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 […]
These are the winners of the XVII UIS Secondary School Mathematical Olympiad
The UIS Mathematical Olympiad broke the registration record, reaching 15,855 students from 270 educational institutions in 85 municipalities in Colombia, of whom 184 reached the final phase. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators expressed their satisfaction with the challenge they had taken on. Those who reached this point in the competition took the test over the […]
Schools of Biology, Medicine and Mathematics have new directors
(UIS), Professor Hernán Porras Díaz, three new school directors were officially sworn in, who will be responsible for leading the academic, research and social projection processes in strategic areas for institutional development. The new directors who take office are: – Professor Björn Reu, appointed as the new director of the School of Biology. – Professor […]
Keren and Catalina: two UIS mathematicians who are transforming the health of Santander through analysis and innovation.
When we think of a mathematician, it is easy to imagine someone in front of a blackboard, filling in equations with white chalk, the old-fashioned way. For many, that has been the mold, the only visible path. But mathematics, like life itself, does not fit into a single formula. It is universal, as broad as […]
Students participated in the XXV Meeting of the Mathematical Calendar organized by EDUMAT-UIS
In an atmosphere of enthusiasm, creativity and learning, the Mathematics Education Research Group of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (EDUMAT-UIS) held last Saturday, May 24, the XXV Annual Meeting of Students of the Mathematical Calendar project, a day that brought together about 120 students from the sixth and seventh grades, along with their families, in […]
Teaching experiences inspire in the XII Colloquium on Undergraduate Practice in Mathematics UIS
“UIS Mathematics students are considered to have a high academic level, they are very good professionals… they have a very solid comprehensive and mathematical training”. This is how Ronald Paternina, director of the School of Mathematics at the Universidad Industrial de Santander, describes the mark left by future mathematics graduates in the educational institutions where […]
Registration is now open for the XXV Annual Meeting of Students of the “Mathematical Calendar”.
The Mathematics Education Research Group of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (EDUMAT-UIS) announces the opening of registration for the XXV Annual Meeting of Students of the “Mathematical Calendar”. This event, aimed at sixth and seventh grade students from official and private schools in northeastern Colombia, will be held next Saturday, May 24, at the Camilo […]
Undergraduate students in Mathematics and the STEAM+H seedbed celebrated Pi Day
Through various activities and mathematical games, the students of the Bachelor’s program in Mathematics and the STEAM+H seedbed celebrated this Friday, March 14, the International Mathematics Day with children of the Technical Educational Institution Damaso Zapata. In 2019, Unesco declared every March 14 in honor of this science and thus give visibility to the international […]
UIS Delegation wins 6 medals in International Mathematics Olympiad
The Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) stood out in the International Mathematics Competition, COMATEQ 2025, by winning a total of six medals. The event, which took place on Saturday, March 1, 2025, celebrated its ninth edition as an online competition organized by the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, with the support of various educational […]
EDUMAT UIS held the XXIV Meeting of Mathematical Calendar Students
Last Saturday, October 26, the Mathematics Education Group EDUMAT – UIS held the XXIV Meeting of Mathematical Calendar Students, an event that brought together young people from the eighth and ninth grades of various educational institutions in municipalities such as Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Girón, Playón, Florián, San Vicente and Puerto Parra, among others. This meeting became […]