Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a private

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whose main campus is located in

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, Colombia, with satellite campuses in Cartagena,

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and Chía. Established in 1954, the institution was named after the botanist, scientist and politician Jorge Tadeo Lozano. The university was founded by Joaquín Molano Campuzano, Javier Pulgar Vidal and Jaime Forero Valdés at a time of great political commotion in Colombia. Their aim was to create an environment of peaceful engagement in an academic setting, based on the scientific and altruistic principles that characterized the

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of which Jorge Tadeo Lozano was a member, in a team of scientists led by

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. Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a member of the

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(ASCUN), and Universia. Among the notable architecture features of the school are an auditorium, a fine art gallery, a postgraduate studies building and a public square designed by Colombian architect Daniel Bermúdez. The university also broadcasts cultural activities and content on Bogotá's FM radio via HJUT 106.9 FM, with Classical Music, Opera, Jazz and Rock programming.

Notable alumni

Alphabetically by surname: * Patty Brennan - evolutionary biologist * Miguel Gómez - photographer, visual artist, graduated from the Advertising school *

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- fashion model and television personality, graduated from the Advertising school * Nadín Ospina - sculptor, graduated from the Fine Art school *

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- visual artist, sculptor, graduated from the Fine Art school * Gabriel Sierra (born 1975), Columbian visual artist, class of 2000 * Fernando Tamayo Tamayo – economist, politician, graduated from the Economic Studies school *

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– musician, singer, graduated from the Advertising school

Location in Bogotá

The university is part of a network of downtown Bogotá universities and educational institutions as University of Los Andes and Universidad Central. Their architectural efforts have renewed this area of the city in particular.

Gallery

File:UJTL.JPG, Campus Building File:UTL Sector A.JPG, North view of the older main campus File:2017 Bogota barrio Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano.jpg, View of the university in Bogotá File:Sector B UJTL.jpg, UJTL Library

References

External links

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