Universidad de los Andes was founded in 1948 in Bogota, Colombia as the first non-confessional private university. It aims to achieve academic excellence through cutting edge teaching and research programs. The university has 9 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and over 12,000 undergraduate students and 3,000 postgraduate students. The main campus covers 142,316 square meters and includes classrooms, laboratories, libraries and other facilities to support students and faculty.

1. W E L C O M E T O T H E
UNIVERSIDAD
DE LOS ANDES

3. Historical Overview
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Los Andes was the first non
confessional private
university in Colombia,
independent from all
political parties. The
institution was founded as a
center for studies, research
and defense of the truth; its
objective was to form a
technical elite aimed at
closing the gap that existed
at the time between
Colombia and the world in
terms of knowledge and
scientific progress.
Several academics, some of Activities at Los Andes have
whom were escaping from always been aimed at
Universidad de los Andes the war in Europe, came to achieving excellence, and
was founded in 1948, as the University and dedicated until now, it is the only
a result of a project led by their lives to research and private university in the
Mario Laserna Pinzón, who teaching. At the same time, country that has received the
was 24 years old at the time, Los Andes also established Institutional Accreditation
and studying Mathematics, agreements with from the Ministry of National
Physics and Humanities at universities in the United Education for 9 years, granted
Columbia University. States. in June 2005.

4. Mission
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A private university with
a public responsibility
Universidad de los Andes, an autonomous and
independent institution, fosters pluralism, diversity,
dialogue, debate, criticism, tolerance and respect
towards its members’ ideas, beliefs and values.
The University aims at academic excellence and
provides critical and ethical training in order to
strengthen the students’ awareness of their civic and
social responsibilities, as well as their commitment to
analyzing and solving the country’s problems.
In order to achieve its goal, the University has always
and continues to develop and put into practice cutting
edge methodologies for teaching and research, so that
students are the main agents of their training and can
solve the problems they face creatively and responsibly.
It also fosters a flexible and interdisciplinary
environment which is essential for integrating arts,
sciences, technology and humanities, and for
stimulating comprehensive education.

5. M I S S I O N
The University believes that its educational project requires a highly trained and committed teaching staff, which is
a real generator and disseminator of knowledge, and a basic element of institutional strengthening. Therefore,
teachers are encouraged to consider their teaching a life project, and in doing so, attain their professional and
personal goals, whilst feeling that they are valued and supported by the
students, faculty, staff and society in general.
Universidad de los Andes hopes to form upright, responsible
and imaginative professionals who, after reaching the
highest levels in their disciplines, can contribute to the country’s
cultural and economic advancement and the strengthening of
social values regarding living together in a society and of peace,
based on its quality teaching and research programs
with international projection, in a free and diverse environment.

6. Programs
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FACULTIES
Administration
PROGRAMS
Administration
Finance
Marketing
UNDERGRADUATE* MASTERS
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PhD
Environmental Management
Organizational Studies
Architecture and Design Architecture 9
Universidad de los Andes has 9 faculties: Design 8
Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts Arts and Humanities Arts 8
Literature 8
and Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Music 8 / 10
Law, Economy, Engineering and Medicine, Sciences Biology 8
which offer undergraduate and postgraduate Microbiology 8
Physics 8
programs; and the Center for Research and Mathematics 8
Training in Education (Cife), and the Chemistry 8
Biological Sciences
Interdisciplinary Center for Development Social Sciences Anthropology 8
Studies (Cider), for postgraduate programs. Political Science 8
Philosophy 8
In addition, the University includes the first History 8
private school for public affairs -the Alberto Geography
Languages and Sociocultural Studies 8
Lleras Camargo Government School, which is Psychology 8
named after a former President of the Clinic and Health Psychology
Republic and Rector of this University. Law Law 10
Economy Economy 8
Furthermore, Los Andes’ international Engineering Environmental Engineering 8
Summer School program offers its students Civil Engineering 8
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8
and participants the opportunity to expand Industrial Engineering 8
their international perspective by taking Mechanical Engineering 8
Chemical Engineering 8
these advanced courses in specialized areas Systems and Computer Engineering 8
taught by teachers graduated from presti- Medicine Medicine 12
Cider - Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary Development
gious universities around the world. Center for Development Studies
Studies Regional Planning
Cife - Center for Research Education
and Training in Education
School of Government Government
* The numbers indicate the number of semesters in each program.

