Promoting the Development of the Semiconductor Ecosystem in Costa Rica

Annex E. Current curricula related to semiconductors

Table A E.1. Semiconductor-related curricula in Costa Rica

Academic institution	Programmes and courses
Universities
Costa Rica Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, TEC) All TEC undergraduate programmes include an apprenticeship programme as a graduation requirement and last five years. Please see the complete offer here (link).	Undergraduate: Electronic Engineering (link) Computer Engineering (link) Mechatronics Engineering (link) Materials Engineering (link) Industrial Design Engineering (link)
	Master’s degrees: Master in Electromechanics Engineering (link) Master in Electronics (link) Master in Computing, with an emphasis on Computer Science (link) Master in Electronics with an emphasis on Microelectronics (link)
	PhD: Doctorate in Engineering (link)
University of Costa Rica (Universidad de Costa Rica, UCR) All UCR undergraduate programmes last at least four years.	Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering (link) with two specialisation programmes: i) computer network engineering ii) electronics and telecommunications. Industrial Electromechanics Engineering (link) Computer Engineering, with an emphasis on computer science or software engineering (link)
	Masters: Master in Electrical Engineering (link)
	PhD: Doctorate in Engineering (link)
Texas Tech University – Costa Rica	Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering (link) Computer Science (link)
Universidad Hispanoamericana	Undergraduate: Electronic Engineering (link)
National Technical University (Universidad Técnica Nacional, UTN)	Undergraduate: Electronic Engineering (link) Electromechanics Engineering (link) Electrical Engineering (link)
Latin University of Costa Rica (Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, ULatina)	Undergraduate: Electronic Engineering (link) Electromechanics Engineering (link) Computer Systems Engineering (link)
University of Science and Technology (Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, ULACIT)	Undergraduate: Electronic Circuits and Systems Engineering (link)
Fidélitas University (Universidad Fidélitas)	Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering (link) Electromechanics Engineering (link) Computer Systems Engineering (link)
Universidad Central de Costa Rica	Undergraduate: Electronic Engineering (link) Electromechanics Engineering (link)
Technical programmes and continuing education
National Learning Institute (Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje, INA)	Industrial Electronics (link) Mechatronics (link) Electromechanics (dual modality) (link)
Ministry of Public Education (Ministerio de Educación Pública, MEP)	Industrial Electronics (link) Electromechanics (link) Telecommunication Electronics (link) Electric Systems Installation and Maintenance (link)
TEC	Electromechanics (link)
Colegio Universitario de Cartago (CUC)	Electronics (link)
Professional School of Arts and Crafts (Colegio Vocacional de Artes y Oficios, COVAO)	Industrial Electronics (link)
International Polytechnic University (Universidad Politécnica Internacional, UPI)	Basic Electronics (link)
UCR	Continuing Education (link)
Fidélitas University	Basic Semiconductor Manufacturing (link)
Research centres
Centro de Investigaciones en Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (CITIC UCR) Centro de Investigación en Matemática y Meta-Matemática (CIMM UCR) Centro de Investigación en Electroquímica y Energía Química (CELEQ UCR) Centro de Investigaciones Espaciales (CINESPA UCR) Centro de Investigación en Matemática Pura y Aplicada (CIMPA UCR) Centro de Investigación en Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales (CICIMA UCR) Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Atómicas, Nucleares y Moleculares (CICANUM UCR) Centro de Investigación en Computación (TEC) Centro de Investigación y Extensión en Ingeniería de los Materiales (CIEMTEC TEC) Laboratorio de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica, Edificio I+D de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) Centro Nacional de Computación Avanzada (CNCA) del Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnología (CeNAT) Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnología (LANOTEC) del CeNAT

Source: Policy questionnaire submitted by the government of Costa Rica.