Universidad Nacional

MISSION

“The Universidad Nacional generates, shares and disseminates knowledge, and prepares humanist professionals with critical and creative attitudes which contribute to the democratic and progressive community and societal transformation towards superior levels of wellness.”

“With its substantive action it contributes to eco-social sustainability and towards peaceful living through relevant and supportive actions, preferably, with those sectors of society which are less privileged or at risk of exclusion.”

VISION

“The Universidad Nacional will be a reference because of its academic excellence, the exercise of its autonomy, its innovation and social commitment in regional and national settings, and with international recognition and projection, with an emphasis in Latin America and the Caribbean.”

“Its substantive action will provide sustainable, comprehensive, and inclusive human development, that will be founded in the exercise and promotion of respect for human rights, academic dialogue, and interdisciplinarity and critical thought.”

“Its institutional management is characterized by its agility, flexibility, decentralization, transparency, equitability and inclusivity, and by its democratic participation, all of which promote healthy lifestyles.”
We invite you to follow these links for further information:

https://www.transparencia.una.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=298&Itemid=742

PRINCIPLES, VALUES AND ENDS

The Universidad Nacional is an institution that promotes justice, the common good, and unrestricted respect for human dignity; it fulfils its mission through accountability, promotes academic options, admission policies, and scholarship programs specifically targeted to the least privileged sectors of society. Furthermore, it advocates for honesty and character among its members, it seeks to produce analytical, critical and positive individuals, and supports the protection and defense of the diverse ecosystems. 

For more information on the principles, values and ends, we invite you follow this link

https://www.transparencia.una.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299&Itemid=743

College of Philosophy and Letters
School of Literature and Language Sciences

In the following links, you will find information regarding the College of Philosophy and Letters (Facultdad de Filosofía y Letras) and the School of Literature and Language Sciences (Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje), and their organization, as well as their vision and mission.  We encourage you to visit these sites to gather more information. 

enlace a la página de la FFL: 
http://www.facultadfilosofia.una.ac.cr/index.php/nuestra-facultad/informacion-general

enlace a la página de la ELCL:
 https://www.literatura.una.ac.cr/

Translation by Jorge Aguilar-Sánchez