The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (English: Xavierian Pontifical University) is a

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founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian

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, directed by the

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, with its main facilities in

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and a second campus in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

. "La Javeriana", as it is known by its students, has traditionally educated the Colombian upper class. It is one of the 33 universities entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America and one of 167 around the world. The

campus has 18 schools comprising 61 departments and 242 academic programs catering to areas of knowledge, giving the university its multidisciplinary nature. It has 45 buildings in . The Pance,

campus offers 18 schools in four faculties. Its Law School recently received a high-quality accreditation by Resolution 6808 on 6 August 2010, from the Ministry of National Education. The campus in Cali has sectional divisions of the

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(BVC),

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's Fox School of Business, and others.

The university is one of the twelve universities in Colombia having a high-quality institutional accreditation, granted to it for eight years by Resolution 1320, 12 June 2003, of the Ministry of National Education. The university has 21 undergraduate programs with high-quality accreditation, and eight programs in advanced stages of the accreditation process. In graduate programs, quality is acknowledged through the Qualified Registries. The university has over 87 graduate programs. According to the

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in 2023, the university was ranked #382 globally, #18 in

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, and #3 in Colombia.

History

The College of the Society of Jesus was established in Santafé de Bogotá in 1604 as part of the San Bartolome School and Cloister. In 1623, the

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and the

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recognized the

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conferred by the college. The students at that time received their degree, including Pedro Claver. That is the origin of what was known as the University and Academy of Saint Francis Xavier. In 1767, the

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were expelled from the Spanish colonies, which closed the first stage of Universidad Javeriana's history. Then 163 years after the university closed, an act of restoration was signed. In 1937, the School of Economics and Legal Sciences was founded, with the others following. In 1970, after multiple petitions from the community of Pance,

, the university started a program in that city. The Universidad Javeriana in Cali took the name of "Cali Branch", offering degrees in business, engineering, and psychology.

Campus

Main Campus in Bogotá

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Bogota-Entrance

The university's main campus has a total area of 445 acres (180ha) and approximately 202,988 spared meters of construction. Inside, there are a total of 45 buildings, 18 cafeterias, 1 university bookstore, a hospital, 1 parking block building with 1200 parking spaces, and 1 travel agency. The main campus is located inside the locality of Chapinero in eastern Bogotá since 1940. This campus borders important city landmarks such as the

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to the south, the emblematic

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(seventh street) on the west end, the Eastern Hills (Bogotá) and the traditional Chapinero Block to the north. Today this university maintains its open campus environment that allows pedestrians to walk on the interior. A brief history of some of the university's most emblematic buildings: Most Buildings are named after previous presidents or deceased Jesuit Faculty members who were important members of the academic community. * 1951: The university begins its modern development with the construction of the Edificio Emilio Arango, S.J., today this building is home to the university's central government and administration. * 1955: Hospital Universitario San Ignacio is built, home to the school of Medicine. * 1954: The inauguration of the Edificio Félix Restrepo, S.J. alongside the programs of Bacteriology, Art and Decorations, Law, Nursing, Commerce, and Philosophy. * 1958: The Architecture workshops are opened. * 1959: Female in-campus Housing facilities, which today is known as Edificio Carlos Ortiz, S.J. * 1976: The Jesús María Fernandez, S.J. Building is open to the public. Today it houses the Main library named after Alfonso Borrero Cabal S.J. * 1980 -1990: The new phase of development begins, with buildings such as José Gabriel Maldonado, S.J. Building, home to the school of Engineering and all its departments. * 1991: The Gabriel Giraldo, S.J., custom made for The School of Law and The School of Political Science and International Relationships. In 1993, the Lecture room Building Fernando Barón, S.J. is built, and in 1996 the parking lot building with room for 1,200 vehicles. * 2000: The university expands its physical development to the southeast with the Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Building where the School of Theology is located. Alongside this building there is also the Javeriana Centre for Sport Education (Gym, Sports and Training Facilities) and the Manuel Briceño, S.J. Building for The School of Psychology, The School of Social Sciences, and The School of Philosophy. * 2008: The university begins construction for "The Master Plan for The Development of The University's Infrastructure" alongside the very strict policy for ecological and environmental preservation. This plan includes the construction of the new Comparative Biology Building (2009), the Faculty of Arts Building (2014), the Jorge Hoyos, S.J. Building (now nicknamed "The Arc" for its peculiar architectural design) which opened in 2016, The ATICO Center (2009), one of the most technologically advanced buildings in Latin America for the Arts and Communication Studies (Atico is an acronym in Spanish for "High Technology, information, and computing"). Development continues with The School of Engineering Laboratory Building (the tallest building on campus with a total of 15 floors) that opened its doors in 2020, the new Science Labs Building, and the Continuing Studies off-campus Building, in the northern part of the city, which is still under construction. The master plan also includes the construction of a new and more modern Hospital, an auditorium capable of holding ceremonies with up to 1,800 people, the new School of Architecture and Design Building, and an expansion to the gym facilities to include an on-campus pool.

