Central America University

UCA is the first private University founded in Central America. It was founded in Nicaragua by Jesus' Company on July 23, 1960, as an educational autonomous institution, of public service and Christian inspiration. Its mission has been of educating young men/women linked to their social reality and compromised with the development of the country. Men and women with an integral formation, of great human quality, capable of putting their intelligence and their higher education to the service of the others.

It educational labor is translated in more than 16,000 graduate students, its majority has occupied important positions in public and private institutions, including economic, social and cultural sectors of the country.
Its undergraduate program has 21 careers in the areas of Environment, Architecture, Engineering, Computer science, Aquiculture, Rural Development, Administration, Economy, Accountancy, Communication, Tourism, Law, English, Religion and Ethics, and Humanities.

Its graduate program is the most complete of the country. It includes Masters Degree programs and post graduate programs. In total, it offers 16 Master Degrees in the areas of Rural Development, Economy, Projects, Genre, Food Safety, Literature, History, Psychology, Business Administration, Agriculture-business, International Relations, Law and Local Development.