List of universities in Bogotá
This list contains the universities and other institutions of tertiary education in Bogotá. The first university opened in Bogotá was Universidad Santo Tomás, on July 13, 1580, just 41 years after the Spanish foundation of the city. The Universidad Santo Tomás belongs to the religious Dominican order.
The second university of the city was opened on July 9, 1623 by the Jesuits with the name , which later on changed its name to Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Its original facilities are part of the of Bogotá.
On December 31, 1651 the School of Our Lady of Rosary was founded by Fray Cristóbal de Torres. It still works today in its foundational site.
In 1867, the largest university of the country, the National University of Colombia is founded, consolidating Bogotá as the University Capital of Colombia.
On February 15, 1886 the Externado University of Colombia is founded by jurist and educator Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten.
On November 16, 1948; the first nonsectarian university in Colombia, the University of the Andes was founded by Mario Laserna Pinzón. Today, the University of the Andes is the best academy of Colombia and one of the best in Latin America and the world.
Bogotá's colleges and universities have had a major impact on the city and region's economy. Not only are they major employers, but they also attract national and international students. The large pool of professionals they graduate bring industries to the city and the surrounding region. Bogotá is Colombia's educational "Mecca"; it boasts more schools, colleges, and universities than any other city in Colombia.
List of universities[]
There are more than one hundred tertiary education institutions in Bogotá alone. Following is a list of the most important ones:
- - Corbes
- - CESA
- - CEART
- - CENDA
- - UNITEC
- - ACADITEC
- - ISES
- - INTESEG
- - CIDE
- - ICAFT
- - CORPDESAN
- - CORPOTEC
- - CUN
- - CORUNIVERSITEC
- - UDCA
- - UNIMINUTO
- - ECCI
- - ECOTET
- Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito - ECI
- - EAN
- - ESAP
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- - CEDINPRO
- - CIDCA
- - CIEO
- - ESATEC
- - FESSANJOSE
- - INPAHU
- - INSUTEC
- - FIT
- - FABA
- Fundación Universitaria Ciencias de la Salud
- - FUNIBER
- Fundación Universitaria San Martín
- - CES
- - INSTEL
- - ICSEF
- - UNICA
- - UNILATINA
- Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
- Institución Universitaria Politécnico Grancolombiano
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA
- Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
- Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
- Universidad Católica de Colombia
- Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Universidad de América
- Universidad de Cundinamarca
- Universidad de La Sabana
- Universidad de Los Andes
- Universidad del Bosque
- Universidad Sergio Arboleda
- Universidad del Rosario
- Universidad Externado de Colombia
- Universidad La Gran Colombia
- Universidad Libre
- Universidad Manuela Beltrán
- Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
- - UNAD
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
- Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
- Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino
See also[]
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