University of Cauca
| Universidad del Cauca | |
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| Motto | posteris lumen moriturus edat (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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he who has to die give his light to posterity |
| Type | Public and Autonomous |
| Established | November 11, 1827 |
| Principal | Juan Diego Castrillón Orrego |
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Administrative staff
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1191 university professors |
| Students | 12,837 |
| Location |
street 5 Number. 4-70 -  Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
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| Campus | Tulcan (headquarters) |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Nickname | La del Cauca |
| Affiliations |
ASCUN Colciencias ICETEX AUIP Universia |
| Website | www.unicauca.edu.co |
The Universidad del Cauca is a public institution of higher education located in the city of Popayán, capital of the department of Cauca, Colombia. It was created on April 24, 1827 by Decree by the President Francisco de Paula Santander, civil foundation for higher level educational institutions in major cities of the country newly liberated from Spanish rule, for effects of training of citizens who would support the independent national life at all levels, in different areas and activities. It was installed November 11, 1827 and the nationalization was ratified by Law 65 of 1964. It currently has 43 programs undergraduate and 48 programs postgraduate which include 29 specializations, 14 Masters and 5 Ph.D..
The Universidad del Cauca is a public higher education institution whose head office is in the city of Popayan, capital of Cauca, in Colombia's suroocidente. Founded in November 1827, from the beginning had the support of the Liberator Simon Bolivar and Francisco de Paula Santander. Several higher education decrees issued by Simon Bolivar, were made in Popayán, within the University of Cauca.
The University has its roots in the Major Seminary of Popayan, first-rate educational establishment in colonial times had wide impact where the newest ideas of philosophical, political and scientific Illustration in the 18th century on Enlightenment. There, precisely, it formed the generation that would later become the protagonist of the struggles of the Independence of the Spanish Empire with the likes of Francisco Jose de Caldas Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera and Camilo Torres, men of politics, study and state. Thinking of Republican and independent life in Colombia generated a large proportion of the Universidad del Cauca, so that the history of the independence of Colombia and its beginnings as an independent republic joins the university's history.
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