Campuses and Local Branches
The main campus is located on a 100 ha (250-acre) campus in San Pedro, San Jose (Rodrigo Facio campus). Other regional campuses are located throughout the country to reach rural Costa Ricans. The regional options are:
- Western Campus (San Ramon, Alajuela Province): includes a local branch in Tacares township, Grecia county
- Atlantic Campus (Turrialba city, Cartago Province): includes a local branch in Paraíso township, Cartago province and another one in Guápiles township, Limón province
- Guanacaste Campus (Liberia City, Guanacaste Province): includes a local branch in Santa Cruz township
- Limon City Campus (Port Limón City).
- Pacific Campus (Puntarenas Port).
- The Golfito Campus (Southern Pacific coast) officially opened in 2006.
The main campus in San Pedro offers the most diverse course curricula of any other campus, in addition to hosting the Medical School, and graduate programs.
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