Central University of Nicaragua

Central University of Nicaragua
Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN)
Motto Pensando en tu futuro
Motto in English
 Thinking about your future
Established 1998
Type Private
Rector Gilberto Cuadra Solórzano
Location Managua, Nicaragua
Nickname UCN
Website www.ucn.edu.ni

The Central University of Nicaragua (Spanish: Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN)) was founded in 1998. It is fully accredited and recognized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Nicaragua via the Consejo Nacional de Universidades[1] in official government session No. 10-1998 operating under the law No. 89 of the Republic of Nicaragua with full autonomy [2] designing, delivering and granting degree programs [3]at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level. The Central University of Nicaragua is a nonprofit institution and offering local degree programs and international distance learning programs.

The Central University of Nicaragua (UCN) is a PREMIER PROVIDER accredited university by Accreditation Service for International Colleges and Universities (ASIC) [4] at UK. The university is listed with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Association of Universities[5] and the international handbook of accredited universities published by the United Nations.

Faculties and Programs

Division of International Programs

The Central University of Nicaragua (UCN), and its Division of International Programs, is a multidisciplinary academic institution, humanist, ethical, efficient and competitive; promoting the intercultural exchange between nations and cultures, the defense of the environment, science, technology, democracy, freedom and social justice. The quality and competitiveness of UCN graduate professionals, contribute to the economic, social and cultural development.

The idea of the university was born of a group of academics with ample practice and experience in the education field that took the step to found the UCN, retaking the trajectory of the old Nicaraguan Central University that in the 1970s opened its classrooms to receive students who later were important personalities in the political, academic and social fabric of the country. The updated university has made a campaign of international development making agreements with universities [6] of different parts of the world, simultaneously to have official representatives in countries [7] and regions, for instance in the United States of America, Mexico, Bolivia, Central America, Asia, and Europe. The Division of International Programs is directed by professionals with ample international experience, in projects such as the United Nations, UNESCO. Some of them manage transnational companies; others are members and advisers of NGOs. All this translates into an endorsement of a global vision [8] to their activities and curricula, as well as one that activates interaction between cultures [9]and nations. UCN PI members have worked with numerous programs and departments of the United Nations.

School of Environmental and Waste Management

The UCN School of Environmental and Waste Management[10] is the university's institution for delivering the environmental management and waste management programs of long-distance and blended education provided by UCN International Programs worldwide. School offers a variety of specific programmes in the study areas [11]of Environmental Auditing and Management, Eco-Management, Waste Management and Waste Water Management, Clean Technologies, Remediation Technologies, and Energy Management for individuals working in the environmental and waste management sectors.

References

  1. ↑ The National Council of Universities (CNU) of the Republic of Nicaragua
  2. ↑ UCN starts process of Auto-Evaluation with CNEA in 2012
  3. ↑ CNU Authorisation
  4. ↑ ASIC Accreditation Status Retrieved 2013-12-2.
  5. ↑ UNESCO universities list
  6. ↑ Collaboration with Universidad Azteca
  7. ↑ UCN Programmes approved by BMWF in Austria
  8. ↑ UCN is an Endorser to the Earth Charter
  9. ↑ Partners of Intercultural Open University Foundation (IOUF)
  10. ↑ School of Environmental and Waste Management
  11. ↑ UCN Environmental Studies Areas

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