List of universities in Colombia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. The Colombian higher education system is composed of technical institute

Institute of technology

Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...

s focused on vocational education

Vocational education

Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...

, university institutions focused on technological education

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

, and universities focused on undergraduate

Undergraduate education

Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...

and postgraduate

Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...

education. The country has both public

Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...

and private

Private university

Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...

universities. Most of the public universities conform to the State University System , and most of the departments have at least one public university. Several private universities are affiliated to the Roman Catholic Church or are nonsectarian

Nonsectarian

Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense, refers to a lack of sectarianism. The term is also more narrowly used to describe secular private educational institutions or other organizations either not affiliated with or not restricted to a particular religious denomination though the organization...

National

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| National University of Colombia

National University of Colombia

The Universidad Nacional de Colombia , also called UNAL or just UN, is a public, national, coeducational, research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, Colombia...

| align="center"| 1867
| Bogotá, Medellín

Medellín

Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...

, Manizales

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

, Palmira, Arauca

Arauca, Arauca

Arauca is a municipality and capital city of the Arauca Department of Colombia. Its full name is Villa de Santa Bárbara de Arauca, it is located at N 07° 05′ 25″ - W 70° 45′ 42″. The Municipality of Arauca has a total population of 82,149 ....

Military University Nueva Granada

The Nueva Granada Military University , also called UMNG, is a public,auto sufficient, national, coeducational university based in the city of Bogotá, Colombia.-History:...

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| Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

The Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia , also called Uptc, is a state, national and public university, located primarily in Tunja, Sogamoso, Duitama and Chiquinquirá, four cities of the Colombian Department of Boyacá....

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| Tunja

Tunja

Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...

, Chiquinquirá

Chiquinquirá

Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is 2570m above sea level and has a yearly average temperature 58°F....

, Duitama, and Sogamoso

Sogamoso

Sogamoso is a city in the Boyacá department of Colombia.The origin of Sogamoso goes back in the cosmogony, Chibcha, to the creation of the Sun. In the valley of Iraca the Sun was born...

Technological University of Pereira

The Technological University of Pereira , is a public, national, coeducational, research university based in the city of Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia....

| align="center"| 1958
| Pereira

Pereira, Colombia

Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...

, San Andrés, Belén de Umbría

Belén de Umbría

Belén de Umbría is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. Located at approx. 1.5 hours drive from the city of Pereira. Its population is about 32,000 inhabitants.- References :...

, Mistrato

Mistrato

Mistrato is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. The town is located about two hours west of Pereira....

, Santuario

Santuario, Risaralda

Santuario is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....

, Quinchía

Quinchía

Quinchía, also known as Villa de los Cerros , is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia.In 1985 Quinchía was described as the prettiest village of Risaralda, for governor of that department....

Barranquilla

Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...

, Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...

, Cali

Calì

Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

, Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

, Cúcuta

Cúcuta

Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...

, Fusagasugá

Fusagasugá

Fusagasugá is a town and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is located some forty miles from the capital, Bogotá. With 122,000 inhabitants, Fusagasugá is one of the largest municipalities in the department. It was founded in 1562 by Spanish priests.It borders...

, Ibagué

Ibagué

Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...

, Manizales, Medellin, Neiva, Pasto

Pasto

Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto, is the capital of the department of Nariño, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the "Atriz Valley", on the Andes cordillera, at the foot of the Galeras volcano, at an altitude of 8,290 feet above sea level...

, Pereira

Pereira, Colombia

, Popayán

Popayán

Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between Colombia's Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range...

, Tunja, and Villavicencio

Villavicencio

Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Department of Meta, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4°08S, 73°40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá by the Guatiquía river...

University of the Amazon

The University of the Amazon , also called Uniamazonía, is a public, national, coeducational university based in the city of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

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| Florencia

Florencia, Caquetá

Florencia is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history....

University of the Llanos

The University of the Llanos , also called Unillanos, is a public, coeducational university based in the city of Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

University of the Pacific (Colombia)

The University of the Pacific , is a public, national, coeducational university based primarily in the city of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The university also has several satellite campuses across the Pacific Region in the cities of Guapi in the Cauca Department and Tumaco in the...

| align="center"| 1988
| Buenaventura

Buenaventura, Colombia

Buenaventura is a port city and municipality located in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia . Buenaventura is the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean....

