page_title: National University of Colombia
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: National University of Colombia / Academics
caption_attribution_description: Español: Conservatorio de Música Sede Bogotá
context_page_description: The National University of Colombia is a public and national research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco and La Paz, Cesar. It was established in 1867 by an act of the Congress of Colombia, and it is one of the largest universities in the country, with more than 53,000 students. It grants many academic degrees and offers 450 academic programmes, including 95 undergraduate degrees, 83 academic specializations, 40 medical specialties, 167 master's degrees, and 65 doctorates. Approximately 44,000 students are enrolled for an undergraduate degree and 8,000 for a postgraduate degree. It is also one of the few universities that employs post-doctorate fellows in the country.
  The university is a member of the Association of Colombian Universities, the Iberoamerican Association of Postgraduate Universities, and the Iberoamerican University Network Universia. Along with Antioquia and Valle universities, it is part of what is known as the Golden Triangle of higher education in Colombia, being among the most selective and competitive universities in the country.
context_section_description: The National University of Colombia has 20 schools distributed among Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira:
  Departments in Bogotá:
  Agricultural Sciences
  Dentistry
  Economics sciences
  Engineering
  Fine Arts
  Human Sciences
  Law, Social and Political Sciences
  Medicine
  Nursing Faculty
  Science
  Veterinary Medicine and Animal Management
  Interfaculty institutes
  Institute of Biotechnology
  Institute of Science and Food Technology - ICTA
  Institute of Environmental Studies - IDEA-
  Institute of Studies in Communication - IECO-
  International institute of Political Studies and Relations - IEPRI-
  Genetics Institute
  Museums in Bogotá Campus:
  Casa Museo Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Museum)
  Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University's Art Museum)
  Museo de Arquitectura Leopoldo Rother (Leopoldo Rother Museum of Architecture)
  Museo de Historia Natural (Museum of Natural History)
  Museo de la Ciencia y el Juego (Museum of Science and Games)
  Museo Centro de Historia de la Medicina (Museum Centre of the History of Medicine)
  Museo Entomológico (Entomological Museum)
  Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (National Astronomical Observatory)
  High school (for children of professors, students, and employees):
  "Arturo Ramírez Montúfar" Pedagogical Institute - IPARM-
  Departments in Medellín:
  Sciences
  Agricultural Sciences
  Mines
  Economics and Humans Sciences
  Architecture
  Museums in Medellín Campus:
  Earth Sciences Museum
  Entomological Museum
  Mycology museum
  "Gabriel Gutiérrez" Herbarium
  Xiloteca
  Institutes:
  Centre for Research in Extractive Metallurgy - CIMEX
  Energy Institute
  Institute for Systems and Decision Sciences
  System Institute
  Institute of Materials
  Water Institute
  Fuel Centre
  Institute of Environmental Studies - IDEA
  Media:
  Unimedios
  News agency (Agencia de Noticias UN)
  Internal newspaper (Carta Universitaria)
  Radio station (UN Radio)
  Academic newspaper (UN Periódico, with articles ranging from international issues to research within the colleges)
  UN Televisión (TV production company)
  Prisma TV (internet television)
caption: Music Conservatory
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