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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

Source:  CINDE,  Service  Sector  Survey,  2010  

English 80%

Spanish 8%

Portuguese 7%

Italian, German,

French and other 5%

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Technology  oriented  approach  

Source: Global Information and Technology Report 2010 – 2011, World Economic Forum

§ Costa  Rica  ranks  3rd  in  La<n  America  

§ The  country  has  climbed  10  posi<ons  in  the  past  two  years  

§ Na<onal  stakeholders  effec<vely  incorporate  ICT  in  their  produc<on  systems,  processes  and  ac<vi<es.  

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4 5 6

7 8 9 10

11 12

13 14

15 16

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Chile Uruguay

Costa Rica Brazil

Colombia Panama

Mexico Peru

El Salvador Guatemala

Argentina Honduras

Ecuador Venezuela Paraguay Nicaragua

Bolivia

The Networked Readiness Index Latin American ranking

NRI  shows  the  capacity  of  countries  to  fully  benefit  from  new  technologies  in  their  

compe99veness  strategies  and  their  ci9zens’  daily  lives.  It  comprises  the  following  

dimensions:  environmental,  readiness  and  usage  of  ICT  

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Costa  Rica  has  the  greatest    poten<al  for  innova<on    in  La<n  America  

Source:  INSEAD  in  partnership  with  India’s  ConfederaCon  Industry  (CII),  2010.    

§   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  

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Costa  Rica  CommiVed  to  produce  qualified  Man  Power  for  current  and  future  requirements  of  growing  industry      

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Costa  Rica  educa<onal  system  is  ranked  1st  in  La<n  America,  22nd  worldwide    

Source:  United  NaCons.    Human  Development  Report  2010  

Source:  World  Economic  Forum.    The  Global  CompeCCveness  Report  2010  -­‐  2011  

128 121 120

107 103 100 90

80 69 67 66

53 39

26 23 22 18

11 5

Panama El Salvador

Mexico Spain Brazil Chile

Argentina Colombia

Philippines Uruguay Thailand

China India

United States Malaysia

Costa Rica Germany

Ireland Canada

Quality of the Educational System

Rank 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 98.6 98.2 97.7 97.6

96.0 93.7 93.6 93.5 93.5 93.4 92.9 92.1

90.0 84.0

62.8

United States Ireland

Canada Germany

Chile Uruguay

Argentina Spain

Costa Rica China

Philippines Panama Thailand

Colombia Mexico

Malaysia Brazil

El Salvador India

Adult Literacy Rate Rate (%)

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Labor  force  need  growing  since  2005  

Source: CINDE based on data from INEC, 2011 Note: 2010-2015 estimated by CINDE.

(Thousands)  

8.6 9.9

13.1 13.7

14.9 15.8-16.1

16.8-17.5 17.9-18.9

19.1-20.4 20.3-22.0

21.7-24.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

CAGR= 6.5%

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There  is  a  strong  collabora<on  between  Industries  and  Universi<es    

Source: Global Information and Technology Report 2010 – 2011, World Economic Forum Plan Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 2011-2014, MICIT.

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Costa Rica Brazil Chile

Colombia Argentina

Guatemala Uruguay

Mexico Venezuela

Panama Honduras

Peru El Salvador Nicaragua

Ecuador Bolivia

Paraguay

University-industry collaboration Latin American Ranking

§ Costa  Rica  ranks  1st  in  La<n  America  and  28th  in  the  world  

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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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StudyExchange Offers

q  Hotel Management – Bachelor and Master degree q  Post Graduate Courses – MBA 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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