UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA

Universidad del Magdalena (UNIMAGDALENA) is one of the primary institutions of highereducation in Colombia. Located in Santa Marta, a strategic port city in the Colombian Caribbeanregion, the university is a public institution offering a wide range of well-establishedundergraduate and graduate programs, a history of research excellence and a tradition of publicservice. It is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive university in a state distinguished forits extraordinary natural, historical and culturalheritage; known worldwide as the birthplace ofthe Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez.

KEY FIGURES

One Campus5 Faculties 20.585 students

1 Centre ofPosgraduateProgrammes

Named one of thetop 10 researchinstitutions in

Colombia.

Joint Coodinator of an EMA2 Project

Partner in 6 EMA2 Projects

Departments involved in the Maya-Net Project

• Faculty of Engineering

• Faculty of Economic and Managerial Sciences

• Faculty of Health Sciences

• Faculty of Humanities

• Faculty of Life Sciences.

• Centre of Postgraduate Programmes and ContinuousEducation.