ULACIT

Located in Costa Rica’s capital city San José, ULACIT provides students with numerous opportunities to further their education in a vibrant and diverse setting. ULACIT is a bilingual university offering thirty-two undergraduate and fifteen graduate programs taught in Spanish in engineering, business, advertising, psychology, and education while offering coursework taught in English for students majoring in Business Administration and International Relations.

ULACIT has been identified by the QS World University Rankings for three consecutive years as the best private university in Central America. In 2004, the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce conferred upon ULACIT the Education Award, considering it the educational institution which had, in the past five years, demonstrated the highest academic quality among all academic institutions in the country. ULACIT was nominated for the same award again in 2009.

One of Latin America’s safest cities, San José provides students with an array of cultural and recreational opportunities from its many theatres to its various museums of Pre-Columbian gold, Costa Rican Art, and Contemporary Art and Design.
availa ULACIT使其顶级设施ble to all international students, including access to fully-equipped computer labs with access to the Internet, use of high-tech multimedia equipment, cafeteria and student lounge areas, library, dental clinic, printing and copying center, student health center, and in-campus wireless connection.

For academic success, the university also offers:
- 24-hour access to the E-learning Platform “Blackboard”
- Access to a wide range of academic articles through EBSCO
- Online access to the library’s catalogue
- Academic, cultural and social activities “Sellos Verdes”
- Wi-Fi access throughout university premises

The Global Education Office (GEO) invites all exchange students to be part of the many events it organizes throughout the year: international fairs, food contests, dancing lessons, cultural workshops, recreational trips, and Spanish language lessons or tutoring (when requested). ULACIT offers students from all majors, interests, and nationalities the opportunity to join one of its 21 student organizations in order to promote student leadership, creativity, and global understanding as they interact with and learn from other students. ULACIT Student Clubs (including the dance club, drama club, environmental club, interactive-language club, international club, among others) organize different cultural, artistic, recreational, social, and informational activities where both local and visiting international students develop a general awareness of the reality of the country and the world. The international students are welcome to participate in any of the ”Sellos Verdes” series, which are conferences or workshops often organized by the Student Clubs.