Latin American University of Science and Technology

ULACIT
Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología
Motto Sol Lucet Omnibus ("The sun shines for everyone")
Type Private
Established May 7, 1991
Rector Dr. Stanley Muschett
Students Approx. 2000, including Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees
Location Vía España and Calle 74 E, Carrasquilla, Panama City
9°00′13″N 79°30′43″W / 9.0037°N 79.5120°W / 9.0037; -79.5120Coordinates: 9°00′13″N 79°30′43″W / 9.0037°N 79.5120°W / 9.0037; -79.5120
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]

Characteristics

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]

History

It was founded on May 7, 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]

Faculties

References

  1. ↑ "Educación" (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "La ULACIT anuncia matrícula abierta para este cuatrimestre" (in Spanish). Editora Panamá América. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  3. ↑ Hermes Sucre Serrano. "Compran la ULACIT". Corporación La Prensa. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  4. ↑ José Hilario Gómez. "ULACIT inaugura hospital de simulación" (in Spanish). uni>ersia. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
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