Cali Branch

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Cali is located to the south of the city, in Pance, near the

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, which are part of the Andes Mountain Range. It has a more rural ambiance where vegetation is abundant and is not rare to see local fauna. This promotes a safe and calm environment for the students. This campus has eight Buildings: Las Palmas, Guayacanes Building, Lecture Hall of The Lake, Administrative Offices, Samán Building, Almendros Building, Continuing Studies Building, Acacias Building, The Pink Cedar Building, and the Library. Currently, there are 2 more buildings under construction. It also has 5 cafeterias, a bookstore, parking lots, a center for the Colombian Stock Market, and a Subsidiary of the Fox School of Business from Temple University.

Academics

The university offers 46 undergraduate programs and 179 graduate programs including, 94 professional specializations, 45 medical and surgical specializations, 8 dentistry specializations, 72 masters, and 13 PhDs.

Schools and departments

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* School of Theology * School of Philosophy *

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* School of Dentistry * School of Nursing * School of Psychology * School of Law * School of Political Science and International Relations * School of Arts:

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* School of Social Sciences: anthropology, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies * School of Sciences: biology, mathematics and physics, microbiology, nutrition & biochemistry, chemistry * School of Engineering:

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industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

electronic engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flo ...

systems engineering Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their Enterprise life cycle, life cycles. At its core, systems engineering uti ...

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mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

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bioengineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number ...

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* School of Economics and Management Sciences: management, accounting, economy, finances. * School of Education: child pedagogy, basic education emphasizing Spanish and human sciences * School of Communication and Language: communication studies, information science, languages and linguistics * School of Design and Architecture: architecture, industrial design, design of visual communication * School of Environmental and Rural Studies: ecology, rural and regional development

Research

The university has 61 departments and 14 institutes. Departments are academic units aimed at developing an area of knowledge through research, teaching, and the implementation of services such as continuing education, counseling, and advisory activities. Institutes are academic units responsible for research and consulting in areas requiring a special interdisciplinary approach. To provide technological support to research, education, service and administrative processes, the university has

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. Mention can be made of the technological components available in the following units: The SIU (University Information System, acronym in Spanish) with its "People Soft" platform for Academic Management; the New Technologies-Aided Education Center (CEANTIC) that offers virtual courses support through its Blackboard platform; the Centro Audiovisual Javeriano, with front edge technology in this field in Latin America, internationally accredited like Autodesk Training Center-ATC; the Computer-Aided Architecture and Design Project, CAAD; the Technological Industrial Automation Center; the Geo-referenced Information Center, GIC; the Javeriana Center of Oncology; the San Ignacio University Hospital; and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center. It has 130 laboratories and workshops. La Javeriana is among the leading universities researching the

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and culture.

Libraries

The Xavierian University has four libraries: The General Library, the Mario Valenzuela, S.J., Library, which specializes in philosophy and theology and is rated as the best in these disciplines in Latin America, the Alfonso Llano Escobar, S.J. Bio-ethics Library, and the CIRE (Centre for Ignatius Reflection and Exercises) Library. It has seven document and resource centers in the following fields of knowledge: bio-ethics, political science, architecture, psychology, law, insurance, social communication, and clinical epidemiology. The library stock numbers 418,008 titles among books, magazines, journals, thesis and dissertation papers, music scores, maps, VHS and DVD film recordings, slides, sound videos, and sound recordings. The system has about 90 subscriptions to databases and has access to complete text contents for online consultation of journals, books, thesis and dissertation papers, and digital format slides. It offers services such as the drafting of bibliographic references on specialized subjects and bibliographic exchange allowing data gathering that includes journal articles and other documents from libraries in Colombia and around the world. It serves the Javeriana community throughout a 24-hour schedule, Monday through Friday.

University Presidents and Executive Officers

Colonial Era University Presidents

Modern University Presidents

Current Executive Officers

* Great Chancellor: Adolfo Nicolás, S.J. * Vice Great Chancellor: Carlos Eduardo Correa Jaramillo, S.J. * President: Jorge Humberto Peláez Piedrahita, S.J. * Provost: Luis David Prieto Martínez * Vice President for University Welfare: Luis Alfonso Castellanos Ramírez, S.J. * Vice President for Administration: Catalina Martinez de Rozo * Vice President for Interinstitutional Relations: Luis Fernando Álvarez Londoño, S.J. * Vice President for Research: Luis Miguel Renjifo * General Secretary: Jairo Humberto Cifuentes Madrid

