Universidad Estatal a Distancia | |
Motto | El conocimiento al instante (Latin) |
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Type | Public, undergraduate, graduate |
Established | 1977 |
Rector | MBA. Rodrigo Arias Camacho |
Students | 28.000 (2011) |
Location | , , 9°56′27″N 84°02′52″W / 9.9407°N 84.0479°W |
Campus | Campus Fernando Volio Jiménez |
Website | www.uned.ac.cr |
The Distance State University (Universidad Estatal a Distancia) (UNED), is one of five public universities in the Republic of Costa Rica. It is in Mercedes, Montes de Oca. UNED is the second university in number of students, and it is the largest coverage in the country. It has its own publishing house that produces textbooks that cover most of the needs of the university, as essayistic works, research, etc. This institution was created in 1977. Its first president was Don Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernandez.[1]
The university has programs classified into four categories:
It also offers graduate programs for master's and doctorate.[2]