There are many arguments which support and fuel our interest in providing integral formation. In particular, we should mention the need to help enrich processes of socialisation of our students, based on a growing awareness of their own identity, in which historical, cultural, technical, humanistic, scientific, and social reflection allows them on the one hand to understand contemporary realities in general, and on the other, Colombian realities in particular, and thus to become people able to transform their own environment.

With the conviction that a broader education provides the basis to face our changing and globalized world, the University has since its foundation striven to provide students with an integral formation. Therefore, all students receive formation in areas other than that of their undergraduate program. Complementary formation is provided from a number of courses which are incorporated into study plans in order to broaden the opportunities open to students, and to encourage them to have additional educational experiences, such as work-study programs, and academic exchanges.