, Guapi, and Tumaco

Tumaco

Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern of Colombia, near to border with Ecuador, and enjoys of hot tropical climate...

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| Central University of Valle del Cauca

Central University of Valle del Cauca

The Central University of Valle del Cauca , also called UCEVA, is a public, departmental, coeducational university based in the city of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

Francisco de Paula Santander University

The Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander is a university located in Cúcuta, Colombia.- History :The university was founded on July 5, 1962, as a Laws Foundation with economy classes...

Industrial University of Santander

The Industrial University of Santander , also called UIS, is a public, coeducational, research university based primarily in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. It is the largest by student population and the most important higher education institution in the northeast of the country. The...

Popular University of Cesar

The Popular University of Cesar , is a public, departmental, coeducational university based primarily in the city of Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

South Colombian University

The Universidad Surcolombiana , also known as USCO, is a public, national, university based primarily in the city of Neiva, Huila, Colombia.-External links:* official website...

Technological University of Choco

The Diego Luis Cordoba Technological University of Choco , also known as UTCH, is a public, departmental, coeducational university based in the city of Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

University of Antioquia

The University of Antioquia , also called UdeA, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Medellín, Antioquía, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the northwest of the country, and the second in...

University of Atlantico

The University of Atlantico , also called Uniatlantico, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based in the city of Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the department with 12,248 students, and a faculty...

University of Caldas

The University of Caldas , is a public, coeducational, research university based in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. It is the most important higher education institution in the Department of Caldas alongside the National University of Colombia. The university was created by ordinance No. 006 of May...

University of Cartagena

The University of Cartagena , also called Unicartagena, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia...

University of Cauca

TheUniversidad del Cauca is a public institution of higher education among the 10 best universities in the country, currently in the process of institutional certification and accreditation CNA. Located in the city of Popayán, capital of the department of Cauca, Colombia...

University of Cordoba (Colombia)

The University of Cordoba , also called Unicor or Unicórdoba, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based in the city of Montería, Córdoba, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

University of Cundinamarca

The University of Cundinamarca , is a public, departmental, coeducational university based primarily in the city of Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The university also has several satellite campuses across the department in the cities of Chía, Chocontá, Facatativá, Girardot, Soacha, Ubaté, and...

University of La Guajira

The University of La Guajira , also known as Uniguajira, is a public, departmental, coeducational, university based primarily in the city of Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia. The university was established by ordinance No. 011 and 012 of 1976, by the Departmental Assembly, and began its labor in...

University of Magdalena

The University of Magdalena , is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based in the city of Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

University of Nariño

The University of Nariño , also called Udenar, is a public, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Pasto, Nariño, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the department with 9,867 students...

University of Pamplona

The University of Pamplona , is a public, departmental, coeducational research university based primarily in the city of Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The university also has two satellite campuses in the department, in the cities of Cúcuta and Villa del Rosario.-External links:* ...

University of Quindio

The University of Quindio , is a public, coeducational, research university based primarily in Armenia, Quindio, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

University of Sucre

The Universidad de Sucre is a public, departmental, coeducational university located in Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia. The university has three campus in the city. The main one, known as the Puerta Roja is the home for most of the faculties and has the largest student population...

University of Tolima

The University of Tolima , is a public, coeducational, research university based in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

University of Valle

The University of Valle , also called Univalle, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the southwest of the country, and the third in...

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Catholic

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Pontifical Bolivarian University

The Pontifical Bolivarian University , also referred to as UPB, is a private university in Colombia with its main campus in Medellín, where it was founded in 1936. Currently, the university has campuses in other Colombian cities, such as Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Montería and Palmira...

| align="center"| 1936
| Medellín

Medellín

La Salle University, Colombia

Universidad de La Salle is a Roman Catholic university located in Bogotá, Colombia....

| align="center"| 1964
| Bogotá

Bogotá

Catholic University of Colombia

The Catholic University of Colombia is a private institution of higher education. It was founded in Bogotá, Colombia in 1970, noting in his early loyalty to the Catholic Church doctrine. The institution now has 10,300 undergraduates...

| align="center"| 1970
| Bogotá

Bogotá

Pontifical Xavierian University

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana is a private higher education institution founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest, most traditional, and prestigious Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its main facilities in Bogotá and a second campus in Cali...

