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Institutional Information Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga UNAB 2017

Located in North Eastern Colombia, Santander is a touristic and thriving region, with breathtaking landscapes such as Chicamocha Canyon, wastelands, rivers, caves and mountains, where adventure sports can be practiced. Our colonial towns are well known for their beauty and charm.

Santander

SOCORRO BARICHARA GIRÓN ORTICES LAKE GUADALUPE GALLINERAL PARK

Páramo de Santurbán – Santurbán Moor

A strategic ecosystem for the region of Santander and North Santander

It has been given the nickname “La Ciudad de Los Parques” (“The City of Parks”) and “La Ciudad Bonita de Colombia”; (“Colombia’s Beautiful City”).

Bucaramanga

Population of 1,276,329 inhabitants including the Metropolitan Area (Girón, Floridablanca, Piedecuesta)

Búcaro : a tree Manga: land

• Bucaramanga is the fifth largest economy

by GDP in Colombia, with the lowest unemployment rate.

• Selected as part of the Inter-American

Development Bank “Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative”.

• Its inhabitants are called “bumangueses”.

Bucaramanga

UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUCARAMANGA

• Founded in 1952
• High Quality Institutional

Accreditation awarded by the Ministry of Education (6 years)

Instituto Caldas UNAB Online La Casona UNAB

Organizational Structure

Directive level:

Rector of the University: Alberto Montoya Puyana Academic Vice-rector : Eulalia García Beltrán Administrative and Financial Vice-rector : Gilberto Ramírez Valbuena

Active MOUs Countries

108

Research Mobility Grants Graduate programs

18

Germany Argentina Brasil Chile Costa Rica U.S.A France México Perú Japan Spain Italy

International Relations

Outbound 67% Inbound 33% Students 63% Faculty 37%

Academic Mobility: Average of 300 per year

Special services offered to our international students and Faculty:

• Orientation for visa process, health insurance and local

transportation

• Orientation regarding housing (including Homestay offer)
• Spanish for foreigners program (including extracurricular

activities such as cooking, dancing, field trips)

• Welcome activities and opportunities to interact with other

international students

• World Café: Monthly event to meet UNAB students and

local community

Graduate Programs

13

Some organizations that support UNAB’s Internationalization

CULTURAL EVENTS

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Adriana Martínez Director of International Relations amartinez18@unab.edu.co Aída Fernández de los Campos Coordinator Centre of Latinamerican Studies demafc@unab.edu.co