CATIE receives 57 new graduate students

27 women and 30 men from 14 countries seek a master’s degree

Each year students come from countries in Latin America and other parts of the world to prepare themselves throngh the master’s programs offered at CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center). This year the class of 2008–2009 consists of 57 students from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

“We are very pleased that you have enrolled in our school and are now part of the CATIE family,” said Dr. Glenn Galloway dean of the Graduate School, when he welcomed the 27 women and 30 men who will study for the next two years to obtain their graduate degrees.

“Here in our institution you will not only encounter a favorable environment for achieving your academic goals but also become strengthened individually in other dimensions,” stated Galloway. “You will have an opportunity to create friendships with a many people from different countries, that will last the rest of your lives.”

According to Galloway, in 2006 the Graduate School celebrated its 60th anniversary of uninterrupted higher education and innovative research. “We are proud of this achievement and the fact that throughout Central America, South America and other parts of the world, our alumni occupy important positions in their respective countries, contributing to the well-being of rural producers and their families and natural resource conservation,” he added. “Given your presence here, I am sure that you share the desire to contribute to this work.”

The CATIE Graduate School has graduated more than 1,800 master’s students. It differs from other national and international graduate universities in that students are given the flexibility to structure their own study plans and SELECT the emphases they desire for their  master’s.

The content and emphases of the six master’s programs (ecological agriculture, tropical agroforestry, agribusiness, management and conservation of forests and biodiversity, integrated watershed management and environmental socioeconomics) are continually evolving, always incorporating lessons learned in the region and adjusting them to address changing demands in the countries.

More information

Graduate School
Phone: (506) 556-1016
Fax: (506) 558-2044
E-mail: posgrado@catie.ac.cr