Type Private Chancellor Luis H. Pérez Undergraduates 7,800 Number of students 8,000 | Established February 20, 1970 Academic staff 780 Phone +57 2 3188000 Color Red and Black | |
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Provost Álvaro Parra (academics), Diego Smith (administrative) Address Autopista Cali Jamundi #Cll 25, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Founded 20 February 1970, Cali, Colombia Similar ICESI University, University of Valle, Universidad Autónoma de Colom, Autonomous University of Bucara, Pontifical Bolivarian University Profiles | ||
The Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (UAO) is a private university, established in 1970. Its first seat was in Champagnat neighborhood, in Cali. In 1999 construction of its new campus was completed, located in the south of the city, in the place called Valle del Lilí. It has a second seat in San Fernando neighborhood, which specializes in complementary education.
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UAO has five faculties and 21 undergraduate programs (two of them by dual education system), 12 postgraduate and 7 master's degree. Through Centros Regionales de Educación Superior (CERES), it also offers bachelor's programs in the towns of El Cerrito, Candelaria and Tuluá.
The university's highlights in the region are the high investment in technology and investigation, reflected by its 64 laboratories, faculty staff with doctorate and master's degrees, and 29 research groups, 26 of which are accepted by Colciencias.