Pontifical Bolivarian University
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| Motto | Formación integral para la transformación social y humana |
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Motto in English
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Integral education for social and human transformation |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1936 |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Students | 26,000 |
| Location | 6°14′32.82″N 75°35′23.4″W / 6.2424500°N 75.589833°WCoordinates: 6°14′32.82″N 75°35′23.4″W / 6.2424500°N 75.589833°W |
| Campus | campuses in: 1. Medellín, (Main Campus and School of Medicine). 2. Bucaramanga. 3. Montería. 4. Palmira. 5. Bogota. |
| Colors | Red and Black |
| Nickname | UPB |
| Affiliations | 1. International Federation of Catholic Universities. 2. Post-grad Iberoamerican Association of Universities. 3. Colombian Association of Universities. 4. Universia. |
| Website | www |
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The Pontifical Bolivarian University (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana), also referred to as UPB, is a private university in Colombia with its main campus in Medellín, where it was founded in 1936. Currently, the university has campuses in other Colombian cities, such as Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Montería and Palmira. The university has a student and faculty population that was estimated at 21,368 and an alumni population of 44,346 as of September, 2006.
Presently the university offers 77 undergraduate programs, 24 master programs and 7 doctorate programs nationwide. The university groups its educational programs under the schools of Architecture And Urbanism, Design, Engineering, Health Sciences, Law and Political Sciences, Strategic Sciences (Management), Social Sciences, Education and Teaching, and Theology, Philosophy and Humanities. The university also operates elementary and high school programs under its educational umbrella.
The University has several distinguished alumni such as Former President of Colombia Belisario Betancur Cuartas, and Former First Lady of Colombia Lina María Moreno Mejía.
The University was founded on September 15, 1936, by a decree of the Catholic Archbishop of Medellín, Monsignor Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera as the Universidad Católica Bolivariana (UCB, Catholic Bolivarian University). The UCB started with a small faculty and 78 students enrolled in the School of Law and with Monsignor Manuel José Sierra as its first rector. In 1945, the university received the title of Pontifical, from the Holy See under Pope Pius XII. With the right to use the title of Pontifical, the Pope became the Grand Chancellor of the university.
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