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Medical Schools in Costa Rica
4 verified medical schools awarding a primary medical qualification in 3 cities.
Research in progress. Some schools are verified; the candidate list from official sources has not been fully reconciled.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026.
Medical education in Costa Rica
Medical qualification structure
- At the University of Costa Rica the medical degree is the Bachillerato en Ciencias Médicas followed by the Licenciatura en Medicina y Cirugía. Source: emedic.ucr.ac.cr · verified October 13, 2026
Verified medical schools
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Universidad de Iberoamérica (UNIBE) - Medicine and Surgery
Universidad de Iberoamérica - Licenciatura en Medicina y Cirugía
Tibás · Medical school
Licentiate in Medicine and SurgeryStatus not verifiedBasic record - View School
Universidad Internacional de las Américas (UIA) - Medicine and Surgery
Universidad Internacional de las Américas - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Medicina y Cirugía
San José · Medical school
Licentiate in Medicine and SurgeryStatus not verifiedBasic record - View School
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica - Medicine and Surgery
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica - Carrera de Medicina y Cirugía
San Pedro · Medical school
Medicine and Surgery (degree program)Status not verifiedBasic record - View School
University of Costa Rica School of Medicine
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica
San José · Medical school
Licentiate in Medicine and SurgeryOperatingBasic record
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How this country was researched
- Research status
- Research in progress
- Candidates in discovery sources
- 7
- Verified operating or listed schools
- 4
- Unresolved candidates
- 3
- Excluded after checking
- 0
Discovery sources
- CONESUP (Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada) · Ministerio de Educación Pública · not accessible
- SINAES · Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior · not accessible
- University websites (UCR, ULatina, UNIBE, UIA, UCIMED, UH, UACA) · Universities
- Wikidata discovery hints (discovery hints only) · Wikidata
Limitations: No official national list of medicine programs was reachable (CONESUP 403, SINAES unreachable); candidates were compiled from university websites and may be incomplete. Ownership of private universities was not recorded without an official quote. Three candidate schools could not be verified because their sites blocked or did not answer automated requests.