The University of America is a cross-border, transnational American university located in
Willemstad
Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles pr ...
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Curacao.
Founded as Salt Lake Baptist College in 1983, the institution grew into an international Baptist interdisciplinary and technological distance-learning institution. The university emphasizes quality over size, concentrating on a core of academic disciplines with a strong reputation in Natural Medicine, Health Sciences, Law, Theology and Philosophy, Arts, engineering and applied sciences.
The university has 13 schools, containing 30 academic departments; particularly noted are its programs in Religion, Theology, Philosophy, Natural Medicine, Health Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Economics and Business Administration.
The University of America is one of the universities of former Netherlands Antilles.
Academics
University of America is a highly selective institution with students from all over the globe.
Academic departments
* Division of
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
, and
Finance
* Division of
Engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
and Applied Science
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Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...
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Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information a ...
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Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...
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Petroleum Engineering
* Division of
Architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
* Automotive Engineering
* Aerospace and Aviation Engineering
* Drone and EvTol Engineering
* School of Law , Diplomacy and International Relations.
*School of Divinity ,
*Department theology and Ministry
*Department of Canon Law and Moral Ethics .
*Department of Biblical Literature and Languages
*Department of Catholic and Orthodox Studies.
*Department Islamic and Arabic Studies.
*Department of Comparative Philosophy Religion, Missiology and Intercultural Studies.
*School of Education and Letters.
*Department of Education and Letters.
*Department of Education Administration.
*Department of Computer Science
*Department of Computer Software Engineering.
*Department of Hardware Engineering.
*Department of Nanoscience and Engineering.
And many others . for more detailed information see www.uoa.edu.cw , and www.ua-edu.us
Campuses
Main campus
"Willemstad", University of America's online main campus is in Willemstad, Curacao with administrative offices and study centers in the United States and other countries
Recognition and Accreditation
The University of America Curacao located in Willemstad, Curacao , is a Curacao transnational Anglo- American university licensed to operate by the government of Curacao. The institution has a royal charter granted to it by the Prime Minister and the minister of education, science, culture and sport of Curacao. The University of America Curacao, is institutionally and programmatically accredited by the Curacao government recognized accreditor - Curacao Transnational Accreditation Council (CTAC).B.V, a Curacao regional and transnational accreditation agency recognized by Curacao Ministry of Education, Science, culture and sport.
External links
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References
Educational institutions established in 1983
Universities and colleges in Curaçao
1983 establishments in Curaçao
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