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Universidad Externado de Colombia

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Datos rápidos

Ciudad
Bogotá
País
Colombia
Tipo
Privada
Fundada en
1886
Estudiantes
11.437
Ranking nacional
#15
Matrícula (estudiantes locales)
16.733.000 COP
Nota media de la guía
6,9/10

Web oficial: www.uexternado.edu.co

Resumen

The Universidad Externado de Colombia was founded in 1886 by Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten as a liberal, secular law school. Its name comes from its rejection of the boarding-school (*internado*) model. It is one of Colombia's most traditional private universities. It was the country's second institution to earn institutional accreditation (2004), and MEN renewed that acreditación de alta calidad for eight years in 2021 (Resolución 6538).

Rankings:

SNIES counts 11,437 students for 2025, across undergraduate and a very large postgraduate offering. There are more than 130 law postgraduate programmes alone.

The campus is on the eastern hills at the edge of La Candelaria, Bogotá's historic centre (Calle 12 # 1-17 Este, near the Las Aguas TransMilenio area). Its brick-and-glass towers sit next to Los Andes, Rosario and Tadeo, so the area is full of students.

Oferta académica

Undergraduate teaching is organised by *facultad*:

Law carries the weight: many judges, ministers and constitutional court magistrates studied here. Teaching is in Spanish, and each faculty runs as a fairly self-contained unit.

Vida en el campus

Life on campus is compact and centres on the faculties, with a strong debating and cultural agenda. Beyond a gym and some courts there is little sports space. The surrounding Candelaria and Centro offer cheap food, theatre, museums and bars. Walking between Candelaria and Chapinero at night needs some street sense.

Intercambios

Your home international office first confirms that there is an active agreement and sends a nomination. You then get access to CONNEXT and complete the application. Documents:

DIRE (Dirección de Internacionalización y Relaciones Externas) and the host faculty review the file. For 2026-2 the deadlines were 24 April for nomination and 22 May for the student application. For 2026-1 they were 24 October and 21 November 2025.

Admisión

Degree applicants register online (COP 147,200) and must have taken or be booked for Saber 11. Every programme includes an interview, usually in groups of up to six. Economics, Journalism and Social Sciences add extra tests. Results come out within two working days of the interview.

Foreign or foreign-schooled applicants must:

Tuition is charged per programme and per semester. For first-semester students in 2026:

No separate rate for foreigners is published.

Alojamiento

Externado has no residences. Students rent in La Candelaria and Centro (rooms roughly COP 700,000–1,000,000 a month, €190–270), or in Teusaquillo and Chapinero (COP 800,000–1,300,000) and commute by TransMilenio or bike. Visit before you pay: rental scams do happen.

Empleabilidad

The Externado brand is strongest in law firms, the judiciary, regulators, banking and public administration. Each faculty runs its own internships (*prácticas*) and alumni network. Information pending on centralised employability data — contributions welcome.

Oferta académica

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Intercambio

Active partner in the Parlamento Andino / Uniwords network. Inbound exchange requires nomination by a partner university, then an online application in CONNEXT reviewed by DIRE and the host faculty.

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