Educational innovation workshop for faculty members
In the Magistral Auditorium of the Faculty of Health, the academic vice-rector, Professor Olga Mercedes Álvarez Ojeda, and the Teaching Mission team held a welcome and faculty innovation workshop. This event, which brought together professors from across the institution, aimed to promote educational innovation through the exchange of experiences, learning new methodologies, and integrating technologies […]
‘UIS Somos Todos’: a commitment to university inclusion
The Industrial University of Santander is making progress in building a more inclusive and supportive academic community through the “UIS Somos Todos” program, an initiative that promotes integration, respect, and active participation of the entire university community, with special attention to students with diverse functional abilities and groups prioritized by inclusive education policy. Adriana Castillo […]
Enrollment is open for Institutional Chairs
UIS Student, boost your integral formation and enroll in the Institutional Chairs 2025-2, contextual subjects that will enrich your university experience and strengthen your skills for academic, social and civic life. Rodolfo Low Maus Chair, subject code: 41666Subject: Your brain, your tool: Neuroscientific strategies for academic success.Unit: Dean’s Office Faculty of Physical-Chemical Engineering. Peace, Coexistence […]
Schools of Biology, Medicine and Mathematics have new directors
(UIS), Professor Hernán Porras Díaz, three new school directors were officially sworn in, who will be responsible for leading the academic, research and social projection processes in strategic areas for institutional development. The new directors who take office are: – Professor Björn Reu, appointed as the new director of the School of Biology. – Professor […]
Teaching Mission advances with the initiative formulation workshop
With the active participation of deans, school directors, department heads and academic teams, the Academic Vice Rector’s Office of the Universidad Industrial de Santander held the Workshop for the Formulation of Initiatives, within the framework of the strategic project Teaching Mission UIS 2030. During the workshop, the four strategic challenges defined by the Mission were […]
“I face this challenge with great commitment”: Olga Álvarez Ojeda, academic vice rector of the UIS.
A woman who has faced pandemics, led educational reforms and consolidated key academic processes, now has in her hands one of the most strategic positions at the Universidad Industrial de Santander. Olga Mercedes Álvarez Ojeda, physician, pathologist and exemplary teacher, has been appointed as the new academic vice-rector of the UIS. “I receive this challenge […]
UIS, present at the “First International Symposium on Safety and Environmental Protection”.
With the objective of establishing academic cooperation alliances with Higher Education Institutions, IES, of Santander to build knowledge and articulate inter-institutional capacities oriented to the conservation of life from the care of the natural capital of our country, the Directorate of Police Education will develop the “First International Symposium on Security and Environmental Protection”. This […]
UIS teachers and students start virtual classroom projects with the AVA-TIC 2025 call for proposals
Teachers and students of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), winners of the call AVA-TIC 2025, signed the minutes of the start before the academic vice rector, Daniel Alfonso Sierra Bueno. This initiative seeks to strengthen the design, implementation and improvement of Virtual Learning Classrooms (AVA) on the Moodle institutional platform, through the support of […]
UIS Academic Council advances in the definition of competencies to strengthen the integral formation of its students.
During the most recent session of the Academic Council of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), the proposal “Competencies for academic activities corresponding to comprehensive training” was presented, an initiative that seeks to establish an institutional roadmap around the development of generic and citizenship skills at all academic levels. Alexandra Cortés Aguilar, director of Institutional […]
Instructions to participate in the teacher evaluation process filled out by students semester 2025-1
f you are a student of graduate, undergraduate, distance and virtual programs, this information is of interest to you: The Academic Vice Rector’s Office invites you to participate in the teaching evaluation, following these steps: Enter the University’s web page www.uis.edu.co, section STUDENTS, select the icon STUDENT SYSTEM, and then select your site or program. […]