undergraduate degree

Chemistry

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about the

Program

The Chemistry program at UIS is designed with high national and international standards to produce, preserve, contextualize, and disseminate chemical knowledge. The objective is to train highly qualified professional chemists for excellent job performance. Graduates are recognized for their commitment to contributing to the development of the country through their research and discoveries. For years, the research groups have stood out for their rigor and work, being recognized as academic units of reference in the country.

Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 13151 | Qualified Registration: MEN N.° 9221 of June 7, 2018, validity 8 years.

DEGREE:

Chemist

DuraTiOn:

10 Semestres

Education LEVEL:

Undergraduate degree

ModaliTY:

In-person

CAMPUS:

Main Campus - Bucaramanga

APPLICANT

Profile

Applicants for the undergraduate degree in Chemistry at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) are creative citizens interested in research and convinced of the benefits of mathematics in the development of their projects. They are also people who stand out for their high capacity to handle equipment, tools, and raw materials.

Their ethics, neatness, and social commitment complement their inclination towards the scientific method and experimentation, guaranteeing an optimal development of their training process.

GRADUATE

Profile

The chemist graduated from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) demonstrates high capacities for:

  • Mastering the symbolism and syntax of chemical language to describe phenomena related to the structure, identity, and composition of matter.

  • Analyzing, synthesize and characterize in a critical and propositional way.

  • Using chemical substances for scientific or industrial purposes.

  • Contributing with their knowledge and skills to the development of the region and country.

  • Working collaboratively.

  • Adapting to changes and new situations in their environment.

LABOR

Field

  • Technical and scientific advice for the selection of processes, techniques, materials, equipment, and reagents.

  • Preparation, processing and purification of raw materials, industrial products, and consumer goods.

  • Design and execution of processes that contribute to environmental control.

  • Development and quality control of raw materials, inputs and finished products.

  • Theoretical and applied research in research and development centers.

  • Management of chemical laboratories and state control entities.

OUR

Accreditations

High Quality Accreditation: Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) - Resolution 09221 of June 7, 2018 (valid for 8 years, starting May 27, 2015)

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APPLICANT

Profile

The applicant for the undergraduate degree in Chemistry at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) is a creative citizen interested in research and convinced of the benefits of mathematics in the development of his/her projects. He is also a person who stands out for his high capacity to handle equipment, tools and raw materials.

His ethics, neatness and social commitment will complement his inclination towards the scientific method and experimentation, guaranteeing an optimal development of his training process.

GRADUATE

Profile

The chemist graduated from the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) demonstrates high capacities for:

  • Master the symbolism and syntax of chemical language to describe phenomena related to the structure, identity and composition of matter.
  • Analyze, synthesize and characterize in a critical and propositional way.
  • Use chemical substances for scientific or industrial purposes.
  • Contribute with his or her knowledge and skills to the development of the region and country.
  • Work collaboratively.
  • Adapt to changes and new situations in their environment.

Labor

Field

  • Technical and scientific advice for the selection of processes, techniques, materials, equipment and reagents.
  • Preparation, processing and purification of raw materials, industrial products and consumer goods.
  • Design and execution of processes that contribute to environmental control.
  • Development and quality control of raw materials, inputs and finished products.
  • Theoretical and applied research in research and development centers.
  • Management of chemical laboratories and state control entities.

OUR

Accreditations

High Quality Accreditation: Resolution 7587 of May 25, 2015, for the period of 8 years

More information: Click here

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Academic

Curriculum

 

Code:  25247           Credits:    4  - Chemistry I


Code:  24948           Credits:    0  - University Life And Culture


Code:  24705           Credits:    2  - Chemistry Laboratory I


Code:  23427           Credits:    3  - Language Workshop


Code:  23424           Credits:    4  - English I


Code:  22979           Credits:    4  - Linear Algebra I


Code:  20252           Credits:    4  - Calculation I


 

Code:  25248           Credits:    4  - Chemistry II


Code:  24706           Credits:    3  - Chemistry Laboratory II


Code:  24704           Credits:    3  - Statistics For Chemists


Code:  22950           Credits:    4  - Physics I


Code:  20253           Credits:    4  - Calculation II


Code:  00002           Credits:    3  - Context Subject


 

Code:  24708           Credits:    3  - Chemical Analysis Laboratory I


Code:  24707           Credits:    3  - Chemical Analysis I


Code:  23425           Credits:    4  - English II


Code:  22953           Credits:    4  - Physics II


Code:  20254           Credits:    4  - Calculation III


Code:  00002           Credits:    3  - Context Subject


 

