Forum of Candidates for Male Representation before the Gender Equity Policy Committee
This Tuesday, November 11, starting at 10:00 a.m., the forum with the candidates participating in the election process for male representation before the Gender Equity Policy Committee for the 2025–2027 term will be held in the Auditorio Magistral del Complejo Científico para la Investigación de las Ciencias de la Salud y la Vida. Daniel Alexander […]
Andrés Bello Award for Isabela Vega Gómez, the young woman from Santander who chose UIS to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor
At just 17 years old, Isabela Vega Gómez, a student at Colegio Bilingüe Divino Niño in Bucaramanga, has become a symbol of discipline, talent, and vocation. With a score of 478 on the national Saber 11 exams, she earned the Andrés Bello Award, the highest recognition granted by Colombia’s Ministry of National Education to the […]
Starting This Monday: Registration of Candidates for the Committee on Human Rights and Conciliation
Starting Monday, November 10, the registration period opens for professors hired under the occasional or adjunct (cátedra) modality—including tutors—and for administrative staff employed as public servants who are interested in applying and participating in the election process for the representation of the aforementioned groups before the UIS Committee on Human Rights and Conciliation. Applicants must […]
UIS students demonstrate their ingenuity by building line-following cars
The ingenuity and ability of students at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) know no bounds. On this occasion, students in the Systems Engineering program demonstrated their mastery of hardware and software by building line-following cars as part of the intermediate project for the Microcontrollers 1 course, which focuses on the Internet of Things and […]
The UIS discovered new talent in the country at the 14th Primary School Mathematics Olympiad 2025
With a day full of excitement, talent, and academic spirit, the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) closed the 14th UIS Primary School Mathematics Olympiad 2025, an event that brought together more than 13,500 students from 315 schools in 95 municipalities across the country in its initial phase, culminating in the grand final at the UIS […]
UIS begins transformation of the Faculty of Physical and Mechanical Engineering with demolition of old laboratories
The Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) officially began the demolition of the buildings that for decades housed the hydraulics laboratory of the School of Civil Engineering, the workshops of the School of Industrial Design, and the High Voltage laboratories of the School of Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering (E3T). This step marks the beginning of […]
This Wednesday, november 5, marks the start of UFest25, three days to learn, heal, and come together
Aimed at the university community, students, professors, administrators, researchers, and citizens who believe in the power of knowledge, the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) is getting ready to celebrate UFest25 – Agenda 4: Quality Education, Healthy Living, and Coexistence in Democracy, an event that will take place from November 5 to 7 with three unique […]
The UIS will host the global meeting on preparedness for future epidemics
Annual Meeting of the CONTAGIO Consortium 2025 The Industrial University of Santander (UIS), through its Faculty of Health, will host the Annual Meeting of the CONTAGIO Consortium (COhorts Network To be Activated Globally In Outbreaks), a key initiative funded by the European Commission (2023-2026). This meeting, which will take place in Bucaramanga from November 18 […]
From UIS to the heart of restorative justice: magistrate Lily Rueda and her fight for the truth of children in war
Returning to the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) was, for Magistrate Lily Rueda, much more than an academic visit. It was a return to her roots—to the institution where her vocation for social justice and her commitment to the country were born. A graduate of the UIS Law program, class of 2006, she now serves […]
From the classroom to the Assembly: UIS student becomes the youngest deputy in Colombia
With a serene smile and a bocadillo veleño in hand, Darwin Vargas took office on Thursday, October 30, as a deputy in the Santander Departmental Assembly. The young man, a native of Bolívar (Santander) and a seventh-semester Economics student at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS), officially became the youngest deputy in the country—marking the […]