UIS Master’s in Physics advances in renewal of high-quality accreditation
The UIS Master’s in Physics is advancing through the renewal process for its high-quality accreditation with a visit from academic peers appointed by the National Accreditation Council (CNA), who are conducting an external evaluation of the program. The evaluation committee is composed of Juan Carlos Muñoz Cuartas, coordinating peer, and José Alejandro García Valera, academic […]
Faculty of Science professors receive 72 remodeled offices
At the start of the second academic period of 2025, Rector Hernán Porras Díaz handed over 72 remodeled offices to professors from the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics departments of the Faculty of Sciences. The new locations have undergone renovations, including new flooring, air conditioning installation, improvements to electrical and communications networks, and updated furniture. The […]
Young people who will represent Colombia at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad train at the UIS
The UIS Planetarium has become the training headquarters for the Colombian national team that will represent the country in the 18th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad, to be held in mid-August in Mumbai, India. Juan David Landazábal Rangel, Cristian Camilo Echeverri Valencia, Mateo de Jesús Pirela Pulido, and Mario Andrés Guerra Vega are the teenagers […]
Science Explosion at Yellowstone!… UIS Leads Hidden Discovery Beneath the Planet’s Most Feared Supervolcano
A major discovery, born in Colombia, has just rewritten what science knew about one of the most closely monitored and feared volcanoes in the world: Yellowstone. An international team, led by the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), uncovered over 86,000 previously undetected earthquakes, hidden beneath the caldera of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. […]
The ‘Colombian Team’ at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in India will have a UIS professor on its team
India will host the 18th edition of the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad and Juan Carlos Basto Pineda, professor of the School of Physics and member of the Halley Group of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, will be part of the ‘Colombian Team’ that will be in the Asian country. There, his role will be […]
Olga Patricia Ortiz Cancino is the new Director of Graduate Studies.
Engineer Olga Patricia Ortiz Cancino took over as Director of Graduate Studies at the Universidad Industrial de Santander. She studied Petroleum Engineering at the UIS, later graduated from the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at her alma mater and since 2006 has been linked as a professor, so the institution has been her home for […]
New directors take office in the Faculty of Sciences and four schools of the UIS
Gilberto Arenas Díaz is the new dean of the Faculty of Sciences after being sworn in by Rector Hernán Porras Díaz during the extended Academic Council session held this Tuesday. He is a full time professor assigned to the School of Mathematics, he is also a graduate of the UIS Bachelor’s program in Mathematics in […]
Recognition by the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences to UIS professor
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
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
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 […]