Universidad de los Andes

The Universidad de los Andes, a private university founded in 1948 has become a center of recognised academic excellence in Colombia and Latin America, with particular strengths in the field of engineering.

Historic

History of the partnership

1998 Signature of cooperative agreement

1998 First exchange of students

2000 First exchange of teaching faculty

2000-2004 Joint PhD in the field of Control

2001 First Active Learning in Engineering Education (ALE) Workshop, co-founded by Universidad de Los Andes and EMNantes

2002-2006 Joint PhD in the field of Industrial Engineering

2003 Signature of dual degree agreement

2004 Start of Joint research project in the frame of ECOS-NORD

2006 Joint PhD in Control

2006 Joint PhD in Computer Science

2007 Joint Phd in Industrial Engineering

Les Atouts

Partnership strengths

- A shared vision of engineering education with an emphasis on the development of competences, project management and active learning pedagogy.

- Academic excellence of Universidad de Los Andes

- Close research cooperation

Projet EMN en cours

Current projects

- Joint PhD in Automatic Control. PhD student Edouardo Mojica.Title of PhD “ “

- Joint PhD in Industrial Engineering. PhD student Georges Mendoza . Title of PhD

- Joint PhD in Computer Science. PhD student. Hugo Arboleda. Title of PhD “ “

- Joint PhD in Energy Engineering to start in September 2008

- Ongoing research cooperation in the frame of ECOS-NORD

- June 2008 Participation of Dr Nubia Velasco in the teaching of the Masters Program “Management of Logistic and Production Systems”.

- Sept 2008 Admission of 3 dual degree students to EMNantes