Benjamín Oostra, Dutch "We could talk about the academia level, the continuity and stability as well as the international contacts. There is also freedom to develop your ideas."
The excellent preparation of our graduates opens the door to the best universities in other countries. They are very well accepted in universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. The data on loans and scholarships from COLFUTURO, a Colombian institution that promotes the formation of Colombian people in foreign countries, are a test of academic conditions, to the extent that graduates from the University represent more than 50 per cent of the beneficiaries of the programs of assistance offered by this non-profit organisation, every year, the principal objective of the organisation being to promote, finance, direct and participate in the formation and training of Colombian professionals outside Colombia, using as basic criteria.
Chart V. Allocations by COLFUTURO for scholarship-loan programs. (Source: Revista Semana, Issue 1079, 3 January 2003)
The graph below shows a comparative view of the participation of the university´s graduates in the allocation of the Corporation of Studies in France CEF scholarships for France were forming part of a wide range of educational institutions and enterprises in the industrial sector of Colombia.
Chart VI. Allocation of CEF scholarships *Other: Lycee Francaise de Pereira, 3; ICESI ,2 ; UIS, 2