University of La Sabana

The construction of the present premises of Universidad de La Sabana —University Campus “Puente del Comun”— started in 1987 in Chía. This academic complex was planned to focus on the development of the surrounding area. The campus grounds cover 62 hectares Of these, three hectares are sports fields and spaces for outdoor activities.

The Universidad de La Sabana is carrying out a project for the expansion of its campus and the update of its laboratories and technological equipment. At present, over 32,000 square meters have been built. The buildings include 29 laboratories, nine buildings with academic and administrative spaces, and the Octavio Arizmendi Posada Library. The library currently holds 79,726 titles, 172.100 electronic titles, 689 journals and magazines, and 56 databases.

Other resources are:

Media Production Centre CPM: The faculty of Communication’s Media Production Centre CPM—where students are provided resources with the same standards as the ones owned by the country’s most important media companies.

Studium: A strategy for the development of autonomy in foreign language learning. The Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures has consolidated its leadership both in the university and in the country’s public and private sectors by means of educational initiatives like free courses, diploma courses, research projects, and other academic programmes. The academic and student community of the university has, in turn, access to English, French and Mandarin language courses.

University Clinic: A health institution that deals with all medical disciplines and is a rehabilitation centre. The clinic is a centre for research, teaching and community service. In the near future, the Clinic will start an expansion process that will add another floor and enlarge its national and regional coverage. With more than 17,000 square meters of new buildings, the clinic will expand its number of operation rooms, its intensive care unit and the number of hospital rooms and other aspects.

Universidad de La Sabana engages in the internationalization of research, teaching and social outreach.

The university’s curricula are designed according to international standards that allow for the global education of the students catering to their international mobility and for attracting foreign students. Within this context, La Sabana allows its students to complete parts of their majors at universities in Germany, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Canada, among others. Some of the students also have the double degree option for undergraduate studies. They may also be awarded the undergraduate degree from Universidad de La Sabana and their postgraduate degree from an international university.

International students can participate in exchange programmes, internships, medical practices, specialisations and Spanish as a foreign language. It also promotes intensive English courses abroad.

The university has hosted students from Venezuela, Germany, the United States, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Salvador, Spain, France, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Romania, Russia, Sweden and Korea.

Doctoral programmes

• Biosciences
• Communication

Masters programmes

• Magister in Education
• Magister in Nursing
• Magister in Design and Process Management
• Magister in Business Administration (MBA)
• Master in English Language Teaching – Autonomous Learning Environments

Postgraduate specialized programmes

• Economic and Administrative Sciences
  • Strategic Management
  • Service Management
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Finance and International Business
  • Commercial Management
  • Finance and Capital Markets
• Communications
  • Organizational Communications Management
• Medicine
  • Medical Education
  • Radiology and Diagnostic Images
  • Bioethics
  • Pneumology
  • Family and Community Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • Internal Medicine
  • Critical Medicine and Intensive Care
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Ophthalmology
  • Clinical pharmacology
• Education
  • Education Management
  • Pedagogy and Classroom Research
• Nursing
  • Critical Pediatric Care
  • Rehabilitation Management
  • School Health
• Law
  • Mediation in Conflicts
  • Insurance and Social Security
  • Commercial Law
  • Specialisation in Liability Law
  • Specialisation in State Contracting
  • Specialisation in Legal Foundations for Management
• Family
  • Personal and Family Development
• Psychology
  • Human Development Management in Organizations

Undergraduate programmes

• Business Administration
• International Business Administration
• Administration of Service Institutions
• Administration of International Marketing and Logistics
• Nursing
• Physiotherapy
• Industrial Engineering
• Agroindustrial Production Engineering
• Information Technology Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Social Communication and Journalism
• Audiovisual Communication and Multimedia
• Law
• Medicine
• Child Pedagogy
• Psychology
• Gastronomy
• Economics and International Finance
• Philosophy

• Official website (in Spanish)