7. PhD and Research Programs
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Doctoral programs are the
best way to generate and
multiply a university’s The faculties of Engineering,
research capacity, and to Sciences and Social
obtain results that show a Sciences—strongly linked
positive impact on several with Doctoral
aspects of national life. programs—publish more than
Currently, Los Andes has 130 3 articles a year in Currently, basic investigation
research groups registered international high-impact at Los Andes is being mainly
by Colciencias, which are the scientific magazines, similar financed by external sources
support for developing to what is produced by young (foundations, national and
research in Doctoral research universities in international research centers
programs. developed countries. and private donors).

8. Teaching Staff
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Following its tradition, Los Andes strives to hire In order to attain this quality, Universidad de los Andes has
teachers with the highest academic standards. supported 250 teachers in undertaking their Master’s and
Currently, it hires 510 full-time teachers, of PhD studies in different subject areas in renowned foreign
which 38% have a Master’s degree and 51% universities. Out of these, 104 are still finishing their studies
have a PhD (this number exceeds the and are planning to return within the next two years.
national standard of 2% for the country, and up The following graph shows the distribution of teachers in
to 30% for public universities). the different Faculties.
120%
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100% 100%
80% 79%
73% 73%
66% 67% 67% 67%
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60% 59% 57%
50% 52%
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40% 39%
36% 34% 33% 33%
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are undertaken by full-time teachers. 610 adjunct teachers take up the remaining
academic load.

9. FACULTIES PROGRAMS UNDERGRADUATE MASTER´S PhD. TOTAL
Administration Administration 875 331 16 7
Students
Environmental Management 55
Finance 172
Marketing 151
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Arts and Humanities Arts 308 8
Literature 138 21
Music 195
Sciences Biology 197 51 20
Microbiology 170 39
Physics 102 24 15
Mathematics 96 18 8
Biological Sciences 3
Chemistry 36
Social Sciences Anthropology 165 42 12 1
Political Science 502 61 5
Philosophy 70 20
Geography 16
History 75 35 14
Languages and Sociocultural Studies 151 27
Psychology 307 19 12
Clinic and Health Psychology 22
Law Law 816 31 7 161
Economy Economy 952 208 7 38
Engineering Environmental Economy 2
Environmental Engineering 327 59 377
Civil Engineering 569 251
Electrical Engineering 87 32
Electronic Engineering 572 72
General Engineering 64
Industrial Engineering 1.999 221
Mechanical Engineering 668 51
Chemical Engineering 657 12
Systems and Computer Engineering 391 158
Some figures related to our students Biomedical Sciences 17
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Medicine Medicine 604
• 55% are male and 45% are female. Liberal Arts General studies 32
• 30% come from outside Bogota. General Exchange Studies 57 10
Cider - Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary Development 38 103
• 87% of the undergraduate students Center for Development Studies
come from the 5% of the best high Studies Regional Planning 7
Cife - Center for Education Education 137
school students in the country. Research and Training
School of Government Government 38
TOTAL 12.471 2.393 175 708

