Universidad Externado de Colombia
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| Motto | Post Tenebras Spero Lucem |
| Established | 1886 |
| Type | Private |
| Principal | Dr.Fernando Hinestrosa |
| Location | Bogotá, D.C., Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Address | Calle 12 No. 1 - 17 Este |
| Telephone | (57 1) 3420288 (57 1) 3419900 |
| Website | www.uexternado.edu.co |
The Universidad Externado de Colombia (Externado University of Colombia) in Bogotá, Colombia, is a private university which grants 4 and 5 year primary (Licenciados) and professional degrees as well as advanced 2-year Magister degrees. Instruction is primarily in Spanish. The dean is Doctor Fernando Hinestrosa.
It was founded on the 15 February 1886, by jurist and educator Nicholas Pinzón Warlosten, in answer to the eductional restrictions imposed during the dictatorship of La Regeneración. It gained full university status in 1958. Its normal admission requirements are the Colombian bachiller (secondary school certificate) and El Examen de Estado (the State Exams).
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.
Programmes being offered are:
Business Management (Administración de Empresas);
Tourism and Hotel Management (Administración de Empresas Turísticas y Hoteleras);
Educational Sciences (Ciencias de la Educación);
Social Sciences (Ciencias Sociales y Humanas);
Journalism (Comunicación Social - Periodismo);
Public Accounting (Contaduría Pública);
Law (Derecho);
Economy (Economía);
Cultural Heritage Studies (Estudios del Patrimonio Cultural);
Finances and Foreign Affairs (Finanzas y Relaciones Internacionales);
Government, and Foreign Affairs (Gobierno y Relaciones Internacionales).
[edit] International Profile
The university has signed an educational affiliation agreement with the International University in Geneva, as well as having other exchange programs with institutions like Sciences Po, Copenhagen Business School, the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University, and La Trobe University amongst many others.
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