The UIS will be one of the venues for the Ascún 2025 National University Games

Between late October and early November, Bucaramanga will host the National University Games Ascún 2025 and the UIS will be one of the scenarios in which some disciplines will be disputed. This will be the 32nd edition of the most important sports competitions of university sports, which will be held again in the capital of […]
Sunday, March 30 is the UIS Athletic Race

The central campus of the Universidad Industrial de Santander will be the stage for the 34th edition of the UIS Athletic Race. This iconic sporting event will have an extension of four kilometers starting from the parking lot of the Luis A. Calvo Auditorium and ending at the athletic track of the Primero de Marzo […]
Registration for the UIS Athletic Race is now open

The 34th edition of the UIS Athletic Race will be held on Sunday, March 30, and registration is now open. This year the route will be four kilometers inside the central campus of the University, starting from the parking lot of the Luis A. Calvo Auditorium and ending at the athletic track of the Primero […]
UIS to be represented at sports seminar to be held in Panama

Between February 22 and 26, the ‘International Seminar-Workshop Human Movement Sciences: Foundations for Research and Practice in Physical Activity’ will be held at the University of Panama and UIS professor Fabio Villafrades Gonzalez will participate there. He is the director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports and thanks to the work done in […]
The first cohort of the Master’s Degree in Sports Talent Development, research modality, has begun.

A historic event is being experienced at the Universidad Industrial de Santander with the beginning of classes of the first cohort of the Master’s Degree in Sports Talent Development, research mode, the postgraduate program created last year by the Department of Physical Education and Sports. This program, being research type, allows students to be full […]
UIS to hold seminar on sports psychology

The coach and the challenges of psychological preparation. General aspects’ is the seminar to be held this Saturday, virtually, and organized by the Department of Physical Education and Sports of the UIS. The academic space will address issues such as psychological control in sports training and mental preparation for competition, in order to enrich the […]
January 31 is the deadline for enrollment in the Master’s Degree in Sports Talent Development

Registration is now open for the second cohort of the Master’s Degree in Sports Talent Development, an innovative program in the region that aims to provide solid training in scientific and methodological knowledge to solve problems related to sports from the pedagogical perspective of the training process. The last day for registration payment is January […]
Volleyball action continues at UIS in the South American School Games

The Coliseum of the Universidad Industrial de Santander is the stage set for the volleyball dispute of the South American School Games. During the third day of action the definition of the female branch was held, where Colombia fell 3 sets to 1 against Venezuela and it was the first loss in the competition after […]
UIS is the home of volleyball at the South American School Games

The volleyball action in the South American School Games began with a 3-2 victory of the Colombian women’s team against Peru. There, the UIS Coliseum is the home of this discipline in both the men’s and women’s branches, thus becoming one of the venues of the most important events in this category. “We are happy […]
The Department of Physical Education and Sports celebrated 60 years of service to the university community.

In an emotional ceremony, the 60th anniversary of the existence of the Department of Physical Education and Sports of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) was commemorated. During the event led by Fabio Villafrades González, director of this academic-administrative unit, a distinction was presented to Ana Cecilia Ojeda Avellaneda, dean of the Faculty of Human […]