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Universidad Externado de Colombia

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Type
  
Private

Students
  
12,500

Founder
  
Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten

Established
  
15 February 1886

Phone
  
+57 1 3537000

Founded
  
15 February 1886

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Motto
  
Post tenebras spero lucem

Rector
  
Juan Carlos Henao Perez

Address
  
Cl. 12 #1-17 Este, Bogotá, Colombia

Notable alumni
  
Gustavo Petro, María Consuelo Araújo, Álvaro Araújo Castro, Claudia López Hernández, Alfonso Gómez Méndez

Similar
  
Del Rosario University, University of Los Andes, National University of Colom, Free University of Colom, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Ta

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The Universidad Externado de Colombia (Externado University of Colombia) is a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. It has produced graduates including lawyers, academics, judges, financiers as well as senior government officials and politicians. The institution grants 4 and 5 year professional degrees, as well as advanced Master and Doctoral degrees. Instruction is primarily in Spanish.

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As well as being a member of the Unión de Universidades de América Latina, UDUAL, and the Asociación Internacional de Universidades, AIU., it is a founding member of the Asociación Colombiana de Universidades, ASCUN.

In 2005, UNESCO established a Chair in Human Rights, Violence, Public Policies and Governance, at the university.

Pregunta yamid juan carlos henao rector de la universidad externado de colombia


History

It was founded on the 15 February 1886, by jurist and educator Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten, in answer to the educational restrictions imposed during "La Regeneración" which was a period when conservatives managed the government. It gained full university status in 1958. Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten, who obtained help and aid from professors from the radical liberalism movement, and intellectuals from the body-social, formed an educational institution.

Admissions

Its admission requirements are the Colombian bachiller (secondary school certificate) and the Examen de Estado (the State Exams). Furthermore, the SAT and/or ACT are recognized for American students wanting to transfer to the Universidad Externado.

Academics

Programmes offered are:

  • Business Management
  • Tourism and Hotel Management
  • Educational Sciences
  • Social Sciences (Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Work, Geography and History)
  • Journalism
  • Public Accounting
  • Law
  • Economics
  • Cultural Heritage Studies (Museumology, Archaeology and Restoration)
  • Finance and International Relations
  • Government and International Relations
  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Social Work
  • Geography
  • Psychology
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Accreditation of High Quality Education

    The Universidad Externado de Colombia obtained from the National Council of Accreditation of Colombia the accreditation of high quality for the university, as well as for programs such as: Law, Finance and International Relations, Government and International Relations, Accounting, Economy, and Business Administration.

    References

    Universidad Externado de Colombia Wikipedia