This Thursday: Election of Student Representative to the Enrollment Committee
This Thursday, September 18, the voting session will take place for the election of the student representative to the Enrollment Committee for the 2025–2027 term. The candidates who have submitted their names and proposals to serve as student representatives are: We invite students from the academic programs of the Industrial University of Santander to participate […]
Call for applications: “Rotational Internship, 2025, UIS-HUS”
The School of Medicine at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) is now accepting applications for its Rotational Internship Program, which is based primarily at the ESE University Hospital of Santander. Medical students from across the country who attend universities that have agreements with the institution are eligible to participate. The rotating internship begins on […]
Macaw seized for wildlife trafficking receives care from UIS Málaga zootechnics students
The Industrial University of Santander, through the Zootechnics program at its Málaga campus, is promoting academic and social responsibility initiatives for the care and recovery of wildlife victims of illegal trafficking. As part of the “Zoocría” course, taught by Professor José Acevedo, a group of students is providing nutritional, behavioral, and health care for a […]
United for life: UISALUD brought a message of support and prevention to the UIS community
With an awareness day aimed at the entire university community, the Specialized Health Unit of the Industrial University of Santander, UISALUD, commemorated World Suicide Prevention Day. During the activity, visits were made to different areas of the institution, including Human Resources, Training, Institutional Welfare, Legal, the Rector’s Office, and the UISALUD headquarters itself, with the […]
Take part in the 20th Entrepreneurs’ Meeting
The Industrial University of Santander (UIS), through the Institute for Regional Outreach and Distance Education (IPRED), invites the region’s entrepreneurial community to participate in the 20th UIS Entrepreneurs Meeting: Stories of Entrepreneurial Families, to be held on Saturday, 20 September, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the Agora of the Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda […]
Call for research papers U25 Fest
Would you like to share your research? As part of U25 Fest: Ideas for community growth, there will be opportunities to present oral papers and posters, organized by theme and faculty. 📍 Main Campus – Faculty of Sciences 📅 Wednesday, November 5 🎯 Thematic areas: – Quality education – Healthy living – Coexistence and democracy […]
UIS Cardiovascular Research Seedbed wins three departmental research awards from RedColSI 2025
The Cardiovascular Research Seedbed, affiliated with the UIS Electrocardiography Research Group, led by Professor Oscar Leonel Rueda-Ochoa, has been awarded three departmental research prizes from RedColSI 2025 (Colombian Network of Research Seedbeds). The group will represent the UIS Faculty of Health at the RedColSI National Meeting to be held in October in Bogotá. This event […]
Doctoral student in Biomedical Sciences completed an international internship
Diana Paola Peña Burgos, a doctoral candidate in the Biomedical Sciences program in the Department of Basic Sciences at the School of Medicine and affiliated with the Center for Research in Tropical Diseases (CINTROP), completed a doctoral research internship at the Maimónides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC) in the city of Córdoba, Spain, between June […]
UIS leads study on how living conditions affect mortality in Colombia
The Berlín páramo and the Tona River basin are more than just beautiful landscapes. They are vital ecosystems that provide water to thousands of people in Santander and Norte de Santander. However, human activities in both ecosystems modify land cover and generate waste that affects the sustainable supply of water in terms of quantity and […]
Thesis by student specializing in ophthalmology was rated as “meritorious thesis.”
The thesis “Factors associated with the endothelial count of corneal tissue from donors at the Multitissue Bank and Advanced Therapies Center of the FOSCAL International Clinic,” written by Laura Sofía Torres Parada, a student in the Ophthalmology Specialization program at the UIS, supervised by Professor Alejandro Tello Hernández and co-supervised by Professor Néstor Iván Carreño […]