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. […]
Santander Vision Prospectiva 2050: Magdalena Medio as a route to the future
At dawn on 26 November, Barrancabermeja opened a new chapter in the territorial dialogue of the Santander Vision 2050 project. Social leaders, businesspeople, community representatives, and government officials gathered with a common purpose: to understand the territory in all its complexity and advance its transformation from the ground up, beyond debate, in an exercise of […]
Internal Medicine student presents study on adverse experiences and irritable bowel syndrome at ACADI
Sheyla Yurian Pardo González, a second-year graduate student in Internal Medicine, participated in the ACADI (Colombian Association of Digestive System Associations) Congress, held in Barranquilla from November 20 to 22. Dr. Pardo participated by presenting a research paper in poster format entitled: Association between adverse experiences in childhood and irritable bowel syndrome in the adult […]
Faculty of Health held the 2025 alumni reunion
The Faculty of Health successfully held the 2025 Alumni Reunion, an event that brought together more than 120 professionals from the Bacteriology, Microbiology and Bioanalysis, Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and Nursing programs. The event became a significant moment for consolidating relationships of participation, trust, and a sense of belonging between our graduates and the […]
The community learned about the results of Socorro headquarters’ management in 2024
The UIS Socorro Campus held the 2024 Public Accountability Hearing, an institutional event that brought together students, teachers, administrators, and the community at large in the Main Hall of the Convento Campus. During the event, the main results of the academic, administrative, and mission management carried out throughout the year were presented, as well as […]