SUE Rectors’ Council: Higher Education and Agrarian Reform, a Pair for Rural Development

The Rectors’ Council of the State University System (SUE) was held at the Universidad Internacional del Trópico Americano Unitrópico, with the participation of the Vice Rector of Administration of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Gerardo Latorre Bayona, representing the institution. One of the central points of the agenda was the role of the SUE […]

“Comuneros 81: Resistance and Memory” at Sede UIS Bucarica

On Thursday, March 14, a Panel and inauguration of the photographic exhibition “Comuneros 81: Resistance and Memory” will take place at the Sede UIS Bucarica. The Universidad Industrial de Santander through the programa de Artes Plásticas of the Instituto de Proyección Regional y Educación a Distancia, IPRED UIS, joins the initiative called by Santanderian artists […]

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 […]

After a marathon day, President Petro arrived at the central campus of UIS in Bucaramanga

Close to a thousand people arrived at the auditorio Luis A. Calvo of the Universidad Indsutrial de Santander to await President Gustavo Petro, who arrived shortly after nine o’clock on Tuesday night, accompanied by some of his ministers, including those of Transportation, Environment, and Health, as well as several congressmen and senators, to advance the […]