About Texas Tech-CR

Texas Tech University at Costa Rica (Texas Tech-CR) is Texas Tech's first international campus. It offers high quality academic undergraduate and certificate programs aligned to strategic development goals of Costa Rica and the Central American region through an alliance with EDULINK, S.A., part of the Promérica Group.

What is it?

The mission of Texas Tech CR's founders is “To offer a high quality university experience providing affordable, accredited, and transferable undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs aligned to strategic development goals for students in the Central American region through an alliance with a prestigious U.S. university at an integrated facility in Costa Rica.”

Texas Tech CR offers the following degrees and academic programs:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering
• B.S. in Computer Science
• B.S. in Mathematics
• B.S. in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management
• B.S. in Retail Management

How much does it cost?

The price of tuition at Texas Tech CR is calibrated to the local market. It is more than most top-level American-international K-12 schools in San José, but less than out-of-state tuition + room and board at most U.S. universities. Promerica Group, CONAPE, and other financial institutions will offer loans to qualified borrowers to pay tuition. The institution also offers merit scholarships based upon merit.

Who are Texas Tech CR's faculty?

Faculty members are a combination of Texas Tech professors from the university's home campus in Lubbock, Texas, and highly qualified, Texas Tech-recruited adjunct professors hired locally. The language of instruction will be English.

What kind of students attend?

The university is primarily targeting qualified Costa Rican and Central American students who meet Texas Tech admissions requirements and speak English with relative fluency. U.S. student exchanges and study abroad opportunities are also possible.

Where is the campus?

The Texas Tech CR University Plaza facility is located in the Escazú suburb in the west of San José Province and is integrated into the Avenida Escazú community. University Plaza will be a complex of three integrated locations to include classrooms, laboratories, library/media center, administrative offices, and student services in a three-phase project.

When can students enroll?

The project's history is as follows:

• July 2016-July 2017 – Construction Phase 1 (Avenida Escazú Building 205)
• August 2017-January 2018 – Construction Phase 2 (Interior finish, furnishings)
• August 2018 – Inauguration of classes (Fall Term)
• Students enroll in Spring Term (the semester starting in January every year) or Fall Term (the semester that starts in late August). Summer classes are also offered.