Cali Branch

On 6 October 1970, responding to requests from the local community and the efforts of a group of practicing accountants who aspired to obtain the university degree, a Program of Public Accounting began in Cali. This was the origin of the Cali branch of the Javeriana University. On 20 November 1978, the board proposed the name Cali Branch, with headquarters in the capital under the same organization and higher authorities. The board of regents, at the request of the board, adopted the name Cali Branch. The campus of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali is located in the south of the city, in Pance, at the foot of the

, part of the Cordillera Occidental, in a totally rural environment where vegetation and fauna abound. The campus consists of nine buildings (Las Palmas, Guayacanes, classrooms block, administration, Saman, Almendros, continuing education, Las Acacias and Cedro Rosado). The campus features multiple cafés and restaurants, the Javeriana Shop, a large parking lot surrounding the entire campus, a branch of Corpbanca, a center of the Colombia Stock Exchange, and an MBA extension of

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. The campus includes Alfonso Borrero Cabal auditorium; Central Library, one of the most complete in the Colombian Southwest; Loyola Sports Center; the office of entrepreneurship "Campus Nova", which fosters entrepreneurial talent within the university; and the Javeriano Writing Center, highly regarded for helping students develop writing skills. The university has 35 research groups attached to the government

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; and a station, Javeriana Stereo FM 107.5 with a wide audience in the Colombian Southwest. It offers students opportunities in more than 87 countries and boasts 120 academic cooperation agreements with universities abroad. Currently, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali offers 19 undergraduate programs of which eight have received quality accreditation by the Ministry of Education (Civil Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering and Computer Science, Business Administration, Accounting law and Psychology). It is well known for its Law and International Business degrees. The law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali is prestigious in Cali and the Colombian Suroccidente, profiting from one of the most complete moot courts for student practice. The Cali branch of the Faculty of Health Sciences inaugurated the Moot Hospital which has high-tech teams and a superior infrastructure for student interns. In March 2012, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali received the Institutional Accreditation of High Quality from the Ministry of Education for eight years, placing it among the more competitive private universities in the country.

Alumni

Javeriana's alumni include a vast range of prominent individuals in the history of the country and the region, with the following (non-exhaustive) list representative, including Presidents of Colombia, Vice Presidents of Colombia, National and International Ministers,

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-winning artists,

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-nominated artists,

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-nominated artists,

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, Olympic medallists and people included in

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and

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lists. * Camilo Prieto Valderrama, climate science professor and environmentalist. *

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, President of Colombia (1994–1998) *

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, lawyer, journalist, and writer * Daniel Samper Ospina, comedian, writer, journalist, and columnist *

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, president of Colombia (1970–1974) *

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, vice president of Colombia (2018–2022); 2021 Forbes list of the Colombian 50 most powerful woman * María Juliana Ruiz, first lady of Colombia (2018–2022) *

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, neuroscientist, University Professor at the

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; Director of the ''Neurolab'' Research on the

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and Ralph W. Gerard Prize laureate *

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, politician * Gustavo Bell, vice president of Colombia (1998–2002) *

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, priest and missionary *

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, scholar, psychologist, philosopher and jesuit priest * Marcela Ocampo Duque, lawyer, Executive Manager Banco de la Republica *

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(2022-), left-wing politician; mayor of Bogotá (2014–2015) and member of the Colombian senate (2006–2010, 2018–2022) *

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, Politician and Sociologist; 2017 BBC 100 Women *

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-nominated actress * Catalina Robayo, Miss Colombia 2010, placed Top 16 at

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. * Alejandro R. Jadad Bechara, physician, innovator, networker and humanist *

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producer;

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-nominated producer *

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, psychologist, member of the

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, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia (2007–2008) *

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, former minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, former ambassador to the United Kingdom and Spain *

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, former Minister of Finance and Public Credit (2007–2010) * Juan Carlos Pinzón, former minister of defense (2011–2015) and Ambassador of Colombia to the United States (2015–2017, 2021–) * Gina Parody, former Minister of Education (2014–2016) *

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, former minister of interior of Colombia (2013–2018) *

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, psychologist; former minister of foreign affairs (2019–2021) * Natalia Abello Vives, former minister of transport of Colombia (2014–2018) *

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, former Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (2010–2014) *

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, former minister of the Interior and Justice in Colombia (2006–2008) * Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar, former minister of agriculture and rural development of Colombia (2010–2013) * Fernando Londoño, former minister of the interior and justice of Colombia (2002–2004) * Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero, former minister of justice and law of Colombia (2011–2012) * Ricardo Velez Rodriguez, Brazilian Minister of Education *

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, former Colombia Ambassador to the United States (1983–1985) and former Colombia ambassador to France (1991–1993) * Jorge Franco, writer;

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2014 *

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, news presenter *

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, actor; participated in

Yo soy Betty, la fea ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' (English: I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as ''Betty, la fea'', is a Colombian telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán. It aired from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 on RCN. Ana María Orozco stars as ...

