COSTA RICAN UNIVERSITES CONSORTIUM FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
globalEdu is the Costa Rican Universities Consortium for International Education.
Our 2020 membership joins 14 prestige universities from a wide variety of disciplines and locations. Our mission is to provide national leadership in strengthening Costa Rica’s higher education in human capital and research, through academic and cooperative international programs and projects; promoting Costa Rica as an educational destination and encouraging student and faculty mobility and research, based on our human, cultural, social and environmental strengths.
Board of Directors
2020-2024
President: Elizabeth Rodríguez – Universidad Santa Paula
Vice-president: Luis Felipe Dobles – Univesidad de Ciencia y Tecnología ULACIT
Secretary: Josué Segnini – Universidad de San José
Treasurer: Alberto Bedoya – Universidad Internacional San Isidro Labrador - UISIL
Spokesperson 1: Lorena Najarro- CPI
Spokesperson 2: Roger Ruiz Universidad Santa Paula
Prosecutor: Daniel Jiménez – Universidad Internacional de las América
Value Proposition
Provide collaboration and educational growth opportunities to Costa Rican universities through the implementation of educational programs and international cooperation projects, while jointly strengthening internationalization processes and enhancing the capacities of member institutions.
Offering
- Traditional & Online Programs
- Bachelor’s degrees
- “Licenciatura” degrees
- Master’s degrees
- PhD degrees
- Postgraduate education
- Technical & certificate courses
- Executive education
- Internships & service learning
- Student and faculty mobility
- International certifications
- Joint research
- Tailor-made/customized programs
- Faculty-led programs
- Short-term international programs
- Summer programs (all year around)
- Joint and double degree programs
- Spanish language training
- Faculty development
Values
Global Perspective
Academic Excellence
Culture of Peace
Sustainability
Diversity & Inclusion
Teamwork
Innovation
Advocacy
University Members
Associate Members
Events we have
participated in
from 2018 to 2022
Feria Centroamericana “Estudia en Costa Rica” 2018 - 2022
- NAFSA: 2018 – 2019 – 2021 – 2022 - 2023
- Costa Rica Services Summit 2018- 2020 & 2022
- Comprehensive Internationalization Workshop with Boston College 2018
- Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) 2018
- Rueda de Negocios - Consorcios de Exportación 2019
- Training with The Forum on Education Abroad on “Standards of Good Practice in Education Abroad”
- Higher Education Partnership Conference 2019
- Forum Abroad 2023
- CAIE 2023
- HACU 2023
- ACTFL 2023
- BTM 2022 - 2023
Contact Information
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