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About
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Academic Programs |
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About
the University
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Mission |
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As a public university, Universidad del Valle’s mission is to educate at the highest level through the generation and diffusion of knowledge in science, culture and art techniques, technology and humanities with autonomy and vocation for social service. As a state institution, it assumes commitments to the construction of a just and democratic society. |
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Vision |
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University
of Valle, as one of the most important higher
education public institutions of Colombia
in coverage, quality and diversity of its
services, aspires to be known as a university
of excelence, that is pertinent, innovative,
efficient, competitive, with scientific
research and international proyection. |
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Organization Chart |
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This
is the organization structure of the Universidad
del Valle (updated to February 2003).
Click at the icon to see it.

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Denomination |
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The
university was founded by the document Ordenanza
#12 of 1945 by the Departamental Council
of the Valle del Cauca, with the name of
"Universidad Industrial del Valle del
Cauca" (Industrial University of the
Valle del Cauca).
This denomination was changed in 1954 by
the document Ordenanza #10 to the actual
one: "Universidad del Valle". |
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University's presidents |
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The
university's presidents since its foundation:
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Períod |
Edgar Varela Barrios |
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2015
- today |
Iván
E. Ramos Calderón |
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2003
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Oscar
Rojas Rentería |
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1999-2003 |
Emilio
Aljure Nasser |
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1998-1999 |
Carlos Enrique Dulcey Bonilla |
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1998-1998 |
Jaime
Galarza Sanclemente |
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1991-1998 |
Harold
José Rizo Otero |
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1984-1991 |
Rodrigo
Guerrero Velasco |
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1982-1984 |
Jaime
López |
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1981-1982 |
Carlos
Augusto Trujillo Padilla |
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1980-1981 |
Antonio
Barberena Saavedra |
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1979-1980 |
Alvaro
Escobar Navia |
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1974-1979 |
Alberto
León Betancourt |
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1972-1974 |
Hugo
Restrepo Ramírez |
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1971-1972 |
Alfonso
Ocampo Londoño |
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1966-1971 |
Mario
Carvajal |
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1954-1966 |
Jorge
Vergara Delgado |
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1952-1954 |
Carlos
Arturo Cabal |
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1950-1952 |
Hernán Cruz Riascos |
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1949-1950 |
Tulio
Ramírez |
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1945-1949 |
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Universitiy Administration |
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Presidency
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Iván Enrique Ramos Calderón
Rector |
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Vice
presidency of Academia
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Héctor Cadavid Ramírez
Vice president
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The
vice presidency of academia
is in charge of general management
of the academic activities related
to undergraduate and graduate
education, professional programs,
for on-campus and distance learning
students.
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Vice
presidency of Administration |
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Edgar Varela Barrios
Vice president
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The
vice presidency of administration
is the organism in charge of
management, coordination and
evaluation of the administrative
and financial activities, for
an efficient functioning of
the university. Aditionally,
it is in charge of conservation
and vigilance over its patrimony. |
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Vice
presidency of Welfare |
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Luis Fernando Castro
Vice president
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The
vice presidency of university
welfare is the organism in charge
of recommending and developing
activities directed at the welfare
of the university members |
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Vice
presidency of Research
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Carolina Isaza
Vice president
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The
vice presidency of research
is the organism that integrates
and promotes research activity
at the university in order to
result in a direct contribution
to science, technology and arts,
and to respond to the necesities
of the educational process in
all its levels and forms, as
well as of the social, economic
and cultural development of
the region. |
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General
Secretary |
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Oscar López Pulecio
General Secretary |
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Planning
office |
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Luis Carlos Castillo Gómez
Director |
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Location |
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The
Universidad del Valle has its central campus
in Cali, the capital of the State of Valle
del Cauca, one of the regions of greater
industrial development in Colombia, well
known for its sugar cane exporting capacity
to the international markets. It is a region
of fertile lands and fine agricultural enterprises.
Cali is situated in the tropical zone and
has a moderate climate due to fresh air
coming from the Andean Mountain Range and
because of its proximity to the Pacific
Ocean. It is an urban center of around two
million people, who live in a cosmopolitan
atmosphere.
The
city was founded by the Spanish conqueror
Don Sebastian de Belalcázar, four
houndred and sixty one years ago and has
been chosen as the meeting place of several
scientific and sporting events at the international
level. Furthermore, in Cali there are a
great number of mulinational industries,
converting this region into one of the most
developed zones of the country in technological,
academic and scientific areas.
Ver mapa más grande
The
Republic
of Colombia:
Maybe the greatest wealth of Colombia is
its variety in very different landscapes,
and its great mixture of human races. In
Colombia you can find any type of climate
from the wettest tropical forest on the
earth, over boiling hot coast areas, salt
and sand deserts, and highlands, to eternal
ice (be prepared on your trips for important
temperature changes!). Colombia occupies
the second place (behind Brazil) in amount
of vegetal species in the world (some 49'000!)
- it's true that nature in Colombia seems
to do everything possible to boast with
its great variety, no matter how small the
area! Some 20% of all bird species are found
here. In Colombia you can also find any
kind of the human races (only Asian people
are relatively rare): mainly black people
on the coast line, mainly white in Medellin,
Indians in the highlands, and any shadings
of these in towns like Cali.
Some
say that if you want to see South America,
but you only have little time, go to Colombia,
because it's kind of a melting pot, that
unites all the different characteristics
of the other countries! |
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Multicampus System |
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At
present the University is a multicampus
system, having two campuses in the city
of Cali and eight branch campuses in other
cities of the State of Valle del Cauca.
The location of these branch campuses in
different parts of the region allows a direct
response to regional needs. With this regional
dimension, the University has a global vision
of the problems that affect the development
of the region and can offer valid and appropriate
solutions to those problems, in the sphere
of higher education.
Look
for further information at Branch
sites |
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Corporate collaboration |
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Financial Information |
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The
financial services office supervises financial
execution at the university and establishes
financial
reports .
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Related institutes |
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