Students 4600 Phone +57 1 6683600 Founded 20 October 1972 Colors Black, Red | Established October 20, 1972 Nickname ECI, La Escuela Undergraduate tuition and fees 4.6 million COP (2013) Total enrollment 5,600 (2015) | |
Principal Ing. Roberto Ríos Martínez Campus Urban, 70-acre (280,000 m) Motto We build integral people with high scientific, technical and humanistic preparation, with an ethical compromise and a social solidarity spirit Similar El Bosque University, Pontifical Xavierian University, University of Los Andes, Universidad EIA, Del Rosario University Profiles | ||
Checho siempre encuentra cosas muy divertidas en la escuela colombiana de ingenier a
The Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería (Spanish for Colombian School of Engineering) Julio Garavito is a private engineering-based university. The school is located on a 70-acre (280,000 m2) campus in a beautiful natural environment in the north part of Bogotá and has approximately 4,600 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. It includes complete state-of-the-art laboratories, advanced computer systems, one of the largest collections of engineering texts and journals in Colombia as well as international and national access to information via the internet.
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- Checho siempre encuentra cosas muy divertidas en la escuela colombiana de ingenier a
- En la escuela colombiana de ingenier a le encuentran soluci n a todo
- History
- Academics
- Undergraduate programs
- Specializations graduate programs
- References
En la escuela colombiana de ingenier a le encuentran soluci n a todo
History
Taking its name from Colombian engineer and astronomer Julio Garavito, the school was founded on October 20, 1972, when the constitution act of the Colombian School of Engineering was signed. It started as an ambitious education project with the goal of making excellent engineers.
The first established program was the Civil Engineering, followed by the Electric and Systems (Computer Science) Engineering. Later, by the time the school got one of the most prestigious places among the Colombian superior educational institutions, the Industrial Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Economics programs were added.
In 2002 the Board of directors approved the creation of the Administration and International business program.
The school's structure has diversified ever since offering several additional courses and specializations.
The teachers and engineers who founded the school are:
The foundation act was signed also by the following Colombian entrepreneurs, who contributed to the initiation and foundation of the school as benefactors:
In January 1973 the founders told about the school foundation and the start of academics labors with 88 students on March 20 of the same year.
Academics
The Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería offers, as of 2007, eight undergraduate programs. It has approximately 4,600 students in undergraduate and graduate programs
Undergraduate programs
Academic programs are 10 semesters long with the exception of the Economics and the Administration programs which are 9 semesters.