Abstract:

This text presents the results of a descriptive analysis on the postgraduate course at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), in regards to academic offer, degrees, international relations and student mobility. He analysis is based in information obtained in the Web pages of the system of studies of postgraduate (SEP) and the Office of affairs international and cooperation external (OAICE), as well as in information provided by the deanship of the SEP. It is concluded that, in general, the UCR presents graduate academic activity pretty wide, reason why, instead, it is important to improve the integration and convergence in which corresponds to international relations, conventions and academic mobility.

Keywords: Internationalization; University of Costa Rica; postgraduate studies; academic mobility; academic exchange.