University of the Savannah

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name = La Sabana University
native_name = Universidad de la Sabana
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principal = Obdulio Velásquez Posada
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city = Chía
state = Cundinamarca
country = Colombia
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website= [http://www.unisabana.edu.co/ www.unisabana.edu.co]
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The Universidad de La Sabana The university was founded in 1979. La Sabana was awarded the High Quality Institutional Accreditation by the National Ministry of Education in 2006. One of La Sabana’s characteristics is the integral formation of the student. Apart from enhancing the student´ss intellectual growth, the university has implemented initiatives to ensure success in the development of a student as a whole. One such program is Personalized Academic Counseling that aims to promote the development of the person as a unique individual. Another program, Pharos, is aimed at students who are in search of excellence, leadership and solidarity.

La Sabana has 21 research groups classified by Colciencias, the government office that certifies the quality of research groups in Colombian universities. There are also 20 emerging groups that promote “semilleros de investigación” (research “offshoots”) for students in all programmes.

The university currently runs 18 undergraduate programmes. There are also 31 specialisation programmes and five master’s programmes: Master in Education, Master in Process Management and Direction, Master in Business Administration (MBA), Master of Nursing, and Master in English Language Teaching – Autonomous Learning Environments. The university expects to have 17 masters programmes and two Ph.D. programmes in the future.

It is also worth mentioning the following units:

Inalde: Currently Universidad de La Sabana’s School of Management and Business. The Master’s in Business Management Administration (MBA), regular programmes and executive development are among INALDE’s current academic programmes.

La Sabana’s Consultancy Centre known as VISION, Business and Economic Consultancy, aims to foster the growth and development of the Colombian entrepreneurial sector. VISION acts as a support tool and provides solid guidelines that allow business organizations to stay in the market. VISION has acted as consultant to more than 3,980 PYMES (small- and medium-scale business organizations) and holds a quality certification under NTC-ISO 9001 2003-2006 norms.

University Campus “Puente del Común”

The construction of the present premises of Universidad de La Sabana—University Campus “Puente del Comun”—started in 1987 in Chía. This academic complex was planned as a Campus centred on the human person and as a focus of development for its area of influence. The campus grounds cover 62 hectares. Of these, three hectares are sports fields and spaces for outdoor activities.

The Universidad de La Sabana is carrying out a project for the expansion of its campus and the updating of its laboratories and technological equipment. At present, over 32,000 square meters have been built. The buildings include, among others, 29 laboratories, nine buildings with academic and administrative spaces, and the Octavio Arizmendi Posada Library. Currently the library holds 79,761 titles with 116,434 volumes, subscriptions to 245 journals and magazines, subscription to two bibliographic information networks, and subscriptions to 12 Internet data bases.

Other resources are:

Media Production Centre CPM: The faculty of Communication’s Media Production Centre CPM—where students are provided resources with the same standards as the ones owned by the country’s most important media companies.

Studium: A mega-strategy for the development of autonomy in foreign language learning. In this regard, it is important to refer to the work done by the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, which in a brief period has consolidated its leadership both in the university and in the country’s public and private sectors by means of educational initiatives like free courses, diploma courses, research projects and other academic programmes. The academic and student community of the university has, in turn, access to English, French and Mandarin language courses. Thus, multilingualism is currently one of the university’s strengths.

TELETON University Clinic: An important health institution that deals with all medical disciplines and is one of the most important rehabilitation centres in Latin America. The clinic is an important centre for research, teaching and community service. In the near future, TELETON will start an expansion process that will add another floor and enlarge its national and regional coverage. With more than 17,000 square meters of new buildings, the clinic will expand, among others, its number of operation rooms, its intensive care unit and the number of hospital rooms.

Internationalisation

Universidad de La Sabana pioneers the internationalisation of research, teaching and social outreach.

The university’s curricula are designed according to international standards that allow for the global education of the students catering to their international mobility and for attracting foreign students. Within this context, La Sabana offers its students the possibility of studying part of their majors at universities in Germany, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, the United States and Canada, among others. Some of the students also have the double degree option for undergraduate studies. They may also be awarded the undergraduate degree from Universidad de La Sabana and their postgraduate degree from an international university.

In addition, international students can participate in exchange programmes, internships, medical practices, specialisations and Spanish as a foreign language. It also promotes intensive English courses abroad.

The university has hosted students from Venezuela, Germany, the United States, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Salvador, Spain, France, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Romania, Russia, Sweden and Korea, among others.

Master programmes

**Magister in Education.
**Magister in Nursing.
**Magister in Design and Process Management.
**Magister in Business Administration (MBA)
**Master in English Language Teaching – Autonomous Learning Environments)

Postgraduate Specialized programmes

* Economic and Administrative Sciences

**Strategic Management.
**Service Management.
**Production and Operations Management.
**Finance and International Business.
**Commercial Management.
**Finance and Capital Markets.

* Communications

**Organizational Communications Management.

* Medicine

**Medical Education.
**Radiology and Diagnostic Images.
**Bioethics.
**Pneumology.
**Family and Community Medicine.
**General Surgery.
**Internal Medicine.
**Critical Medicine and Intensive Care.
**Pediatrics.
**Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

* Education

**Education Management.
**Pedagogy and Classroom Research.

* Nursing

**Critical Pediatric Care.
**Rehabilitation Management.
**School Health.

* Law

**Mediation in Conflicts.
**Insurance and Social Security.
**Commercial Law.
**Specialisation in Liability Law.
**Specialisation in State Contracting.
**Specialisation in Legal Foundations for Management.

* Familiy

**Personal and Family Development.

* Psychology

**Human Development Management in Organizations.

Undergraduate programmes

**Business Administration.
**International Business Administration.
**Administration of Service Institutions.
**Administration of International Marketing and Logistics.
**Nursing.
**Physiotherapy.
**Industrial Engineering.
**Agroindustrial Production Engineering.
**Informatics Engineering.
**Chemical Engineering.
**Social Communication and Journalism.
**Audiovisual Communication and Multimedia.
**Law.
**Medicine.
**Child Pedagogy.
**Psychology.

External links

* [http://www.unisabana.edu.co/inicio.htm Official site (in Spanish)]