Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería

Colombian School of Engineering
Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería
Motto We build integral people with high scientific, technical and humanistic preparation, with an ethical compromise and a social solidarity spirit
Established October 20, 1972
Type Private
Principal Ing. Roberto Ríos Martínez[1]
Students 4600
Location Bogotá, Colombia
4°46′57.69″N 74°2′32.12″W / 4.7826917°N 74.0422556°W
Campus Urban, 70-acre (280,000 m2)
Telephone +57 (1) 6683600
Colors Red and Black          
Nickname ECI, La Escuela
Website http://www.escuelaing.edu.co/

The Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería (Spanish for Colombian School of Engineering) Julio Garavito is a private engineering-based university. The school is located on a 70-acre (280,000 m2) campus in a beautiful natural environment in the north part of Bogotá and has approximately 4,600 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. It includes complete state-of-the-art laboratories, advanced computer systems, one of the largest collections of engineering texts and journals in Colombia as well as international and national access to information via the internet.[2]

History

Taking its name from Colombian engineer and astronomer Julio Garavito, the school was founded on October 20, 1972, when the constitution act of the Colombian School of Engineering was signed. It started as an ambitious education project with the goal of making excellent engineers.

The first established program was the Civil Engineering, followed by the Electric and Systems (Computer Science) Engineering. Later, by the time the school got one of the most prestigious places among the Colombian superior educational institutions, the Industrial Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Economics programs were added.

In 2002 the Board of directors approved the creation of the Administration and International business program.

The school's structure has diversified ever since offering several additional courses and specializations.

The teachers and engineers who founded the school are:

The foundation act was signed also by the following Colombian entrepreneurs, who contributed to the initiation and foundation of the school as benefactors:

In January 1973 the founders told about the school foundation and the start of academics labors with 88 students on March 20 of the same year.[3]

Academics

The Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería offers, as of 2007, eight undergraduate programs. It has approximately 4,600 students in undergraduate and graduate programs

Undergraduate programs

Academic programs are 10 semesters long with the exception of the Economics and the Administration programs which are 9 semesters.

Specializations (graduate programs)

References

  1. ↑ "Principal". Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  2. ↑ "About us(English Version)". Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Fundación". Retrieved 2008-04-30.

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Coordinates: 4°46′56″N 74°2′38″W / 4.78222°N 74.04389°W