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and others * Santiago Gamboa, writer * Fonseca, singer;

-nominated and

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-winner artist * Laura Tobón, model, beauty & fashion blogger *

Simón Brand Simón Brand (born July 28, 1970) is a Colombian film director. Brand has directed more than 200 TV commercials for companies such as Coca-Cola, Coors Light, AT&T, Apple Inc., BMW. He has also directed music videos for artists such as Paulina Rub ...

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood ...

director * Vanessa de la Torre, journalist *

Riyad al-Maliki Riyad al-Maliki (; born 31 May 1955) is a Palestinian politician and former minister of information, government spokesperson, and minister of foreign affairs of the Palestinian National Authority in its 13th government. He also resumed office ...

, minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestinian Authority *

, Spanish philosopher and psychologist * Claudia Palacios, former anchor for

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* Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, politician, commander of

M-19 M19, M.19, or M-19 most commonly refers to: * May 19th Communist Organization (M19), an American far-left female-led terrorist group active during the 1970s–1980s * 19th of April Movement (M-19), a former Colombian guerrilla movement and political ...

(dropped out) *

Mario Mendoza Zambrano Mario Mendoza Zambrano (born January 6, 1964) is a Colombian writer, professor, and journalist. Biography Mario Mendoza Zambrano was born in 1964 in Bogotá, Colombia. He studied at Colegio Refous and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, or " ...

, writer *

Fernando Vallejo Fernando Vallejo Rendón (born 1942 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican nationality in 2007. Biography Vallejo was born and raised in Medellín, though he left his hometown early in ...

, writer *

Paulina Dávila María Paulina Dávila (born 18 December 1988) is a Colombian actress. Biography Dávila was born in Medellín, Colombia, and raised in Santa Marta, where she lived until she finished high school. She then moved to Bogotá to obtain her Visu ...

, actress *

Jackeline Rentería Jackeline Rentería Castillo (born 23 February 1986 in Cali, Colombia) is a female wrestler from Colombia. She won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and repeated the feat in the women's freestyle 55 kg ...

, Olympic medallist (

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

) *

Kristina Lilley Kristina Lilley (; born 31 August 1963) is an American and Colombian actress. Biography Kristina Lilley was born in New York City. She is the daughter of John Lilley, an American diplomat and Norwegian mother, Ellen Christensen, who was born ...

, American born-Colombian actress (She studied

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before she became an actress). *

Paulina Vega Paulina Vega Dieppa (; born January 15, 1993) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2014, she previously won Miss Colombia 2013. Vega was the second Miss Universe from Colombia. Early life Paulina Vega Dieppa was born ...

Miss Colombia 2013 Miss Colombia 2013 was the 61st edition of the Miss Colombia pageant. It was held on November 11, 2013 in Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia. At the end of the event, Lucia Aldana of Valle del Cauca Department, Valle crowned Paulina Vega o ...

and

Miss Universe 2014 Miss Universe 2014 was the 63rd Miss Universe pageant, held at the FIU Arena in Miami, Florida, United States on 25 January 2015. This was the first time in the history of the competition that the pageant was not held during the year the title ...

; 2021 Forbes list of the Colombian 50 most powerful woman *

Giancarlo Mazzanti Giancarlo Mazzanti (born 1963) is a Colombian architect based in Bogota. Mazzanti was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1963. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Pontifical Xaverian University in Bogotá (Pontificia ...

, architect * Brigitte Baptiste, Environmental scientist and researcher, President of the ''EAN University'' and 2021 Forbes list of the Colombian 50 most powerful woman * Ricardo La Rotta Caballero, architect * Camilo Prieto Valderrama, surgeon and environmentalist * Diana Wiswell, actress. * General Freddy Padilla De León, former commander of the Colombian Armed Forces, former Minister of Defense, ambassador

Lecturers

Miguel Gómez (photographer) Miguel Gómez (March 29, 1974 - November 12, 2024) was a Colombian-American photographer and visual artist, based in New York City, whose style was marked by/best known for his work in fine art photography, portrait, editorial and landscape ...

(born 1974), Colombian / American photographer, worked in the Fine Arts department for several years. * Carlos Serrano (born 1963), Colombian classical musician, worked for the music school.

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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali

{{Authority control 1623 establishments in South America Educational institutions established in the 1620s Jesuit universities and colleges

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (English: Xavierian Pontifical University) is a private university in Colombia founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its ...

Catholic universities and colleges in Colombia Universities and colleges in Bogotá 1623 establishments in the Spanish Empire

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