University of Quindio

University of Quindio
Universidad del Quindío
Motto	Desafíos, sueños y compromisos
Motto in English	Challenges, dreams and commitments
Established	October 14, 1960
Type	Public
Location	Armenia, Quindio, Colombia
Website	http://www.uniquindio.edu.co/

The University Of Quindío (Spanish: Universidad del Quindío), is a public institution and department in Colombia, under the Ministry of Education; Its headquarters are located in Armenia, Quindio, Colombia.

The University of Quindío is a public establishment academic of Department Order, that is, a body with legal autonomy, academic autonomy, administrative and financial independent, assigned to the governorship of Quindío, by Ordinance No. 014, November 1982 and 037 of May 3, 1984, recognized as a university by Act 56 of 1967 and Decree 1583 of January 18, 1975 of the Ministry of Education.

It has 32 undergraduate academic programs and 16 postgraduate. Among its major achievements highlights the optoelectronic laboratory, considered one of the best in Latin America, and the Virtual Reality laboratory belonging to the program and Computer Systems Engineering, one of the highlights of Colombia It has 31 research groups, 14 of them categorized and recognized by Colciencias: 2 Category A, 4 Category B and 8 in class C.

Account within its schools with accreditation programs of high quality, including medicine program which is standard and letter of introduction from the University nationally and internationally for high standards of quality in its interior. It also has high quality accreditation civil engineering program and Bachelor in modern languages.

History

University of Quindío was founded in 1960 and became an institution of departmental status in 1982. Begins operations in 1962 with the programs of Agronomy and Topography. Currently the University has 7 faculties in the areas of: Humanities Sciences, Health Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Education, Basic Sciences and Technology, Science in Agribusiness and distance learning modalities.

Today, the University has 12,000 students including postgraduate students. Its faculty is formed by 854 teachers, 24 of whom are doctoral, 233 masters and 239 specializations.

Mission

"The University of Quindío educates people with leadership ability, generates and applies knowledge in the social environment, based on educational and administrative principles which guarantee the integral formation, the consolidation of research groups and networks of cooperation, exploring the needs and possibilities of the territory, interacting with actors of social development with equity and maximum coverage, in a constant process of improving the quality and performance of university autonomy, in order to obtain capacity for change, a solid base of scientific knowledge, the consolidation of the culture and development of productive skills and environmental management for the welfare and improvement of quality of life of society".

Vision

"The University of Quindío in 2015 will be recognized internationally as an institution of high academic quality and excellence in its educational, research and outreach, to respond to the challenges, dreams and commitments to society in a democratic environment, humanistic, cultural, aesthetic and scientific permanent social dialogue with the actors committed to regional and national sustainable development".

Academic Offer

The University of Quindío has 7 faculties (schools) which offer the following courses at the undergraduate, postgraduate and diplomaed.

Undergraduate

Faculty of Engineering

• Civil engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Topography
• Civil Engineering Technology

Faculty of Agribusiness

• Professionalism in Agricultural Business Management
• Food Engineering
• Agricultural Technology
• Agroindustrial technology
• Chemical Technology of Plant Products

Faculty of Basic Sciences and Technology

• Chemistry
• Biology
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Electronics Technology

Faculty of Humanities sciences

• Philosophy
• Gerontology
• Social Communication and Journalism
• Social work
• Science of Information and Documentation

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

• Public Accounting
• Financial (distance)
• Business Administration

Faculty of Health Sciences

• Medicine
• Nursing
• Occupational health

Faculty of Education

• Modern Languages degree
• Biology and Environmental Education degree
• Spanish and Literature degree
• Physical Education and Sports degree
• Mathematics degree

Postgraduate

Specialization

• Specializing in investment portfolios and company valuations
• Specialization in Logistics Engineering
• Specialization in International Business and Finance
• Specialization in Tax Management
• Specialization in Tax Auditing and External Auditing
• Specialization in Occupational Health and Occupational Health
• Specialization in Environmental Education
• Specializing in Radio

Master

• Master of Biomedical Sciences
• Master of Materials Science
• Master of Science in Education
• Master of Biomathematics
• Master in Biology
• Master in Chemistry

Doctorate

• PhD in Education
• Biomedical Sciences

Diplomaed

• Diplomaed in Web Site Development
• Diplomaed in Family Intervention
• Diplomaed in Social Research
• Diplomaed in Philosophy and Education
• Diplomaed in New Internal Control Standard Model for State Entities MECI 1000: 2005
• Diplomaed in International Standards of Accounting and Auditing
• Diplomaed in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
• Diplomaed in Teaching
• Diplomaed in English
• Diplomaed in Neuropsicopedagogía
• Diplomaed in Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning
• Diplomaed in Treatment and Wastewater Recycling.

See also

• List of universities in Colombia

External links

• University of Quindio official site (Spanish)
• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_del_Quindio
• http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/1621/article-93332.html
• http://www.almamater.edu.co/sitio/contenido-universidad-del-quindio-46.html