Universidad de Costa Rica
Country
City
San José
Agreement type
Bilateral /Study Abroad
Study places
2 for year or 4 per semester and study abroad
About the study place
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) is the largest, oldest and most well-known university in Costa Rica, and is located in the capital San José. Subjects on offer include mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering.
Information for international students
Bachelor and Master level.
Students outside bilateral exchange agreement pay USD $1 300 per semester.
Applicants are ranged according to their average grade scores upon applying.
All exchanges require a completion of 60ECTS prior to a stay abroad.
Spanish
All teaching is given in Spanish, and so it is demanded that exchange students have sufficient language skills; NMBU students must have Spanish language skills equivalent to Spanish level 1 from Norwegian secondary school, and in addition skills equivalent to Spanish Basic and Spanish Intermediate from NMBU. Alternative documentation of skills may also suffice, such as having studied one year of Spanish at university level.
18 UCR-credits = 30 ECTS at NMBU.
Semester 1: February - June.
Semester 2: July - December.