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Manizales, Colombia
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Academic Requirements
Must hold a high-school diploma (bachillerato).
Mandatory submission of ICFES SABER-11 exam results (valid from 2000 onwards)?
Application Process
Complete and pay for one online application form during the official admission period.
Incomplete or unpaid submissions, or multiple entries, will be invalidated? .
Required Documents
High-school diploma or equivalent.
Valid SABER-11 scorecard.
Identity document (national ID or passport).
For countries beyond Colombia, the diploma must be officially validated by Colombia’s Ministry of Education? .
Selection Criteria
Admission is merit-based, especially for competitive programs (e.g., sciences, engineering).
Some programs (e.g., natural sciences, mathematics) may admit based solely on the highest SABER-11 scores, with no interview required?.
In other faculties, there may be minimum score thresholds and additional criteria such as geographical considerations? .
Know more
Ranked within the #1401+ band in the QS World University Rankings 2025, reflecting stable international presence and recognition .
The University of Caldas has achieved a substantial research footprint—publishing over 7,100 scholarly works and accumulating nearly 39,200 citations, demonstrating its broad academic impact across multiple disciplines .
Awarded the university’s prestigious Francisco José de Caldas Gold Medal for University Excellence to Professor John Fredy Barrera Ramírez (Optics & Photonics Group), recognizing his outstanding scientific leadership and international research prominence .
This utility-model patent introduces a portable, low-cost, non-invasive device to monitor moisture and fermentation in coffee processing using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIE). Suitable for wet-processed coffee—and adaptable for dairy and cacao processing—it verifies quality through impedance measurements. Invented by Julio César Caicedo Félix & Octavio Díaz.
This invention—a biorreactor designed for producing bio-substances via solid-state fermentation using macrofungi—was co-patented by UdeC (following its 2014 Colombian patent) through the USPTO. Developed by Prof. Sandra Montoya Barreto and team, it utilizes agricultural and agro-industrial waste to generate industrially useful enzymes, targeting markets like pharmaceuticals.
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