid=176
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica, has academic agreements,
several universities worldwide, offering academic cooperation,
sharing new developments and trends in order to raise the long-awaited
forum at both student and faculty.
The website of the Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica is
http://www.unem.edu.pl/indexeng.html
Also the main site in Spanish
http://www.unem.edu.pl/index.html