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Escuela Superior de Administración Pública

Escuela Superior de Administración Pública

Datos rápidos

Ciudad
Bogotá
País
Colombia
Tipo
Pública
Fundada en
1958
Estudiantes
19.603
Matrícula (estudiantes locales)
0 COP
Nota media de la guía
6,7/10

Web oficial: www.esap.edu.co

Resumen

The Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP) is Colombia's national public school of government. It was created by Article 17 of Ley 19 de 1958. Its job is training people who work in, or want to work in, the Colombian state. The sede central is at Calle 44 #53-37 in the CAN government district of Bogotá. Its reach is national: 16 territorial directorates and a distance programme delivered in about 311 municipalities through local centres (CETAPs). MEN figures compiled by El Observatorio de la Universidad Colombiana put enrolment at 19,603 students in 2025.

ESAP does not yet hold CNA institutional accreditation. In March 2026 (24–26 March) it reached the external peer-review stage for the first time; the outcome was pending at the time of writing. Its Administración Pública Territorial programme is accredited (renewed by Resolución 8902 of 29 May 2023, for six years). We found no U-Sapiens or Scimago position for ESAP, so no ranking position is given here.

Oferta académica

The offer is narrow and deliberate:

Teaching is in Spanish and very focused on Colombian public law, budgeting and territorial policy: ideal for studying the Colombian state, limiting for anyone wanting a broad curriculum.

Vida en el campus

The Bogotá sede is a compact, government-district campus, not a leafy university town. Student life is shaped by public-policy debate, student representation and events such as the CLACSO 2025 conference, which ESAP co-hosted. Many evening students already work in public administration. Sports and cultural activity run through Bienestar Universitario. Details of facilities and clubs are thin online: Information pending — contributions welcome.

Intercambios

The Oficina de Internacionalización (internacional@esap.edu.co) manages agreements. Documented examples include:

ESAP does not publish an open call or a course catalogue for incoming individual exchange students. Contact the office through your home university before planning a semester.

Admisión

Admission is centralised. Registration is free. Applicants must have Saber 11 results, or a foreign equivalent recognised by ICFES under Resolución 139 de 2020. A foreign bachillerato must be apostilled and convalidated with the MEN; this is free and takes about 15 working days. The 2026-1 intake admitted 3,854 new students; no applicant total is published, so no acceptance rate is given.

On fees, Colombians in strata 1–3 without a professional degree get Matrícula Cero (Acuerdo 004 de 2025). Others pay according to certified income, and the maximum rate applies if no income is certified. No separate figure for foreigners was found. Anyone other than a visa-exempt short stayer (up to 180 days) needs the Cancillería Visa V Estudiante.

Alojamiento

ESAP has no residences. Most students rent rooms in Teusaquillo, Palermo, La Soledad or Chapinero. These areas are close to the CAN and to TransMilenio on Calle 26 and the NQS. Listings in late 2026 cluster around COP 650,000–950,000 per month for a furnished room, with an overall range of roughly 480,000 to 1.2 million.

Empleabilidad

ESAP's value is its link to the state. Graduates move into municipal, departmental and national public administration and into oversight bodies, and many evening students are already public servants. We found no structured career-services unit or published employment statistics: Information pending — contributions welcome.

Oferta académica

Plazos de solicitud

Intercambio

Parlamento Andino partner; inbound mobility runs through the Oficina de Internacionalización under specific agreements (for example INAP Dominican Republic and the INPAE network), with no open call for individual foreign exchange students published.

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