10. Campus
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Internships Center
Medicine Faculty
Cr. 7 No. 116 -05

11. .
C A M P U S
ACCESS (regarding entrances)
1. Portería edificio Pedro Navas
2. Portería edificio Roberto Franco
3. Portería parqueadero calle 18
4. Portería edificio Aulas
5. Portería El Galpón (Bloque Z)
6. Portería Plazoleta Richard
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7. Portería Paseo Bolívar
8. Portería La Gata Golosa The campus is largely made
9. Portería edificio Mario Laserna up of a mixture of remodeled
10. Portería edificio Julio Mario Santo Domingo
11. Portería Centro de Prácticas Facultad de Medicina industrial and religious
BUILDINGS
buildings and newly
constructed facilities. The
- Bloque A.
- Bloque Au.
Facultad de Ciencias
Facultad de Ciencias - Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo
infrastructure covers
- Bloque C. Facultad de Economía 142,316 sq mts. and
- Bloque Ch.
- Bloque Cp.
Hermes
Centro de Prácticas Facultad de Medicina
The University’s campus is includes approximately 116
- Bloque D. Decanatura de Estudiantes located in Bogota’s historical classrooms, 219 laboratories,
- Bloque E. Cede (Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Económico)
- Bloque G. Edificio Roberto Franco - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales center, an area that houses a central library and 5
- Bloque J.
- Bloque K1.
Edificio William Mc. Carthy
Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño
most of the city’s buildings of satellite libraries (specialized
- Bloque LL. Edificio Alberto Lleras Camargo cultural interest, universities, by areas), where more than
- Bloque Mj. Edificio Las Monjas
- Bloque ML. Edificio Mario Laserna - Facultad de Ingeniería - Biblioteca General “Ramón de Zubiría”
banks and large Colombian 409,700 books are available
- Bloque N.
- Bloque Ña.
Cafetería Central companies, the main for students. It also has 26
Facultad de Artes y Humanidades - Cife (Centro de Investigaciones
y Formación en Educación) offices of the national and computer rooms and 6
- Bloque Ñg. Jardín Infantil
- Bloque O. Edificio Henri Yerly local government, and a service units that hire out
- Bloque Pu. El Pulguero - Cider (Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre Desarrollo) variety of cultural meeting laptops, offering nearly 2000
- Bloque Q. Facultad de Medicina
- Bloque R. Edificio Richard places such as libraries, computers for student use,
- Bloque Rga. Edificio Pedro Navas - Rectoría
- Bloque Rgb. DTI (Dirección de Tecnologías de Información)
museums, theaters, scientific which represents 16.5
- Bloque Rgc. Facultad de Derecho and literary centers, and art computers for each 100
- Bloque Sd. Edificio Julio Mario Santo Domingo - Facultad de Administración
- Bloque V. El Campito de San José galleries, among others. students.
- Bloque W. Facultad de Economía
- Bloque Z. El Galpón

12. C A M P U S
Also on campus
are the following:
• Central cafeteria and 9 other food stations located
inside and outside the campus, offering a variety
of foods.
• Gym and sports facilities.
• Health Services.
• Rest and study areas.
• ATMs.
In addition to the main campus, the University
also has an Internships Center for the Medicine
Faculty, located in the Fundación Santa Fe Hospital,
in the north of the city. Uniandes and Fundación
Santa Fe—one of the most renowned medical
institutions in the country—engage in a joint
academic venture.

13. Academic Structure
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The academic programs are designed ACADEMIC STRUCTURE
and planned for promoting an
interdisciplinary and flexible agenda BASIC PROFESSIONAL SOCIO-HUMANISTIC
established in the University’s mission. LIBERAL ARTS CYCLE (CBP) TRAINING (CSH)
SCHOOL
The interdisciplinary aspect allows the PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL
COMPLEMENTARY CYCLE
student to take classes from all More scope, CYCLE (CP)
(CPC)
less focus
academic programs offered at Los
Andes. This freedom of choice allows the PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOL FOCALIZE
student to design their own curricular
program, with the assistance of study More focus,
less scope
counselors in the Students’ Office.
The following scheme shows the
academic structure at Uniandes, which
includes four cycles: a Basic Professio-
nal Cycle (CBP in Spanish), which refers
to the basic subjects belonging to each
program; a Cycle of Elective Courses in
Socio-humanistic issues (CSH in Spanish),
common to all programs and that offers
about 180 courses; a Professional Cycle
(CP in Spanish), which includes the main
professional subject for each program;
and a Professional Complementary Cycle
(CPC), which includes subjects from the
specific program and subjects from other
programs.

14. Organizational Structure
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The University has a Board of Directors, an Executive committee, a
Rector and three Vice Rectors, for academic and administrative
management. It also has a General Secretary, an Academic Council,
Department deans and coordinators, Faculty Councils, additional
academic andadministrative staff and departments for the smooth
operation of the Institution.
Departments
BOARD OF
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS
DEPARTMENT
EXECUTIVE
LEGAL DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE
PLANNING AND EVALUATION
DEPARTMENT RECTORATE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
ADMISSIONS AND
INTERNAL AUDITING REGISTRATION
SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT STUDENTS’ DEANSHIP
Vicerectorates
LIBRARIES SYSTEM
STUDENT AND ACADEMIC COUNCIL ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS CONTINUING EDUCATION
RESEARCH CIFE
Departments Faculties
ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE ECONOMY
AND DESIGN
FACILITIES ARTS AND HUMANITIES ENGINEERING
HUMAN AND MEDICINE
ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES
MANAGEMENT CIDER
SOCIAL SCIENCES
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

