Medical students completed a diploma course in health research methodology

Semillero de salud mental

A group of 13 medical students culminated their training process in the diploma program “Methodology of health research for the design of research proposal”, with an intensity of 120 hours. The program, formulated by the Psychiatry research group, directed by Professor Jorge Andrés Niño, allowed the students of the mental health research seedbed to carry […]

PhD student from UNINORTE carries out a research internship at UIS

UIS recibe a estudiante doctoral en su campus central 2025-2.

Within the framework of the institutional mobility program ‘Sígueme Posgrados’, student Andrés Javier Guerra Garay, who is studying for his PhD in Natural Sciences at the Universidad del Norte (UNINORTE), is currently doing a research internship at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), as a fundamental part of his academic training. The research stay is […]

UIS Rector and Araucanians meet to promote public higher education in the region

Imagen de la reunión de Hernán Porras con la comunidad.

Rector Hernán Porras Díaz met with the community of Saravena to review the progress made in establishing an academic presence for the UIS in that municipality. During the meeting, they discussed the responsibilities of the University and other actors involved in the process, as well as analyzing the timeline for the tasks planned to fulfill […]

Silver Jubilee: graduates of Medicine celebrated 25 years of graduation

Imagen de los Médicos UIS del año 2000

The 2000 graduating class of UIS Doctors experienced an emotional reunion. After 25 years of experiences, stories and a great journey, 64 classmates of that time met again in the new facilities of the Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research. The meeting was attended by Dr. Olga Mercedes Álvarez Ojeda, Academic Vice Rector, […]

UIS professor excelled in international congress held in Spain

Imagen que muestra al profesor Luis Eduardo Bautista

Luis Eduardo Bautista Rojas, director of the School of Industrial Design, represented the Universidad Industrial de Santander at the International Congress: Education and Knowledge, held in Alicante (Spain). There, the professor and researcher presented the paper entitled ‘Integration of Learning Experience Design in the design process of simulation scenes for virtual reality environments’, the result […]

Identify and prevent: UIS applies characterization tests to new students

Estudiantes UIS culminando sus exámenes de caracterización.

With the objective of identifying risk factors in cognitive, biopsychosocial, academic and health areas, the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), through Student Welfare and the Academic Excellence System (SEA), began the application of characterization tests to 1,473 first-time students. “This is an articulated work between the Coordination of Health Services and the SEA. Thanks to […]

The UIS will apply characterization tests to its new students.

Estudiantes presentando los exámenes de caracterización.

Between Monday, July 21 and Friday, July 25, a total of 1,473 new students of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) will take the characterization tests organized by the Academic Excellence System (SEA) and Student Welfare. These tests aim to identify possible risks in the biopsychosocial, cognitive, academic and health areas, in order to design […]