Music, dance, and tradition: this is how the second day of the 2025 Festival of Lights was experienced
The Luis A. Calvo Auditorium at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) was once again filled with harmony and Christmas spirit with “Navidad de dos pueblos” (Christmas of Two Peoples), a magical performance presented by the UIS Folk Music and Dance Group and the Macondo Afro-Colombian Music and Dance Group on the second day of […]
The mathematical community gathers at the UIS for the XIII Northeastern Symposium
The 13th Northeastern Mathematics Symposium began at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS), an event that aims to disseminate academic work and research, promote spaces for reflection, and strengthen the mathematics community in the region and the country. This academic meeting will run until December 5. “The goal is to maintain the most important event […]
UIS wins second place in international colloquium with study on body image and perception
Nutrition and Dietetics students Ana María Villarreal, Alejandra Zanabria, Julián David Peña, Karen Arévalo, Sara Pérez, and their advisors, professors Ana Paola Mora and Diana Cecilia Álvarez, won second place in the virtual category of the 17th International Research Colloquium for University Students and the 9th International University Research Colloquium, organized by the University of […]
Professor of Medicine presents research paper at International Simulation Congress
Adriana González Quitian, professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, presented the research paper by the interdisciplinary group from the School of Industrial Design and Medicine at SIMEX 2025, “The clinical simulation of the future,” the ninth international clinical simulation meeting. The research, entitled “Biomodel for simulating emergency procedures […]
An event to promote creativity, science, and engineering in Floridablanca
Students from the Biomedical Engineering, Data Science Engineering, and Cultural and Creative Business Administration programs came together to close the semester with CreActiva: a platform that promotes collaborative work, the development of innovative projects, science, and culture. For the first time, this major event featured the active participation of the three academic programs offered by […]
UIS researchers took second place in the research projects category at the Psychiatry Congress
The Colombian Psychiatric Association awarded second place in the research project category to the study “Cardiometabolic factors, eating patterns, and sleep associated with mental health problems in boarding school students in the UIS Medicine program.” The objective of this study was to establish the prevalence and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors, eating and sleeping patterns, […]
This Wednesday: Election of the Representative to the UIS Human Rights and Conciliation Committee
This Wednesday, December 3, the voting will take place for the election of faculty representatives to the UIS Human Rights and Conciliation Committee for the 2025-2027 term. The candidate who has put his name forward for this position is Professor Jhon Alexander Poveda Jurado, who proposes the following: 1. Promote clear regulations for the parliamentary […]
From Puerto Wilches, UIS Supports the Departmental Launch of “Higher Education in Your School”
This Tuesday, the Institución Educativa Escuela Industrial 20 de Julio became the central venue for the departmental launch of the Higher Education in Your School strategy, an initiative of the Ministry of Education designed to bring university-level training to students from 35 schools across 30 municipalities in Santander. Delegations from the Industrial University of Santander […]
A historic figure marks the start of 2026-1 at the UIS: 7,480 enrolled students
During the Expanded Academic Council meeting held on Tuesday, the Industrial University of Santander confirmed a fact that fills the entire community with pride: 7,480 applicants registered to study at the UIS in the 2026-1 period, making it the second highest number of registrations in the institution’s history. Of these, 1,808 will be chosen to […]
Genetics students receive recognition at the Third Teaching and Research Forum
Medical students and members of the SIGHEN seedbed at the Industrial University of Santander won first, second, and third place in the poster category during the Third Teaching, Research, and Innovation Forum E.S.E HUS, held on November 24. First place: Intrafamilial phenotypic variability in pyruvate dehydrogenase E1alpha (PDHAD) deficiency: case report. Luis Alberto Melo Porras. […]