The New Granada Military University (Spanish: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada), also called UMNG or Unimilitar, is a public university, self-funded, nationaluniversity based in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. The university has 8 faculties, 20 undergraduate, 66 graduate programs, 9 master's degrees, 44 Diploma and 52 research programs. The university offers academic programs for part-time (also referred as "distance") education, being one of the most important nationally.
In 2005 the university acquired a campus of 80 hectare in Cajicá being the third largest Latin American, this campus is being used to build new facilities for the university in order to house almost more than 30,000 students.
Characteristics and location
The university currently has three branches. Headquarters is located in Bogotá, at the junction of the hundred street with race Once, and the Faculty of medicine is located next to the Central Military Hospital in the transverse third with street forty and nine equally in the city of Bogotá. A new campus is under construction on the outskirts of the city of Cajicá[1]
History
The history of the university can be traced to 1962 when the Military School of Officers "José María Cordova" (Spanish: Escuela Militar de Cadetes "José María Córdova") started offering Civil Engineering, Economics and Law programs to the second lieutenants of the institution supplementary to the last two years of their professional education. In 1978, as a result of the idealistic conception of a sector of the medical staff at the Central Military Hospital, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences was founded, beginning its labor in the first semester of 1979.[2]
The university starts its development in full in 1980 when the decree-law 84/80 was issued granting the institution with the status of a university center, a special administrative unit ascribed to the Ministry of Defense. Its directorate was set up on the grounds of the Military School, the academic under direction in an old house in front of the Patria High School, and the administrative under direction in offices located at the Military School of Medicine.
Resolution 12975 of July 23, 1982 recognized the center as a university under the name of Universidad Militar “Nueva Granada”. ACT 30 of 1992, by means of which the public education is ruled, in its article 137 stated that the Universidad Militar “Nueva Granada” which provides higher education programs, shall continue ascribed to the corresponding entity - Ministry of National Defense - and shall work in accordance to its legal status - Special Administrative Unit - adjusting its academic regime to the terms of the aforementioned law.
In January 1984, the university moved to its present location in Bogotá, Colombia (carrera 11 No. 101-80), a strategic area of the city, where a financial center of prime importance emerges, as well as other entities of the defense sector.
As of March 2003, through ACT 805 of said year, the university modifies its legal status constituting itself as an autonomous university entity of a national order with a special organic regime, whose main goal deals with higher education geared to academically support the Military Forces, the National Police and the Defense Sector, and all its active or retired members, their families and the civilians in general.
Faculties and academic programs
Faculty of Medicine
Undergraduate degrees
Medicine
Premedical
Graduate degrees
Specialization in Anesthesiology
Specialization in Cardiology
Specialization in Coloproctology
Specialization in Spine Surgery
Specialization in Hand and Upper Limb Surgery
Specialization in General Surgery
Specialization in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Specialization in Pediatric Surgery
Specialization in Ocular Plastic Surgery
Specialization in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Specialization in Reconstructive Surgery and Hip and Knee Joint Replacement
Specialization in Vascular Surgery and Angiology
Specialization in Dermatology
Specialization in Endocrinology
Specialization in Gastroenterology
Specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Specialization in Hematology and Clinical Oncology
Specialization in Laryngology and Upper Airway
Specialization in Critical Medicine and Intensive Care
Specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialization in Internal Medicine
Specialization in Nephrology
Specialization in Neonatology
Specialization in Pneumatology
Specialization in Neurosurgery
Specialization in Pediatric Neurology for Pediatric Specialists
Specialization in Pediatric Neurology
Specialization in Neurology
Specialization in Ophthalmology
Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology
Specialization in Otology
Specialization in Otorhinolaryngology
Specialization in Pathology
Specialization in Pediatrics
Specialization in Psychiatry
Specialization in Radiology and Diagnostic Images
Specialization in Rheumatology
Faculty of Law
Undergraduate degrees
Law
Graduate degrees
Specialization in Penalty Law
Specialization in Human Rights and Protection Systems
Specialization in Criminal, Constitutional Procedure and Military Justice
Specialization in Administrative Rights
Master in Criminal Procedure Law
Master in Administrative Law
Faculty of Science
Undergraduate degrees
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Applied Biology
Associate Degree in Horticulture
Graduate degree
Master of Applied Biology
Doctorate in Applied Ciences
Faculty of Engineering
Undergraduate degrees
Mechatronics Engineering
Civil Engineering
Multimedia Engineering
Telecommunication Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Associate Degree in Electronics and Communications
Graduate degrees
Specialization in Comprehensive Project Management
Specialization in Geomatics
Specialization in Strategic Quality Management
Specialization in Comprehensive Logistics Management
Specialization in Pavement Engineering
Specialization in Comprehensive Environmental Management
Master in Comprehensive Project Management
Master in Civil Engineering
Master in Mechatronics Engineering
Master in Comprehensive Logistics Management
Doctorate in Engineering
Faculty of Economic Sciences
Undergraduate degrees
Business Administration
Public accounting
Economy
Associate Degree in Accounting and Tax
Graduate degrees
Specialization in Senior Management
Specialization in Internal Control
Specialization in Finance and Public Administration
Specialization in Administrative Development Management
Specialization in Statutory Audit and International Audit
Specialization in International Trade Management
Master in Organization Management
Faculty of International Relations, Strategy and Security
Undergraduate degrees
International Relations and Political Studies
Administration of Occupational Safety and Health
Graduate degrees
Specialization in Security Administration
Specialization in Senior Security and Defense Management
Master in International Relations and Business
Master in Security and Risk Management
Faculty of Education and Humanities
Graduate degrees
Specialization in University Teaching
Master in Education
Doctorate in Bioethics
Faculty of Distance Studies
Undergraduate degree
Business Administration
Public Accounting
International relations
Civil Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Computer Science
Graduate degrees
Specialization in Senior Management
Campus
In 2005 New Granada Military University purchased a lot adjacent to the Hacienda Riogrande, areas for the construction of a campus.
Apart from administrative buildings and schools which have own Auditorium, internet room, classrooms and cafeterias, contemplates the execution of special buildings which are inserted to the educational work of the University according to the requirements of each program and to the preferences of each student. These buildings include: Church, Sports Center, library, main auditorium, headquarters, Aquatics Center, gym, IMA (Institute military aeronautical), concha acoustic circuit athletic Stadium, pitch softball, treatment plant sewage treatment of groundwater, solid waste treatment plant, plant treatment of waters of the Bogotá River, power plant, etc.)[citation needed]
Publications and media
With the goal of expanding and diversifying access to knowledge, the UMNG has their own publications, such as the Neogranadine newspaper,[3] In addition to his own books and indexed journals that makes available to the public.[4]