{"id":992,"date":"2026-02-22T17:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uci.todosalaweb.com\/?page_id=992"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:01:03","slug":"centros-especializados","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uci.ac.cr\/en\/centros-especializados\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"992\" class=\"elementor elementor-992\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bd676b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8bd676b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a145945 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a145945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Specialized centers <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3be731 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3be731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Specialized Centers, made up of Schools and Transdisciplinary Spaces, are units of cooperation where knowledge is transformed into action to solve complex challenges.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Its work articulates specialized teaching with applied research and social linkage, generating solutions that transcend the boundaries of a single discipline.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a642ca e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a642ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94e49b0 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94e49b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e9b71 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9e9b71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/uci.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/logos-elap-02.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4442\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uci.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/logos-elap-02.webp 400w, https:\/\/uci.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/logos-elap-02-300x272.webp 300w, https:\/\/uci.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/logos-elap-02-13x12.webp 13w, https:\/\/uci.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/logos-elap-02-64x58.webp 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08cc899 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08cc899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02ed103 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02ed103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Latin American School of Protected Areas (ELAP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0745328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0745328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 1997, it is a regional reference in the professionalization of the management of conserved territories. 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