Top Universities in Panama
By Andrea Sofía Russo Pitti
Here in Panama, we have outstanding universities, each one offers several careers for the students to choose whatever they want; many of us are interested in finding an excellent university to graduate from our dream career. So now I bring you an article that will detail which are some of the best universities that we have in our beautiful country:
#1 Technological University of Panama (Universidad tecnológica de Panamá)
Not only the beauty of the university campus is extraordinary, but the people with their warm and entrepreneurial spirit make it even better; The technological Univerity of Panama is also the only Panamanian university in the QS World University Rankings, remaining in the range of 801 to 1,000 universities. They have six faculties: Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, and Science and Technology. They also have more than 130 careers; This university focuses its activity on promoting research, innovation, entrepreneurship, the development of outreach activities, technical assistance, and the training of people to contribute to the current and future development of our country and the region.
#2 Santa Maria la Antigua Catholic University (Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua)
The USMA is the first private university of the republic, located in Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro. They teach their students many values: Transparency, Social Commitment, Excellence, Integrity, Respect, Equity, and Honesty. Its mission is to promote an integral culture capable of forming people who are distinguished by their deep scientific and humanistic knowledge, their testimony of faith before the world, their sincere practice of Christian morality, and their commitment to the creation of a more just and fraternal society. They have offices in Colón, David, Chitré, and Santiago. They have six faculties, humanities and theology, business, logistics, and marine sciences, engineering and technology
#3 Interamerican University of Panama (Universidad Interamericana de Panamá)
This beautiful university currently has three offices, in the city of Panama, in Chorrera, and El Carmen. The UIP has more than 30 years of experience, 68 laboratories, and specialized classrooms, and more than 73 academic programs. their mission is to train students with a global perspective, based on a comprehensive conception of the person, which promotes citizen commitment to contribute to the progress of the country; Some of the values that this university imparts to its students are those of excellence, integrity, solidarity, service, belonging, commitment and efficiency. They offer you a wide variety of degrees so you can choose if you want to study health sciences, administrative sciences, maritime and port sciences, engineering, architecture and design, hospitality, gastronomy, tourism, or law and political science.
#4 Latina University of Panama (Universidad latina de Panamá)
This university is considered the biggest one in all of Panama both for the number of offices and for the number of carreers that they offer to us. Its mission is to train competent professionals with the support of a human team committed to values consistent with academic and technological development, with the labor demands that society requires, with respect for diversity, and sustainable development, protected by an institutional policy that allows the quality standards to be raised. Like the other universities, this one also tells us what its values are: Commitment, Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Respect, and Solidarity. This university offers you different faculties to choose from, the Faculty of Communication Sciences, the Faculty of Education Sciences and Human Development, the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Law and Political Science, the Faculty of Engineering, and last but not least important, the business school.
#5 Autonomus University of Chiriqui (Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí)
The Autonomous University of Chiriquí is currently the third institution of higher education of five state universities in Panama, the first autonomous university and it is also the first university in the western region of the country, dedicated to the generation, reception, and transmission of knowledge. The mission of this institution is to contribute to the comprehensive training of professionals, making young people capable of participating and generating changes in national and international development, through administrative management, teaching, extension, research, and innovation. Its vision is to be a level educational institution committed to superior academic excellence, positioned among employers and the community in general, with an entrepreneurial, critical, and innovative initiative, in compliance with national and international standards. They instill in students diverse and very important values, such as commitment, leadership, responsibility, capacity, initiative, transparency, collaboration, and ethics. The faculties that this university has are Business Administration and Accounting, Public Administration, Educational Sciences, Social Communication, Law and Sciences, Politics, Economics, Nursing, Humanities, Medicine, and Exact Natural Sciences.
Those are 5 of the best universities in Panama, there are also other very good ones like Ganexa University of arts (Ganexa universidad de arte), Latin American University of Foreign Trade (Universidad latinoamericana de comercio exterior), Columbus University of Panama, International Maritine University of Panama (Universidad Marítima Internacional de Panamá), y la UMECIT Metropolitan University of Education, Science and technology (Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencias y tecnología).
Education is the key to opening all the doors that we want, that’s why it is important to continue studying, I hope that this article has fulfilled its purpose and has helped you!
