Universidad Cristiana del Sur

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Universidad Cristiana del Sur (Southern Christian University), a fully accredited university, is located in San José, Costa Rica; it offers Associate, Bachelor and Licentiate degrees under Ministry of Education Accreditation and some other programs via articulation agreements.

Founded in 1997 the university offers, full on campus programs. All programs are "Full English" instruction available, yet Spanish courses are the norm.

Accreditation [edit]

Universidad Cristiana del Sur is accredited by the government of the Republic of Costa Rica, The Ministry of Education, Adult Council on Higher Education Private Universities (CONESUP) to award state format Bachelor degrees and, as such, degrees awarded enjoy equivalency to Regional Accreditation from the United States. The United States Department of Education finds that CONESUP has similar accreditation standards (NCFMEA).

The webpage of the Ministry of Education has a list with the accredited private universities in the country, which are accredited by the National Superior Education Committee, Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior. Universidad Cristiana del Sur appears on that list, however only Bachelor’s and Licenciate degrees appear there in the areas of law, business administration, and theology. The university does not offer programs above Licentiate (Masters degrees) under its own accreditation but does have articulation agreements with other universities.

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