GENERAL ADMISSION

Requirements

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• Registration form duly completed and signed.

• Resume, in an institutionally established format, certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described therein.
• Copy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
• Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format.
• A copy of the diploma or a copy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by a recognized IES in Colombia. If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated before the Ministerio de Educación Nacional of the Republic of Colombia in case the applicant is going to study a master’s degree in the area of health, law or any other area regulated by national norms that make this administrative act required.
• Certificate of the grades obtained during undergraduate studies, with a weighted average equal or higher than three point fifty (3.50), and those of the research or in-depth master’s degree programs completed. In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide it.
• Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by UIS.

In the case of applicants to master’s degree programs in the area of law who present an undergraduate degree from a foreign university located in one of the member countries of the Andrés Bello Agreement, the validation requirement will not be required.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS TO SPECIALIZATION

Programs

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• Registration form duly completed and signed.

• Resume, in the format established institutionally for this purpose (Annex 1), with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described therein.
• Copy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
• Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format.
• A copy of the diploma or a copy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by an institution of higher education recognized in Colombia. If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional de la República.
• Certificate of the grades obtained in the undergraduate program required by the program, including the weighted average. In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide this document.

• Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by UIS.

ASPIRANTS TO MEDICAL-SURGICAL

Specializations

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• Registration form duly completed and signed.

• Resume, in the format established institutionally for this purpose (Annex 1), with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described therein.
• Copy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
• Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format.
• A copy of the diploma or a copy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by an institution of higher education recognized in Colombia. If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional de la República.
• Certificate of the grades obtained during the undergraduate studies in Medicine, with the mention of the weighted average and the inclusion of information about the year of internship. If this document is issued in a foreign language, it must be duly translated into Spanish. It is not necessary to provide this document in the case of alumni with undergraduate degrees obtained at the Universidad Industrial de Santander.
• Medical professional card or resolution issued by the Ministry of Health, which authorizes him/her to practice medicine in the national territory, after registration with the Santander Health Secretariat.
• Certification of foreign language level equivalent or higher than level A1 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the Institute of Languages of the UIS. This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.

• Receipt of payment issued by the treasury of the Universidad Industrial de Santander for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.

REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH MASTER’S

Degree Applicants

• All general admission requirements.

• If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, present the certificate of approval issued by the School of Languages of the UIS. The value of the certification or the test is not included in the registration fee for the graduate program.
• For research master’s degrees, certification of foreign language level equivalent to or higher than level A1 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the Language Institute of the UIS. This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.
• Payment receipt, issued by the UIS treasury, for the current value of the psycho-technical test (if required) or receipt of consignment in the authorized accounts.
• Two (2) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.
• Research Masters: letter of endorsement from a research group or center of the UIS or a scientific institution with which there is an agreement in force, signed by the director of the same, and in which the applicant is presented to the program.
• Master’s Degrees: letter of endorsement from a research group or center of the UIS or from a company or organization, signed by the legal representative of the same, presenting the applicant to the postgraduate program and expressing that in such group or entity the application work may be proposed or carried out.

• Other specific program requirements.

APPLICANTS FOR DOCTORAL

Degrees

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• All general admission requirements.

• If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, present the certificate of approval issued by the School of Languages of the UIS. The value of the certification or the test is not included in the registration fee for the graduate program.
• Certification of foreign language level equivalent or higher than level A2 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the Institute of Languages of the UIS. This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.
• Three (3) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.
• Letter of endorsement from a research group or center of the UIS or a scientific institution with which there is an agreement in force, signed by the director of the same, and in which the applicant is presented to the program.

• Other specific program requirements.

Tasting

Calendars

• Foreign language proficiency test.

• Reading comprehension and written production test in Spanish.

Admission

Formats

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