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International University Foundation of the American Tropic  Colombia

International University Foundation of the American Tropic Colombia

International University Foundation of the American Tropic  Colombia

Introduction

The International University Foundation of the American Tropic - Unitrópico, is a Colombian Higher Education Institution (IES), based in Yopal, department of Casanare, of a private nature in transition to a Public University, said university cloister currently offers academic programs: postgraduate, professional, technological and technical.

Unitrópico was created as an Institution of Higher Education with Mixed participation 1 at the initiative of the Department of Casanare, with prior authorization from the Departmental Assembly, as stated in Ordinance 076 of the year 2000 2, the act of constitution and/or foundation of the educational institution was signed on March 16, 2000, among its founders, are people of public and private law 3; since then, it has been the main university cloister of Yopal and Casanare.

The legal nature of Unitrópico for being of Mixed participation, was the subject of controversies and legal discussion for many years, reaching bodies such as the Consultation Room and Civil Service of the Council of State, a government consultation body that in Concept 2242 of 2015 4, Manifested the legal impossibility for a mixed entity such as Unitrópico to provide the service of higher education, which fueled several social and student movements that promoted its officialization, the main spokesperson and legal architect of the officialization for more than a decade was the student of law and today lawyer Alexis Ferley Bohórquez (Graduated from Unitrópico). 5

Locations

  • Yopal

    Carrera 19,39 40, 850002, Yopal

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