The University of Caldas ( es, Universidad de Caldas), is a public,

coeducation Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

al, research university based in Manizales, Caldas,

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. It is the most important higher education institution in the Department of Caldas. It is a public university of national character, subject to inspection and surveillance through Law 1740 of 2014 and Law 30 of 1992 of the Ministry of Education of Colombia; it houses students from all corners of Colombia and abroad; It is considered the best university in the "eje cafetero" and one of the best in Colombia.

Academic programs

Undergraduate

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES * Agronomy * Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES * Anthropology * Law * Family Development * Sociology * Social Work * BA in Social Studies * History FACULTY OF NATURAL AND EXACT SCIENCES * Biology * Geology * BA in Biology and Chemistry * Mecatronics Engineering * Electronics Technology FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES * Nursing * BA in Physical Education, Recreation and Sports * Medicine FACULTY OF ENGINEERING * Food Engineering * Computers * Systems Technology FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES * Plastic Arts * Visual Design * Philosophy and Letters * BA in Philosophy and Letters * BA in Scenic Arts * BA in Modern Languages * BA in Music

Graduate

Graduate Doctoral Degrees * Agricultural Sciences * Biomedical Sciences * Design and Interactive Creation * Educational Sciences Master's Degrees * Agricultural Production Systems * Biomedical Sciences * Chemistry * Culture and Drugs * Design and Interactive Creation * Earth Sciences * Education * English Didactics * Family Studies and Development * Fito pathology * Gerontology * Philosophy * Rural Societies * Social Sciences * Veterinary Sciences Specializations * Administration and Evaluation * Administrative Law * Agribusiness Management * Agro-industrial Development * Anesthesiology * Bovine Production systems * Chemistry * Clinic Geriatrics * Clinical Gastroenterology * Clinical Surgical Gastroenterology * Commercial and Financial Legislation * Computer Assisted Mathematics * Criminal Studies * Dermatology * Family Relationships Intervention * General Surgery * Geotechnics * Gynecology and Obstetrics * Health Promotion * Inter Agro-Alimentary Business * Internal Medicine * Ophthalmology * Pediatric Surgery * Pediatrics * Psychiatry * Rural Development * Tax and Customs Legislation * Technical and Economic Evaluation * University Teaching

Noted people

Notable alumni

Famous personalities among its alumni include: *

Humberto De la Calle Humberto de la Calle Lombana (; born 14 July 1946) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. He served as Vice President of Colombia from 1994 to 1997. De La Calle served in the cabinet as Interior Minister under two Presidents, Andrés Pastrana a ...

Elizabeth Castillo Vargas Elizabeth Castillo Vargas (born November 30, 1970) is a Colombian lawyer, writer, LGBT activist, comedian and politician. She started work in the Bogotá Mayor's office looking at social integration in 2022. Early life and education Castillo was b ...

, LGBT activist and writer *

Lyda Osorio Lyda Elena Osorio Amaya is a Colombian physician, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist. She is an associate professor at the Universidad del Valle, and a researcher at the Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médi ...

, physician, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist

References

External links

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