Code:  24711           Credits:    2  - Chemical Analysis Laboratory II


Code:  24710           Credits:    4  - Chemical Analysis II


Code:  24709           Credits:    4  - Structures And Links


Code:  23423           Credits:    1  - Physical And Sports Culture


Code:  22956           Credits:    4  - Physics III


Code:  20255           Credits:    4  - Differential Equations


 

Code:  24717           Credits:    2  - Chemical Analysis Laboratory III


Code:  24716           Credits:    4  - Chemical Analysis III


Code:  24715           Credits:    3  - Laboratory I Of Organic Chemistry


Code:  24714           Credits:    5  - Organic Chemistry I


Code:  24713           Credits:    1  - Seminar I


Code:  24712           Credits:    4  - Introduction To Quantum Chemistry


 

Code:  24722           Credits:    3  - Laboratory II of Organic Chemistry


Code:  24721           Credits:    5  - Organic Chemistry II


Code:  24720           Credits:    3  - Cell Biology


Code:  24719           Credits:    3  - Laboratory I of Physicochemistry


Code:  24718           Credits:    4  - Thermodynamics


 

Code:  24728           Credits:    2  - Laboratory I of Inorganic Chemistry


Code:  24727           Credits:    3  - Inorganic Chemistry I


Code:  24726           Credits:    3  - Biochemistry Laboratory


Code:  24725           Credits:    4  - Biochemistry


Code:  24724           Credits:    3  - Laboratory II of Physicochemistry


Code:  24723           Credits:    3  - Balance And Kinetics


 

Code:  24734           Credits:    3  - Environmental Chemistry


Code:  24733           Credits:    3  - Laboratory II of Inorganic Chemistry


Code:  24732           Credits:    3  - Inorganic Chemistry II


Code:  24731           Credits:    3  - Seminar II


Code:  24730           Credits:    2  - Chemical Technology Laboratory


Code:  24729           Credits:    4  - Chemical Technology


 

Code:  22975           Credits:    3  - Final Undergradute Work I


Code:  22109           Credits:    3  - Citizen Ethics


Code:  00003           Credits:    8  - Program Elective Subject


 

Code:  22977           Credits:    7  - Final Undergraduate Work II


Code:  00003           Credits:    4  - Program Elective Subject


 

Code:  25606            Credits:    3  - Organic Chemistry Applied to the Study of Biological Systems


Code:  25981            Credits:    3  - Introduction to Biotechnology


Code:  20412            Credits:    4  - Mass Spectrometry


Code:  26057            Credits:    4  - Introduction to Chemistry and Surface Analytics


Code:  20413            Credits:    4  - Forensic Chemistry


Code:  20334            Credits:    3  - Heterocyclic compounds: synthesis, properties and pharmaceutical use


Code:  20381            Credits:    3  - Polymer Chemistry


Code:  20390            Credits:    3  - Introduction to the Theory of Catalysis


Code:  23055            Credits:    5  - Electronics and Chemical Instrumentation


Code:  23612            Credits:    4  - Chemical Defense in Nature: from Toxins to Camouflage


KEEP IN MIND

Additional Information

1st semester

2023

* Subject to demand

Collection opening

2022 Oct 14

Collection closing

2022 Dec 2

Registration opening

2022 Oct 18

Registration closing

2022 Dec 6

Admission results

2022 Dec 15

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:

  • Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
  • Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2017.
  • A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.

NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.

NOTICE 2: Applicants are warned that the use of fraudulent means of any kind in the enrollment and/or admission process disqualifies them for a period of 5 years to be enrolled and/or admitted in any academic program of the University, without prejudice to any penal sanctions that may apply  according to Acuerdo N° 017/95 del Consejo Superior.

A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:

  • He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
  • He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
  • He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
  • He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
  • He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.

NOTICE 3:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link

Inscription

$100.000

FOR 1 PROGRAM

 

Inscription

$150.000

FOR 2 PROGRAMS

Each semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. It ranges between 1 and 8 minimum legal wage(s) in force.

Maximum 2 programs per enrollment.

For more information, please contact the Admissions and Academic Registration Office

KEEP IN MIND

Additional Information

1st semester

2023

* Subject to demand




Bucaramanga

Collection opening

2022 Oct 14


Collection closing

2022 Dec 2


Registration opening

2022 Oct 18


Registration closing

2022 Dec 6


Admission results

2022 Dec 15

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:

  • Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
  • Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2017.
  • A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.

NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.

NOTICE 2: Applicants are warned that the use of fraudulent means of any kind in the enrollment and/or admission process disqualifies them for a period of 5 years to be enrolled and/or admitted in any academic program of the University, without prejudice to any penal sanctions that may apply  according to Acuerdo N° 017/95 del Consejo Superior.

