There are five public universities in Costa Rica:
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR) or (TEC)
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)
Universidad Técnica Nacional de Costa Rica (UTN)
Public universities offer degree programs according to their specialty and by law, and manage their own central and regional campus. By Costa Rican law, two different public universities may not offer the same degree program.
The public universities publish a number of journals where students and academics can publish their research, and access international research publications freely. Some of these journals are:
Research Journal/Cuadernos de investigación
Revista de Biología Tropical
There are also several private universities:
Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (Costa Rica)
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas (INCAE)
Universidad Adventista de Centroamérica (UNADECA)
United Nations University for Peace
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED)
Universidad de EARTH
Universidad de Iberoamerica (UNIBE)
Universidad Católica de Costa Rica
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (UNEM)
Universidad Santa Paula
Universidad Veritas
Universidad Cristiana del Sur
Universidad San Juan de la Cruz (SJDLC)
Universidad Americana
Universidad Hispanoamericana
Universidad Fidelitas
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (UNEM)