Columbus University (Panama)
Columbus University is an institution of higher education, established on October 12, 1992. It is authorized by the Panamanian Ministry of Education. It is recognized as a private university, by the Panamanian State, through Executive Decree No. 112, dated February 25, 1994 and published in the Official Gazette No. 22-492 of March 11, 1994.
All its academic programs are approved by the State Universities responsible for its operation: Universidad de Panamá and Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá.
At present it comprises the following faculties:
- Medicine and Health Sciences
- Administrative Sciences, Economics and Business
- Education Sciences and Linguistics
- Marine Sciences and Technology
- Natural Sciences and Architecture
- Social Sciences and Information Technology
- Law and Political Sciences