A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:

  • He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
  • He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
  • He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
  • He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
  • He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.

NOTICE 3:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link

Inscription

$100.000

FOR 1 PROGRAM


Inscription

$150.000

FOR 2 PROGRAMS


Each semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. It ranges between 1 and 8 minimum legal wage(s) in force.

Maximum 2 programs per enrollment.

For more information, please contact the Admissions and Academic Registration Office

OUR

Faculty

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Arnold Rafael Romero Bohórquez. Doctor en Química - Universidad Industrial de Santander. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Arnold Rafael Romero Bohórquez

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Claude Andre Ewert de Geus. Doctorado en Química - University of Massachussets. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Claude André Ewert de Geus

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa a la profesora de la Escuela de Química, Luz Yolanda Vargas Fiallo. Maestra en Química - Universidad Industrial de Santander. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y la profesora está situada en el centro.

Luz Yolanda Vargas Fiallo

Master in Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Daniel Ricardo Molina Velasco. Doctor en Química - Universidad Industrial de Santander. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Daniel Ricardo Molina Velasco

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Fabián Alirio Ríos Angarita. Doctor en Química - New México State University. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Fabián Alirio Ríos Angarita

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa a la profesora de la Escuela de Química, Martha Cecilia Daza Espinosa. Doctora en Química - Universidad Nacional de Colombia. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y la profesora está situada en el centro.

Martha Cecilia Daza Espinosa

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Fernando Martínez Ortega. Doctor en Química - Universite De Poitiers. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Fernando Martínez Ortega

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Markus Hans Oliver Doerr. Ph. D. en Química - University of Düsseldorf. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Markus Hans Oliver Doerr

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa a la profesora de la Escuela de Química Verónica García Rojas. Doctora en Ciencias de la Universidad de Antioquia. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y la profesora está situada en el centro.

Verónica García Rojas

Doctor of Chemical Sciences

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Herminsul de Jesús Cano Calle. Ph. D. en Química - Florida Atlantic University. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Herminsul de Jesús Cano Calle

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química Jhon Fredy Pérez Torres. Doctor en Química Teórica de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Jhon Fredy Pérez Torres

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Jhon Jairo Castillo León. Doctor en Química - Universidad Industrial de Santander. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Jhon Jairo Castillo León

Doctor of Chemistry

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Juan Carlos Poveda Jaramillo. Doctor en Ciencias Químicas - Universidad Autónoma de México. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Juan Carlos Poveda Jaramillo

Doctor of Chemical Sciences

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Química, Juan Manuel Urbina González. Dr. Rer. Nat. - Universitaet Bayreuth. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Juan Manuel Urbina González

Doctor of Natural Sciences

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al director de la Escuela de Química, Julio Roberto Pinzón Joya. Doctor en Química - Clemson University. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el director está situado en el centro.

Julio Roberto Pinzón Joya

Doctor of Chemistry

Alirio Palma Rodríguez

Doctor of Chemistry

Ángela Marcela Montaño Angarita

Doctor of Chemistry

Cristian Blanco Tirado

Doctor of Chemistry

Elena Stashenko

Doctor of Chemistry

Enrique Mejía Ospino

Doctor of Chemical Sciences

Gerardo Bautista Ardila

Master in Chemistry

Jairo René Martínez Morales

Doctor of Chemistry

José Carlos Gutiérrez Gallego

Master in Chemistry

Luz Ángela Carreño Díaz

Doctor of Chemistry

Marianny Yajaira Combariza Montañéz

Doctor of Chemistry

Stelia Carolina Méndez Sánchez

Doctor in Biochemical Sciences

Vladimir Kuznetsov

Doctor of Chemical Sciences

William Fernando Hidalgo Buchelli

Doctor of Chemistry

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The UIS has established different agreements with national and international entities in order to have a greater impact on their training, teaching, research and related processes in the articulation of the public university with the different social actors.

 

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School of Chemistry

Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000

Extension: 2339

E-mail: escqui@uis.edu.co

UIS Central Campus

Bucaramanga, Santander

Laboratorios Livianos building, Offices 228 – 229

Industrial University of Santander

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry

Edificio de Laboratorios Livianos

Oficinas 228 – 229

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 2359

escqui@uis.edu.co

Gerardo Bautista Ardila

Program coordinator

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 2787

Gerardo@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Do yo want more information?

Contact Us

Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry

Edificio de Laboratorios Livianos

Oficinas 228 – 229

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 2359

escqui@uis.edu.co

Gerardo Bautista Ardila

Program coordinator

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 2787

Gerardo@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.