Central University of Nicaragua

Short description: Private university in Managua, Nicaragua

Central University of Nicaragua

Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN)

Other name

| UCN
Motto| Pensando en tu futuro

Motto in English

| Thinking about your future
Type| Private, non-profit
Established| 1998
Rector| Francisco López Pérez
Location|

Managua

Nicaragua

|u}}rs|  Green, gold, & blue
Website| www.ucn.edu.ni

The Central University of Nicaragua (Spanish: Universidad Central de Nicaragua, UCN) is a private university in Nicaragua.

Founded in 1998, UCN has been accredited and recognized by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education,[1][2][3] and has also been internationally accredited by the UK-based Accreditation Service for International Colleges and Universities (ASIC).[4]

## Contents

* 1 Division of International and European Programs
* 2 Faculties and programs
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Division of International and European Programs

On 22 March 2012, the UCN signed in Managua an agreement with the 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 to issue degrees externally through the institutions.[5] UCN also offers an EdD-PhD programme in Innsbruck, Austria.[6][7]

UCN also collaborates with Texila American University, Guyana, to provide distance learning programs.[8] In Nicaragua, it has 3 locations hosting 6,473 on-campus students and 4,251 distance learning students as of 2014.

## Faculties and programs

The university offers courses in medicine, pharmacy, business, law, social science, engineering, veterinary medicine, and psychology.[9][10][11][12]

## References

1. ↑ The National Council of Universities (CNU) of the Republic of Nicaragua
2. ↑ "Authorised by CNU Consejo Nacional de Universidades". http://businessschooldirect.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Costancia_Doctorado_CNU.96161500.pdf.
3. ↑ UCN starts process of Auto-Evaluation with CNEA in 2012
4. ↑ ASIC Accreditation Status Retrieved 2013-12-2.
5. ↑ International Confederation of Higher Studies - CONIES
6. ↑ Offering Double Degrees with Azteca University
7. ↑ Universidad Central de Nicaragua European Programs
8. ↑ TAU-UCN Distance Learning Programs for Students Worldwide
9. ↑ UCN Faculty of Medical Sciences
10. ↑ UCN Veterinary Medicine
11. ↑ UCN Universidad Central de Nicaragua and offered as inter-university degree programmes
12. ↑ UCN International School of Psychology

## External links

* Universidad Central de Nicaragua
* Universidad Central de Nicaragua international programs
* School of Environmental and Waste Management

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