University of the Andes, Colombia
The University of the Andes, usually known as Uniandes, is a private research university in Bogotá, Colombia. It was the first nonsectarian university in Colombia, founded in 1948 by a group of Colombian intellectuals led by Mario Laserna Pinzón (independent of any political party or religious institution). According to both the QS World Top University Ranking and the Times Higher Education Classification, Los Andes has consistently been regarded in 1st place in the top best universities in Colombia, as well as one of the top 5 Latin American universities and one of the top 250 universities in the world.
The University of the Andes has nine schools, three special academic entities—the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government, the Center for Research and Training in Education, and the Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies—and a joint academic venture with the medical institution Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation, which offers 31 undergraduates, 18 doctoral, and 38 graduate degree-granting programs in fields such as medicine, engineering, and development studies.
As of 2011, Colciencias had acknowledged 128 research groups at the institution, the majority of which were in the social sciences, mathematics, physics, and engineering. The number of research groups accredited by Colciencias had grown to 153 by 2017. It is one of the few universities in Colombia to have acquired the highest level of institutional accreditation from the Colombian Ministry of Education, which was granted in January 2015.
Established: November 16, 1948
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
