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StudyExchange offer best study abroad
q Helping International Students, Study in Costa Rica
q Declared of public interest by Costa Rica Chamber of Commerce
q Costa Rica ranked as one of the top 5 Places to Study in Americas
q CREEC has Extensive relationships with Govt. of Costa Rica, Public
& Private Universities for exporting the Education from Country
q CREEC offers full package to international students includes:
q Complete admission assistance
q Visa approval and issuance
q Language training
q Assist in job placement during and after course completion
q Student residential assistance
q Assistance in permanent residency
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Facts about Costa Rica
q GDP per capita 2006 US$6500 – 2009 US$10,900
q Population 4.01 Million
q Literacy Rate 96.0%
q Employment Ratio – 92.3% 2010
q Infrastructure – Power Export, 30K KM Roads
q Growth of Men Power requirement increase 9.2% annually
q Proximity to North America
q Strong European and North American business and travel tie-ups
q Lower cost of living
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Facts about Industries Growth
q http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Costa_Rica#Exports.2C_jobs.2C_and_energy
q Tourism – 1 Million foreign Visitors in 1999 to 2 Million Visitors in 2008,
world rank 24th in Tourist destination
q Service Industry – HP, IBM, Proctor & Gamble,
Converges, WNS, Intel, Western Union, CITI,
Banc of America, Amazon and many more
• Agriculture Exports – Coffee, Banana, Sugar, Teak Wood, Pineapple
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Costa Rica Language Distribution Service Sector
Italian,
German,
French and
Portuguese other
7% 5%
Spanish
8%
English
80%
Source:
CINDE,
Service
Sector
Survey,
2010
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Technology
oriented
approach
The Networked Readiness Index § Costa
Rica
ranks
3rd
in
La<n
Latin American ranking America
Chile 1
Uruguay 2 § The
country
has
climbed
10
Costa Rica 3 posi<ons
in
the
past
two
years
Brazil 4
Colombia 5
Panama 6 § Na<onal
stakeholders
effec<vely
Mexico 7 incorporate
ICT
in
their
Peru 8 produc<on
systems,
processes
El Salvador 9
and
ac<vi<es.
Guatemala 10
Argentina 11
Honduras 12 NRI
shows
the
capacity
of
countries
to
fully
Ecuador 13 benefit
from
new
technologies
in
their
Venezuela 14 compe99veness
strategies
and
their
ci9zens’
Paraguay 15 daily
lives.
It
comprises
the
following
Nicaragua 16 dimensions:
environmental,
readiness
and
Bolivia 17 usage
of
ICT
Source: Global Information and Technology Report 2010 – 2011, World Economic Forum
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7. CR
Costa
Rica
has
the
greatest
poten<al
for
innova<on
in
La<n
America
§
Costa
Rica
ranks
1st
in
La<n
America
in
the
Global
InnovaCon
Index.
§ The
Index
takes
into
account
variables
such
as:
• InsCtuCons
• Human
Capacity
• ICT
Uptake
of
Infrastructure
• Market
SophisCcaCon
• Business
SophisCcaCon
• ScienCfic
Outputs
• CreaCve
Outputs
&
Well
Being
Source:
INSEAD
in
partnership
with
India’s
ConfederaCon
Industry
(CII),
2010.
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Costa
Rica
CommiVed
to
produce
qualified
Man
Power
for
current
and
future
requirements
of
growing
industry
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9. CR
Costa
Rica
educa<onal
system
is
ranked
1st
in
La<n
America,
22nd
worldwide
Adult Literacy Rate
Quality of the Educational Rate (%)
System
Rank United States 99.0
Ireland 99.0
Canada 5 Canada 99.0
Ireland 11 Germany 99.0
Germany 18 Chile 98.6
Costa Rica 22 Uruguay 98.2
Malaysia 23
Argentina 97.7
United States 26
Spain 97.6
India 39
China 53 Costa Rica 96.0
Thailand 66 China 93.7
Uruguay 67 Philippines 93.6
Philippines 69 Panama 93.5
Colombia 80 Thailand 93.5
Argentina 90 Colombia 93.4
Chile 100 Mexico 92.9
Brazil 103 Malaysia 92.1
Spain 107
Brazil 90.0
Mexico 120
El Salvador 84.0
El Salvador 121
Panama 128 India 62.8
Source:
World
Economic
Forum.
Source:
United
NaCons.
The
Global
CompeCCveness
Report
2010
-­‐
2011
Human
Development
Report
2010
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10. CR Labor
force
need
growing
since
2005
21.7-24.0
(Thousands)
20.3-22.0
19.1-20.4
17.9-18.9
16.8-17.5
% 15.8-16.1
= 6.5
C AGR
14.9
13.7
13.1
9.9
8.6
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Source: CINDE based on data from INEC, 2011
Note: 2010-2015 estimated by CINDE.
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11. CR There
is
a
strong
collabora<on
between
Industries
and
Universi<es
University-industry collaboration
Latin American Ranking
Costa Rica 1
Brazil 2
Chile 3
Colombia 4
Argentina 5
Guatemala 6 § Costa
Rica
ranks
1st
in
La<n
Uruguay 7 America
and
28th
in
the
world
Mexico 8
Venezuela 9
Panama 10
Honduras 11
Peru 12
El Salvador 13
Nicaragua 14
Ecuador 15
Bolivia 16
Paraguay 17
Source: Global Information and Technology Report 2010 – 2011, World Economic Forum
Plan Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 2011-2014, MICIT.
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Great Potential
5th
Global
Services
Loca<on
in
America
Global
Services
Loca<ons
Index,
2011,
AT
Kearney
Costa
Rica
is
the
safest
country
in
La<n
America
La<n
Business
Chronicle,
2010
5th
Outsourcing
City
of
La<n
America
(San
José)
Top
100
Outsourcing
Ci<es,
2010,
Global
Services
2nd
SoUware
exporter
of
La<n
America
CINDE
based
on
data
from
BCCR,
OTEC,
NASSCOM,
and
ALETI,
2010
1st
High-­‐Tech
exporter
of
La<n
America
World
Development
Indicators
2010,
World
Bank
4th
High-­‐Tech
exporter
of
the
world
World
Development
Indicators
2010,
World
Bank
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Prospec<ve
Employers
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q Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery Equitant to MBBS
q Bachelor of Software Engineering
q Bachelor of Information System Engineering
q Bachelor of Industrial Engineering
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15. CR StudyExchange
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professionals
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EducaCon
business
helping
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world
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find
right
universiCes
for
right
educaCon
in
various
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help
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immigraCon
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guidance
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