15. Accreditation
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Los Andes has received
international accreditation,
This has allowed the
such as the one granted to
University to be the only
the Faculty of Engineering
private university in the
Uniandes, according to its in 1992 by the Accreditation
country that has received
principles of quality and Board of Engineering and the
Institutional Accreditation for
innovation, has followed its Triple Accreditation granted
9 years, granted in June 2005
Comprehensive Development to the Faculty of
by the Ministry of
Plan (PDI in Spanish), with Administration by the
Education. Furthermore,
clear objectives, goals and European Foundation for
although all
indicators that have allowed Management Development
undergraduate programs
for adequately orienting its (EQUIIS), the Association of
are accredited; postgraduate
efforts towards obtaining the MBAs (AMBA) and the
programs are not accredited
best results in its quest to be Association to Advance
since the National
an excellent research Collegiate Schools of
Government does not yet
University. Business (AACSB).
grant this accreditation.

16. Acknowledgements
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Universidad de los Andes was included Los Andes is the only Colombian university included in
among the 500 best in the world, in a scale the scale and is included in a group of 15 Latin American
developed by Times Higher Education -QS universities, together with 4 from Argentina, 4 from
from London, which included more than Brazil, 2 from Chile, 2 from Mexico, 1 from Peru and 1
25,000 universities and was carried out for from Uruguay.
the fifth year in a row.
LOCATION COUNTRY UNIVERSITY
175 Brazil Sao Paulo
177 Brazil Campinas
192 Mexico Nacional Autónoma
In the 2008 ranking 239 Chile Católica de Chile
undertaken by 364 Argentina Buenos Aires
312 Chile de Chile
AmericaEconomía (a
338 Brasil Federal Rio de Janeiro
regional magazine), Argentina
400 a 500* Belgrano
the MBA offered Argentina Austral
at Los Andes was Argentina Torcuato Di Tella
ranked fifth best in Brazil Pontificia Católica de Rio
Latin America, and Colombia UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
listed as having the Mexico Ins. Tec. Estudios Superiores
best teaching staff Peru Pontificia Católica de Perú
in the region. Uruguay ORT- Oriente
*In alphabetical order

17. Calendar
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Los Andes has three yearly
academic periods:
First Semester: a 16 week
semester that starts in
January and ends in May.
Second Semester: a 16 week
semester that starts in August
and ends in December.
Summer School: an eight-week
session that starts in June and
ends in July.

18. International Students
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International students are welcome at Uniandes. They COUNTRY INSTITUTION
can attend the University as: Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires - Universidad de San Andrés
Australia Australian National University - University of Technology Sydney
Belgium Université Catholique de Louvain
• Visitor students: they can take at least three courses Brazil Escola da Cidade - Fundaçao Getulio Vargas, Universidad de Sao
Paulo
a semester. Canada Université du Québec a Montreal - University of Regina
• Exchange students: they can take between two an Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
six courses per semester. China Nankai University - University of Macau
Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica
Denmark University of Copenhagen
Los Andes has academic exchange programs with France École Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint Etienne - Institut
National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon - Université Toulouse I
more than 119 universities in 34 countries throughout Université Paris XII - Val de Mame - Université Sorbonne - Nouvelle,
the five continents. The following are examples of Paris III
Germany Brandenburg University of Technology - Bucerius Law School -
some of the programs: Universität Sttutgart
Italy Politécnico di Milano - Universitá Comerciale Luigi Bocconi
Mexico Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey -
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Netherlands Universiteit de Maastricht
Norway Oslo University College
Perú Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidad Técnica de Lisboa
Spain Universidad de Barcelona - Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Sweden Lund University
Switzerland University St. Gallen - Université of Applied Sciences -
Northewesterm Switzerland
United Kingdom The University of Essex
Uruguay Universidad ORT Uruguay
USA Illinois Institute of Technology - Tulane University - University of
Arizona - University of Oklahoma
Venezuela Universidad Simón Bolívar

19. U N I V E R S I D A D D E L O S A N D E S

20. UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Carrera 1 No. 18A - 70
Pedro Navas Building
Phone: (571) 3324288
Bogotá, Colombia
http://www.uniandes.edu.co
Email: infofcom@uniandes.edu.co