The Communications Department premieres the eighth season of ‘Científicos, esto sí tiene ciencia’ (Scientists, this has science)
The eighth season of ‘Científicos, esto sí tiene ciencia’ is already being broadcasted in the institutional social networks. This is an audiovisual product dedicated to the dissemination of science from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). It was created in the Communications Department of the institution in 2018 and through an agile, didactic format and […]
UIS athletes won 36 medals at the National University Games Ascún
Seven golds, six silvers and 23 bronzes was the final balance of the Universidad Industrial de Santander in the National University Games Ascún, surpassing what was done the previous year in Bogota, where six golds and 22 medals were obtained. “The UIS was present with 15 sports and 135 athletes. The balance was very positive, […]
UIS strengthens its partnership with the MinTic thanks to the Talento Tech project
With the presence of Mauricio Lizcano, Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, the launch of Talento Tech was held. This is a training program that seeks to prepare the country’s new talents in advanced digital skills. The event took place in the Luis A. Calvo auditorium, UIS central campus. Talento Tech, aimed at Colombians of […]
UIS and University of Toronto, in search of alternatives in the energy transition
The Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) was the scene of a momentous event when it received representatives from the renowned University of Toronto. The purpose of this visit was to establish a strategic collaboration to explore innovative solutions in the field of energy transition. During the meeting, both academic institutions exchanged knowledge and experiences, highlighting […]
UIS and U.S. Embassy seek to strengthen fraud prevention and student control
In a significant event for the academic community and international diplomacy, the Directorate of External Relations, Relex, of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, met this Friday with representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Colombia to discuss fraud prevention, registration and student control. This meeting symbolizes a step forward towards the consolidation of a more secure […]
UIS researcher discovers two new snake species in Santander… An amazing find!
It took more than 10 years of research that led a group of scientists to discover 5 new species of eyelashed vipers (Bothriechis schlegelii) in Colombia and Ecuador. Of these species, 2 are unique to Santander and were described thanks to the Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum of the School of Biology of […]
Centre for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Cooperation of Russian Southwest State University, to develop partnerships with the UIS
The director of the Center for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Cooperation with Ibero-American Countries of the Southwest State University of Russia, Dr. Nikolai Sergeevich Frolov, met with professors of the Universidad Industrial de Santander at the beginning of an academic-scientific visit. With the support of the Directorate of Foreign Relations of the UIS, the Russian […]
UIS representatives excelled in the International Mathematics Olympiad OLIMPRI
Students from schools in Bucaramanga and its metropolitan area who were finalists in the UIS Regional Mathematics Olympics are medalists in the OLIMPRI International Mathematics Olympiad. This group of children and adolescents participated in this academic contest in representation of the project in the Third National Mathematics Olympiad, organized jointly with eight other public universities, […]
Sandra Milena Velasco Herrera is the new Food Services Coordinator.
Sandra Milena Velasco Herrera, professor and nutritionist UIS, assumed as the new coordinator of Food Services of Student Welfare. “It is an honor to be the coordinator of the service, I am a UIS graduate and we want to continue providing a good service for all students and thus support them from the different areas […]
UIS graduate discovered a new species of spiny mouse in Ecuador: ‘Neacomys Marci’.
A new species of spiny mouse called ‘Neacomys Marci’ has been discovered in Ecuador, which makes it the fourteenth of its genus identified in the last five years. A UIS graduate participated in the interdisciplinary research that began about four years ago. He is biologist Javier Colmenares Pinzón, who, together with Nicolás Tinoco, from the […]