Education System Information | |
Comprehensive Description of Education System (Spanish): | |
http://www.campus-oei.org/quipu/colombia/index.html | |
Education Overview: | |
http://www.wes.org/ca/wedb/colombia/coedov.htm | |
Detailed information about all levels of Colombia’s education system | |
Education System: | |
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/worldwide/unesco-regions/latin-america-an d-the-caribbean/colombia/profile-of-education.html | |
IESALC Colombia Page: | |
http://www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve/ | |
Reports on various aspects of education in Colombia; (Page opens in Spanish, available in English and French; search under “studies by country” on the upper right hand side) | |
WENR - Columbia Profile: | |
http://www.wes.org/ewenr/wenrarchive/CO_ProfSpr94.pdf | |
Government Links | |
Consejo Nacional de Acreditación (Spanish): | |
http://www.cna.gov.co/ | |
National Board of Accreditation; information about Chile’s accreditation process | |
ICETEX (English/Spanish): | |
http://www.icetex.gov.co/portal/Default.aspx | |
Grants and funding body that provides grants and financial aid as well as information on international programs for Columbian students | |
Insitito Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior (Spanish): | |
http://www.icfes.gov.co/ | |
Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education; provides searchable databases of statistical information and links to recognized higher education institutions as well as extensive resources pertaining to laws and policies governing higher educa | |
Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Spanish): | |
http://www.colciencias.gov.co/ | |
Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology | |
Ministry of Education (Spanish): | |
http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/ | |
General information about the Ministry; current programs and plans; curriculum documents; legislation; statistics; press releases | |
Educational Institutions | |
University Portal (Spanish): | |
http://www.universia.net.co/ | |
Comprehensive information and links regarding Colombia’s universities | |
Professional Bodies | |
Asociación Columbiana de Universidades [ASCUN] (Spanish): | |
http://www.ascun.org.co/ | |
Association of Colombian Universities; national non-governmental organization representing Colombian institutions of higher education | |
Fulbright Commission: | |
http://www.fulbright.edu.co | |
Information on educational exchange between Columbia and the US | |
Colombia - South America Education
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