Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Información

Mission

The current priorities of the Javeriana University are:

•     Strengthen its interdisciplinary nature
•     Promote research
•     Promote curricula-centered integral education
•     Reinforce its presence throughout the country, especially contributing to solving Colombia’s ethical, political, economic,technological, scientific, cultural-identity, and environmentalproblems

General Characteristics

•     The Javeriana University is a private University, founded in
•     Bogotá in 1623  by the Society of Jesus
•     It operated until 1767, when Jesuits were exiled from the domains of Charles III, King of Spain
•     The Unviersity was reestablished in 1930
•     The Javeriana University is one of the oldest Universities in Colombia, with its main campus in Bogotá and another campus in Cali
•     It is one of the 28 universities entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America (AUSJAL), and one of the 114 worldwide

The Institution

First higher education institution in the country to be awarded Institutional Accreditation by the Colombian Ministry of Education


Bogotá Campus

•     18 hectares
•     45 buildings

Annual Budget

Approx. 200 Millon USD

Academic Program

• 18 Schools
• 37 Undergraduate programs
• 105 Professional specialization programs
• 32 Medical and surgical graduate programs
• 8  Dentistry graduate programs
• 28 Master Degree programs
• 8   Doctoral programs