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 […]