Recognition by the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences to UIS professor
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Professor and researcher Guillermo Alfonso González Villegas was sworn in as Full Member of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. González Villegas, who has been linked to the Universidad Industrial de Santander since 1990, is attached to the School of Physics. In 2007 he received the distinction of “Laureate Professor” by the […]
UIS School of Physics is among the three best in Colombia in terms of research publications in the Nature Index ranking
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For its publications in the prestigious academic research Nature Index, which measures the high quality of research published in a select list of international journals of very high impact, the School of Physics of the Universidad Industrial de Santander reached a prominent place among the best in Colombia. The publications were registered in the period […]
Brazil, France and Switzerland are finalists of the International Physicists’ Tournament
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The delegations of France and Switzerland won their respective semifinals and qualified for the final of the tournament to be held this Friday, May 13, starting at 8:00 a.m. at the Agora of the Faculty of Human Sciences. The two European countries will compete against Brazil, a team that qualified directly to the decisive stage […]
Participants of the Physics World Cup highlighted the beauty of the UIS campus
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Beyond the competition around physics, the International Physicists’ Tournament (IPT) has allowed about 150 foreigners to meet at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), located in the city of Bucaramanga (Colombia). This is why during their visit to the UIS facilities they have been amazed by the size of the campus, the green areas, the […]
From May 9, UIS will be the world stage of physics
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The International Physicists’ Tournament (IPT) is the most important physics competition in the world that has been organized annually since 2009 and for the first time in history its venue will leave Europe to be held at the Universidad Industrial de Santander. There will be 15 teams with young physics students from universities in Brazil, […]
One of the world’s most important academic Physics events to be held at UIS
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Communications Department The fourteenth edition of the International Physicists Tournament, one of the most important academic physics events in the world, will be held in Colombia and will be hosted by the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), which will receive the best university physicists from 16 countries. The students representing the UIS in this competition […]
‘Women who do physics’ take to the web
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The School of Physics of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) and the Coordination of LA-CoNGA Physics invite the university community to be part of the event ‘Women who do physics’, a reflective space with national and international guests in charge of addressing the topic: Stories of academic women in Latin America and Europe: life […]