Educating for peace - Page 2
Funding of UPEACE programs comes from the support of a number of donor governments, foundations and institutions who believe in the mission of the University. Fundraising for an endowment fund is in progress.
The vision of UPEACE is to become a network of collaborating UPEACE centers and activities in different regions, guided from its headquarters in Costa Rica and cooperating with a large number of universities, NGOs and other partners on education and research for peace.
Academic Programs
As a higher education institution, the University for Peace is committed to the teaching function, mainly at the graduate level. The research undertaken at the University is intended to be a meaningful source for strengthening its teaching function. Furthermore, research at UPEACE is intended to inform policy making in conflict prevention and global peace building.
At the present time, there are eight masters-level programs being offered through the university: Environmental Security and Peace; Gender and Peace Building; International Law and Human Rights; International Law and the Settlement of Disputes; International Peace Studies; Media, Conflict and Peace Studies; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development and Peace Education. The 2005-06 school year had roughly 110 students from 40 countries attending.
The majority of the academic programs have all their classes at the main campus in Costa Rica . What is new for 2006 is that Peace Education program will be experimenting with a dual-campus program, with part of the courses taking place in Costa Rica, some other courses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and then returning again to Costa Rica to finish up the year.
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Life at UPeace
Life at Upeace is very much like a small, global community. This comes with its own challenges and its own rewards. Although the students are committed to doing something better for the world, there is one thing that remains at the heart of the experience – we are HUMAN. When I write this, I mean that every student who attends arrives with the “baggage” of her/his culture, religion, gender and life experience. No matter how hard many people try, it is sometimes hard to “let go” of certain aspects of ourselves. Next > 1 2 3 4
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