The University of Córdoba (UNICORDOBA, sometimes referred to colloquially UNICOR), is a
public,
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
al,
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 the city of
Montería,
Córdoba,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. It was founded in 1974 by
Elías Bechara Zainúm
Elías Bechara Zainúm (December 10, 1920 – August 9, 2013) was a Colombian educator, philanthropist and chemist-bacteriologist, founder of the University of Córdoba and the Sinú University, in Colombia.
Early life
Zainúm was the son of ...
See also
*
List of universities in Colombia
Notes
External links
University of Cordobaofficial site
Universities and colleges in Colombia
Educational institutions established in 1962
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