| align="center"| 1623
| Bogotá

Bogotá

, Cali

Calì

Our Lady of the Rosary University

The Universidad del Rosario is a university originally founded on Roman Catholic principles, in 1653 by Fray Cristobal de Torres. Located in Bogotá, Colombia, due to its important place in Colombian history, it is known as "The Cradle of the Republic". It had also a primary and secundary school...

| align="center"| 1653
| Bogotá

Bogotá

Saint Thomas Aquinas University

Saint Thomas University is a Roman Catholic university located in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the oldest Colombian university, founded in 1580 by the Dominican Order....

| align="center"| 1580
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Bogotá

, Tunja

Tunja

Sergio Arboleda University

Sergio Arboleda University is a Roman Catholic university located in Bogotá, Colombia, with a sectional located in Santa Marta, Colombia.Pedro Carmona former coupster against the government of Hugo_Chávez in Venezuela holds a post as university professor....

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Bogotá

, Santa Marta

Santa Marta

Santa Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it the oldest remaining city in Colombia...

University of the Savannah

The University of La Sabana , is a Colombian private higher education institution founded in 1979. It is located in the municipality of Chía, 7 km north of Bogotá. The university is awarded with the High Quality Institutional Accreditation by the National Ministry of Education.One of the...

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| University of Ibague
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| Antonio Nariño University
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Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería

The Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito is a private engineering-based university. The school is located on a campus in a beautiful natural environment in the north part of Bogotá and has approximately 4,600 students in undergraduate and graduate programs...

| align="center"|1972
|Bogotá

Bogotá

Autonomous University of Bucaramanga

The Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga is a private post-secondary education institution in Bucaramanga, Colombia. It was founded in 1952 under the name of Instituto Caldas. In 1956 the institution was recognized as a law school, and became a university under the current name in 1987...

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

Universidad Autónoma de Occidente

The Universidad Autónoma de Occidente is a private university, established on 1970. Its first seat was on Champagnat neighborhood, in Cali. In 1999 was finished the building of its new campus located in the south of the city, in the place called Valle del Lilí...

| align="center"|1970
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Calì

Universidad Externado de Colombia

The Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia, is a private university which grants 4 and 5 year primary and professional degrees as well as advanced 2-year Magister degrees. Instruction is primarily in Spanish. The dean is Dr...

Jorge Tadeo Lozano University

Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a university in Colombia, with campuses in Bogotá, Cartagena, Santa Marta and Chía.-External links: Jorge Tadeo Lozano, the person...

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Bogotá

, Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

La Gran Colombia University

La Gran Colombia University is a private university located in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. It was founded on May 24, 1951 by Julio César García Valencia, recognized Colombian historian of the Twentieth century.- Faculties :* Accountancy* Architecture...

Pilot University of Colombia

La Universidad Piloto de Colombia es una institución privada de educación superior, ubicada en Bogotá Colombia, fundada por estudiantes universitarios de Arquitectura.La Universidad cuenta con 15 programas de pregrado, los cuales son:...

Calì

University of America

The University of America is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in Bogotá, Colombia.Founded as an architecture school in 1956, the school grew into an interdisciplinary and technological research institution, University of America emphasizes quality over size,...

University of the Andes, Colombia

The University of the Andes , is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university located in city centre Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948, the University has 9 faculties: Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and...

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Bogotá

University of Boyaca

The University of Boyaca is a private, coeducational university based in the city of Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia.-External links:* official site...

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Tunja

Bogotá

Universidad EAFIT

Universidad EAFIT , is a Colombian university located in El Poblado District - Medellín, This private university was created by the enterprise groups of Medellín in order to create a professional background for the development of the industrialization process in Colombia.It was approved by the...

El Bosque University

The El Bosque University , is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university located in north Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1977, The University currently offers 20 undergraduate programs, as well as several specializations, Master's degrees and Doctorates....

Universidad Icesi

Universidad Icesi is a private university located in Cali, Colombia. The campus is located in the area of Pance, south of the city. Founded in 1979 by a group of businessmen in the region, the university offers undergraduate programs, specializations and masters degree studies. There are 3,813...

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Calì

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

Medellín

Universidad del Norte, Colombia

The Universidad del Norte is the main academic center for higher education in northern Colombia. It was founded in 1966 by a group of businessmen led by Karl C. Parrish in the city of Barranquilla...

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Barranquilla

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