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National University of Colombia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

National University of Colombia Seal
Motto LA: Inter-Aulas-Academiæ-Quære-Verum
ES: Busca la Verdad en las Aulas de la Academia
EN: Search for the truth in the academy classrooms
Established September 22, 1867
Type Public
Principal Moisés Wasserman Lérner
Faculty 2,862
Students 43,478
Undergraduates 40,053
Postgraduates 3,425
Location Bogotá, D.C., Cundinamarca, Colombia
Address Carrera 30 #45-03
Telephone (57 1) 316 5000
Campus Urban, 116 ha
Nickname La Nacho
Website www.unal.edu.co
Beaux Arts Building, Bogotá, D.C..
Beaux Arts Building, Bogotá, D.C..
Art Museum, Bogotá, D.C..
Art Museum, Bogotá, D.C..

The Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University of Colombia) is a public educational institution. Several campuses across the country conform to the university - the main campus is located in Bogotá; there are other campuses in Medellín, Manizales, Palmira, Arauca, Leticia, and San Andrés.

The main campus was designed by German architect Leopold Rother.

This University has a wide selection of programmes, such as medicine, nursery, dentistry, engineering, chemistry, mathematics, physics, social sciences, arts (music, fine arts) philosophy and law. It plans to become a real research institution; it is already the main educational institution of Colombia, in terms of size and geographic reach. This institution yields the greatest number of granted professional degrees per year in the country. Many alumni have done outstanding contributions in science, arts, economy, politics etc. Among others Fernando Botero, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, Totó la Momposina, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez studied there.

The University is also known for the continuing appealing of some of its students to left wing politics. Buildings in the campus are a common place for left wing slogans. There is a big painting of Che Guevara in the facade of the University's main auditorium (called "Leon de Greiff"). The square by the auditorium is commonly known as Plaza Che (Che Square), but its official name is Plaza Francisco de Paula Santander (Francisco de Paula Santander Square).

The Universidad Nacional has its own stadium, the "Alfonso López Pumarejo" where sometimes national championship's games Colombian Professional Soccer are held. The university has a radio station, 98.5 FM (UNRADIO) in Bogotá.

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[edit] Colleges, institutes and other services

The National University of Colombia has 20 Colleges ("Faculties" or "Facultades") distributed among Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira:

Colleges in Bogotá:

Colleges in Medellín:

Colleges in Manizales: Engineering and Architecture, Sciences and Administration

Colleges in Palmira: Farming Sciences, Engineering and Administration

Museums in Bogotá Campus:

"Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional de Colombia" (National University's Art Museum), "Museo de Arquitectura Leopoldo Rother", "Museo de la Ciencia y el Juego", "Museo de Historia Natural" (Museum of Natural History) and "Observatorio Astronómico Nacional" (National Astronomical Observatory). Museum in Medellin Campus: Museo mineralógico (Mineralogical museum).

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[edit] Protest

The university is a recruitment hub for several left-wing organizations, like the Colombian Communist Party as was reported by the national media,[1] however the Communist Party dismissed this critics despite the evidence presented by the media. [2] Urban branches of the Colombian illegal armed groups (mostly FARC and AUC) have been in the campus for several years, recruiting young students.[3] The students usually carry protest and riots against the local and national government while being controlled by the ESMAD, the anti riot branch of the Colombian National Police. The most violent incident between the police forces and the students result in the death in 2001 of police officer Mauricio Soto by decapitation after a home-made explosive device called papa bomba (potato bomb) hit the officer in the neck, where the kevlar helmet doesn´t provide cover.[4]

[edit] Presidents

  • 1990-1993, Antanas Mockus Sivickas
  • 1994-1997, Guillermo Páramo Rocha
  • 1997-2003, Víctor Manuel Moncayo Cruz
  • 2003-2005, Marco Antonio Palacios Rozo
  • 2005-2006, Ramón Fayad Nafah
  • 2006-, Moisés Wasserman Lérner

[edit] Satellite Photographs at Wikimapia

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Noticias RCN. (19 April 2006). Un revelador testimonio de dos ex integrantes de la guerrilla explicó cómo identifican en los jóvenes la capacidad para convertirse en milicianos o subversivos urbanos (TV News Report). RCN TV.
  2. ^ Sepulveda, Claudia Florez; Martinez, Diego A.. Señalamientos y Provocaciones que ponen en grave riesgo la integridad física de la JUCO Y PCC.
  3. ^ Duque, Maria Victoria & Bibiana Mercado Rivera (August), "La U: en defensa de la palabra", Hechos del Callejon: 16
  4. ^ Entre la vida y la muerte, estudiante de 20 años herido en protesta en la Universidad Nacional. El Tiempo (2006-03-09).

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