The Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas () is a

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al, research university based in

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, Colombia. It is the second most important public higher education institution in the city, after the

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, with a population of 26,140 students. It was founded in 1948, by

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Daniel de Caicedo, who would become its first rector, with the support of the

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, as the Municipal University of Bogotá (). It changed its name to the current in 1957 when the municipality of Bogotá became a district. Its establishment was officialized by the 1970

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No. 1030, issued by the national government. The university offers 70 programs at

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and

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levels, including four

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s and one

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The university is member of the

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(ASCUN), the

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(AUIP), and the Iberoamerican University Network

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History

The Francisco José de Caldas District University was founded in 1948, on initiative of the priest Daniel de Caicedo, who was its first principal. The foundation act of the "Universidad Municipal de Bogotá" (as it was originally named) stated that it was a university created by the Bogotá City Council. The first program to be created was Radiotechnology, which in time became the

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program. The other program was

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which still exists and gave birth to the Cadastral Engineering program. Another program was dedicated to the care and conservation of the environment, later named Forest Engineering. The first university building was located where today stands the ''Museo de Desarrollo Urbano'' (Urban Development Museum) in the Calle tenth with Carrera eighth, in front of the ''Palacio Liévano'' (Liévano Palace) and the ''Capitolio Nacional'' (National Capitol). In 1957, the city of

became the "Distrito Especial" (Special District) and the university was then named "Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas" after the first Colombian scientist

Francisco José de Caldas Francisco José de Caldas (October 4, 1768 – October 28, 1816) was a Neogranadine lawyer, military engineer, self-taught naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor (he created the first hypsometer), who was executed by orders of Gene ...

. In the 1970s the departments of Physics and Chemistry were created. In 1979 due to political and organizational difficulties, the university was closed for two years and reopened, with a newly constructed campus, in the neighborhood ''La Macarena''. Between the years 1993 and 1994, the Environment and

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programs were created. IEED UD

Campus

It is constituted by buildings and campus around the

city * Science and Education campus, formerly named 'La Macarena' * Faculty of Engineering - Sabio Caldas Building * Alejandro Suárez Copete Building * Technological Faculty campus * Faculty of Art - ASAB campus * Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources campus

Departments

* Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Science and Education * Environment Faculty * Faculty of Art - ASAB * Technological Faculty * Language Institute -ILUD * Accreditation Committee * Educational Study and Research Institute

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External links

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History

Campus

Departments

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