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Universidad de los Andes (or Uniandes for short) is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 located in downtown Bogotá
Bogotá

Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
, Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Founded in 1948, The University currently has 9 Schools, all of which offer undergraduate and postgraduate programs: Management, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Science, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and Medicine..

The University was founded by a group of Colombian intellectuals led by Mario Laserna Pinzon
Mario Laserna Pinzón

Mario Laserna Pinz?n is a Colombian educator and politician. He was born in Paris, France of Colombian parents, and raised in Colombia. He attended Columbia University where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Physics, and Humanities....
 and was at the time the first university in the country to be non-sectarian, that is, independent of political parties or influence from the state or the church..






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Universidad de los Andes (or Uniandes for short) is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 located in downtown Bogotá
Bogotá

Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
, Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Founded in 1948, The University currently has 9 Schools, all of which offer undergraduate and postgraduate programs: Management, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Science, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and Medicine..

The University was founded by a group of Colombian intellectuals led by Mario Laserna Pinzon
Mario Laserna Pinzón

Mario Laserna Pinz?n is a Colombian educator and politician. He was born in Paris, France of Colombian parents, and raised in Colombia. He attended Columbia University where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Physics, and Humanities....
 and was at the time the first university in the country to be non-sectarian, that is, independent of political parties or influence from the state or the church.. Today, the University sought to model itself after major research universities through strategies as greater focus on graduate education and research. As a result of this, doctorate programs have been opened in recent years and new research facilities have been built on-campus. The University has not yet achieved wide international visibility. However, it was included recently among the top 500 universities worldwide (400-500 tier) in a classification done by Times Higher Education–QS of London.

=Campus=

=History=

=Academics=

Los Andes University offers 28 undergraduate programs, 30 specialized degree programs, 20 master's programs, and 5 doctoral programs.

  • Undergraduate Programs
    • Administration (Business)
    • Anthropology
    • Architecture
    • Art
      Art

      Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
    • Biology
    • Political Science
    • Law
    • Industrial Design
    • Economics
    • Philosophy
      Philosophy

      Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
    • Physics
    • History
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Systems and Computing Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Electronic Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Languages & Sociocultural Studies
    • Literature
    • Mathematics
      Mathematics

      Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
    • Medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Music
      Music

      Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
    • Psychology
      Psychology

      Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
    • Chemistry
  • Specialized Graduate Programs
  • Master's Programs
  • Doctoral Programs
    • Biology
    • Physics
    • Engineering


  • School of Management
    Management

    Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
    • Marketing
    • Finance
  • School of Architecture and Design
    • Department of Architecture
      Architecture

      The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
    • Department of Design
  • School of Arts and Humanities
  • CIDER
  • School of Sciences
    • International Negotiation and Relations
    • Theory and Experience of the Solution of Armed Conflict
  • School of Social Sciences
  • School of Law
    LAW

    LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
  • School of Economics
  • School of Government Alberto Lleras Camargo
  • School of Engineering
    Engineering

    Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
    • Automation of Industrial Processes
    • Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems
    • Highway and Transport Infrastructure
    • Integral Management of the Environment
    • IT Systems in the Organization
    • Organizational Control and Management Systems
    • Risk Evaluation and Disaster Prevention
    • Software Development
    • Software Construction for Computer Networks
    • Telematics
    • Telecommunication Companies Management
    • E-Commerce
  • School of Medicine
    Medicine

    Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....


=Student Life=

=Mascot= The pet of Uniandes is a goat called Seneca. Its history comes from the late 40s when a goat walked around the campus. Students adopted it, and it became a symbol for the university. The goat died in 1966 when it fell off a cliff. Today it's is not posible to have the goat within the campus, but the Seneca is still remembered. The wireless spots are named after the goat, and every year a goat is brought to the university to celebrate "el dia del estudiante".

=Notable faculty and Alumni=

Deans


Former deans of Law School


  • Eduardo Cifuentes Muñoz
  • Alfredo Luis Fuentes Hernández
  • Manuel Jose Cepeda Espinosa
  • Alfredo Lewin Figueroa
  • Luis Ignacio Becerra Fadul
  • Mauricio Echeverri Gutierrez
  • Carlos Gustavo Arrieta Padilla
  • Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
  • Gustavo Zafra Roldan
  • Eduardo Alvarez-Correa Duperly
  • Jaime Vidal Perdomo


Former deans of Economics School


  • Alejandro Gaviria Uribe (Current)
  • Juan Carlos Echeverry
  • Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera
  • Santiago Montenegro Trujillo
  • José Leibovich
  • Manuel Ramírez Gómez
  • Eduardo Sarmiento Palacio
  • Edgar Reveiz Roldán
  • Augusto Cano Motta
  • Francisco Ortega Acosta
  • Eduardo Wiesner Durán
  • Miguel Fadul
  • Daniel Peñaranda
  • Jorge Ruíz Lara
  • Armando Sánchez Torres
  • Hernán Echavarría Olózaga