Latina University of Panama (''Universidad Latina de Panamá'') is a private university, located in

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

. Established in 1991, it is now considered one of the largest private universities in the country.

History

The university has its roots in the Latina University of Costa Rica, established in Paso Canoas, Province of

Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas (canton), Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which is made from the Puntar ...

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Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

) in 1989. In Panama it was inaugurated on September 4, 1991, with facilities in Panama City and

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, Chiriquí. Two other facilities were later opened in

Veraguas Veraguas () is a province of Panama, located in the centre-west of the country. The capital is the city of Santiago de Veraguas. It is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It covers an area of 10,587.6&nb ...

and Herrera. The College of Health Sciences was opened on September 26, 1999.

Academics

The university has six faculties: * Administrative and Economic Sciences * Computer Sciences and Telecommunications * Health Sciences * Communication Sciences * Education Sciences * Law and Political Sciences * Engineering

External links

Official website
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