The University of La Sabana is the result of years of work by an academic community in search of cultivating excellent professionals and human beings who work for the development of the country and society.
It was Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer in 1964 who promoted the founding of schools by parents, which years later would give rise to the Association for Education (Aspaen). Later in 1971, thanks to this Association, the INSE, Higher Institute of Education, was born, a pioneer in distance education in the country and Latin America.
In 1979, from the INSE, the University of La Sabana was founded as a private higher education institution. The University begins its mission to seek, discover, communicate and preserve the truth, inspired by the Christian vision of man and the world.
The University offers 136 academic programs: 24 undergraduate, 42 Specializations, 42 Masters and 9 PhD.. La Universidad de La Sabana has 11,808 undergraduate and graduate students. One of its strengths is the Personalized Guidance offered to the students as an integrated formation strategy. La Universidad de La Sabana has a strong scholarship program that annually awards more than 2,800 scholarships to undergraduate students; it is highly recognized nationally for its leadership in internationalization. Due to COVID-19, the University released a new scholarship and financial aid plan for the students and their families. This plan includes: provide computers to students that don´t have these devices at home, so they can keep up with online classes, alimentary aids, and psychological support.
The University has over 90 agreements of student exchange with different countries. It offers a Spanish course for foreigners, in which more than 700 international students have been enrolled in the last five years, and Short Summer Courses that offer the opportunity for students to learn about Latin American culture in one of the most diverse countries in the region. Its Business School, INALDE has formed more than 4,000 executives in the country. Its MBA is notable for being accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and Senior Management Program (PADE), addressed to owners and presidents of national and international companies. Through its Clinic, La Universidad de La Sabana provides integrated health care and contributes to the education of students in the area of health with research and teaching activities. The Clinic is renowned in the region for its specialized services in rehabilitation offered to people with physical disabilities.
Research
By 2019, Universidad de La Sabana will have consolidated academically at a national level, as a result of its growing dynamic in strategic research areas including the generation, transfer and diffusion of knowledge.
It will have a solid base of active and scientifically productive researchers corresponding to two thirds of the teaching staff. 38% of its full-time professors will hold PhDs from high academic prestige universities.
It will have strengthened the culture of its research groups that will be the basis for the creation and structuring of its seven (7) active doctorate programs. It will keep growing in its scientific production, improving its quality and productivity indicators of articles published in high-impact indexed journals. Moreover, it will have reached the average national standardized citation index and the average of led production collaboration.
Likewise, it will make its production visible and tangible through the increase of patent applications, software registrations, among other products, being ranked in the top 10 of Colombian universities when it comes to the international research context.