Central University of Nicaragua

The Central University of Nicaragua (Spanish: Universidad Central de Nicaragua - UCN) was founded in 1998. It is nationally accredited and recognized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Nicaragua via the Council of National Universities (Consejo Nacional de Universidades)[1] in official government session No. 10-1998, and approved by the Assembly of the Republic Decree No. 2822 according to the Constitution of the Republic and the Law on the Autonomy of Institutions of Higher Education.[2] University launched the Institutional Auto-Evaluation process following the adoption of Law 704 law establishing the National System for Quality Assurance in Education, which regulates the National Council on Evaluation and Accreditation, CNEA.[3]

Central University of Nicaragua
Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN)
MottoPensando en tu futuro
Motto in English
Thinking about your future
TypePrivate, non-profit
Established1998
RectorFrancisco López Pérez
Location
Managua
,
Nicaragua
ColorsGreen, Gold, and Blue     
NicknameUCN
Websitewww.ucn.edu.ni

The Central University of Nicaragua (UCN) is an accredited university by Accreditation Service for International Colleges and Universities (ASIC)[4] from 2013 to 2017 in UK. The university is listed with the International Association of Universities,[5] an organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). International Association of Universities[6] also listed UCN in the international handbook of accredited universities published by the United Nations.


Division of International and European Programs

The recent history of the UCN is characterized by collaborations with universities in different parts of the world. On 22 March 2012 the UCN signed in Managua the agreement: "International Confederation of Higher Education" [7] with the following universities: United Mahatma Gandhi University in India, Universidad de Cundinamarca in Colombia, Universidad de la Salle in Costa Rica, 3G University in the UAE, Fundación Universitaria Samuel Hahnemann in Colombia and Universidad Azteca in Mexico, particularly in the context of the double doctorate EdD-PhD [8] offered in the Department of European Programs [9] in Innsbruck, Austria and UCN European Programs is registered and approved in Austria by AQ Austria.[10] UCN also collaborates with Texila American University, Guyana, to provide distance learning programs [11] to students from over 45 countries. In Nicaragua, it has 3 locations and has 6,473 on-campus students as well as 4,251 distance learning students as at 2014/2015.

Faculties and Programs
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Programs: Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Psychology, Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences)[12]
  • Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (Programs: Accountancy and Auditing, Economics, Management, Marketing, Banking, Tourism and Hotel Management)
  • Faculty of Law and Social Science (Programs: Law, International Relations and foreign trade, International Commerce)
  • Faculty of Engineering (Program: Systems Engineering)
  • Veterinary Medicine (Program: Veterinary Medicine)[13]
  • Psychology (Program: Clinical Psychology, Coaching Psychology, Business Psychology, Neuro-Linguistic Psychology, Health and Psychotherapy)


The University runs Master of Art (MA) program in International Relations; Master of Business Administration (MBA – Executive and Regular), Master of Science (MSc) programs in Alternative Medicine, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, Banking, Economics, Environmental Sciences and Inter-university Doctorate degree (PhD/DBA and PhD/EdD) programs.[14] It also offers Postgraduate Degree Programs in Educational Psychology,[15] Educational Technology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Public Law as well as Postgraduate Diploma in Finance, Criminal Law and Commercial Law.

Universities Rankings

Universidad Central de Nicaragua rank number 9 of 29 in Universities Ranking Reviews of Nicaragua.[16]


References
  1. The National Council of Universities (CNU) of the Republic of Nicaragua
  2. Authorised by CNU Consejo Nacional de Universidades
  3. UCN starts process of Auto-Evaluation with CNEA in 2012
  4. ASIC Accreditation Status Retrieved 2013-12-2.
  5. UNESCO universities list
  6. IAU International Association of Universities
  7. International Confederation of Higher Studies - CONIES
  8. Offering Double Degrees with Azteca University
  9. Universidad Central de Nicaragua European Programs
  10. AQ Austria notification of registration
  11. TAU-UCN Distance Learning Programs for Students Worldwide
  12. UCN Faculty of Medical Sciences
  13. UCN Veterinary Medicine
  14. UCN Universidad Central de Nicaragua and offered as inter-university degree programmes
  15. UCN International School of Psychology
  16. Universities in Nicaragua - Rankings & Reviews

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