ABOUT THE

Faculty

The Faculty of Health has a very wide variety in the academic offer for the training of professionals. From the undergraduate level, postgraduate and complementary courses, programs with academic, human quality, and a national and international vision of the field in which they will be performed are offered. Modern laboratories, auditoriums, technical and human teams, support each of the necessary stages of training to make graduates a reference point in the country and the world.

A robust academic unit, of significant significance in institutional life, given the local, regional and national contribution, has been transformed into a center of high scientific complexity, which, since its foundation, has not ceased its growth dynamics, development, and deepening to contribute – in the best possible way – to the well-being of the community.

FACULTY

History

On February 25, 1967, a new academic unit began, which, since its creation, was called THE DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES. The incorporation of the nutrition and dietetics, physiotherapy and Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory programs, the product of the integration of the Feminine University of Santander with the Universidad Industrial de Santander, and the opening of two new programs, Infirmary and Medicine, he institutionalized in the UIS (Spanish acronyms) this Division, whose philosophy condensed the training of health professionals with an ethical, scientific and research orientation, suitable and prepared to respond to the social needs present and region's futures.

MISSION AND

Vision

Mission

The Faculty of Health of the Universidad Industrial de Santander is committed to the integral training of high-quality professionals in health areas, leaders to promote the processes of change that contribute to the solution of health problems in the region northeast and country, through academic programs and research and extension projects.

It bases its actions on both the human and professional quality of its teachers, on the administrative, physical and technological infrastructure, framed in the functions, principles, and institutional regulations based on ethics, equity, social justice, and respect for rights.

Vision

The Faculty of Health of the Universidad Industrial de Santander in 2020 will be recognized at the national and international level for the excellence of its programs as a leader in the integral training of health professionals.