Universidad de Cartagena | |
Other name | UniCartagena |
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Motto | Siempre a la altura de los tiempos |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 1827 |
Academic affiliations | ASCUN, AUIP, SUE |
Location | , , Colombia 10°25′32″N 75°32′59″W / 10.4255339°N 75.5498131°W |
Colors | Black and gold |
Website | unicartagena.edu.co |
The University of Cartagena (Spanish: Universidad de Cartagena), also called UniCartagena, is a departmental public coeducational research university based primarily in the city of Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia. The university offers education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, which includes two doctorates.
The university is member of the Association of Colombian Universities,[1] the Iberoamerican Association of Postgraduate Universities,[2] and the State University System (Spanish: Sistema Universitario Estatal). On March 26, 2014, the University of Cartagena received from the Ministry of Education Institutional Accreditation of High Quality, becoming the first and only public university in the Caribbean region with this type of accreditation.