Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología (UMECIT)
Private Panamanian university founded in 2004 in Panama City, accredited by CONEAUPA, offering technical, bachelor's, specialization, master's and doctoral programs in on-site, blended and online formats.
The Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología (UMECIT) is a private higher education institution in the Republic of Panama, established on August 26, 2004 by Executive Decree No. 575. It operates under the authorization and supervision of the Ministry of Education (MEDUCA) and holds national institutional accreditation from the National Council for Evaluation and Accreditation of Universities of Panama (CONEAUPA), while its programs are approved by the Technical Council for Higher Education.
Its main campus is in Panama City, with regional centers in Chiriquí, Azuero, Veraguas and Colón. UMECIT teaches through the faculties of Economic and Administrative Sciences; Humanities and Educational Sciences; Health Sciences; Technology, Construction and Environment; Nautical Sciences; and Law and Forensic Sciences.
The university is known for its on-site, blended and online learning model, which combines teaching, research and community outreach. Instruction is in Spanish, with foreign-language training through its Language Center.
Programs offered
A selection of the 98 programs evaluated: 28 bachelor's degrees, 25 master's degrees, 3 doctorates, 19 specializations and 23 higher technician programs.
Bachelor's degrees 8
Maritime and Port Administration
Logistics and Multimodal Transportation
Nursing
Law and Political Science
Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences
Systems and Computer Engineering
Accounting
General Psychology
Master's degrees 6
Maritime Business Administration and Logistics Management
Higher Education Teaching
Project Management
Criminal Procedural Law
Occupational Health and Industrial Safety
Information Systems Management
Doctorates 3
Business Administration, major in Senior Management
Institutional evaluation of its governance, curricula, faculty and infrastructure against the benchmarks of regionally accredited higher education institutions in the United States.
28 licenciaturas evaluated as U.S. bachelor's degrees and 25 master's programs as U.S. master's degrees; its three doctorates as Ph.D., D.B.A. and Ed.D. degrees.
23 higher technician programs recognized as U.S. associate degrees and 19 specializations as graduate certificates.
Documented credit equivalency: a 180-credit UMECIT bachelor's degree corresponds to a U.S. bachelor's degree of 120 semester credit hours.
