| ULACIT | |
|---|---|
| Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología | |
| Motto | Sol Lucet Omnibus ("The sun shines for everyone") |
| Established | May 7, 1991 |
| Type | Private |
| Rector | Dr. Noemí L. Castillo |
| Students | Approx. 2000, including Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees |
| Location | Vía España and Calle 74 E, Carrasquilla, Panama City |
| Website | www.ulacit.ac.pa |
The Latin American University of Science and Technology-Laureate International Universities (in Spanish: Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología) (ULACIT-LIU) is a private university located in Panama City, Panama.
Through Resuelto (Legal Order) N°3 del 7 de mayo de 1991, the Ministry of Education of Panama, under supervision of the University of Panama, approved the foundation of ULACIT.[1]
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The Latin American University of Science and Technology is a private college. It has all the levels of higher education, from undergraduate degrees (25), to graduate and postgraduate degrees (16), and doctorates (2). [2]
It was founded on May 7th, 1991. From 1999, ULACIT started to apply periods of study of four months, an academic innovation at the time.[3] From October, 2004, ULACIT is member of Laureate International Universities, the world's largest network of private colleges. In 2006, ULACIT opened its Health Sciences Faculty, with the career of Dental Surgeon (Dentistry). Later, the Faculty opened also the careers of Medicine (2008), Nursing (2009), and, Nutrition and Dietetics (2009). In February 2010, ULACIT opened the first and only simulated hospital of Panama.[4]