Universidad Santo Tomas

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Universidad de Santo Tomas (“USTA”, “Santo Tomas” or the “University”) is the oldest university in Colombia, with its early origins dating back to 1580 with the arrival of the Dominican priest order to the country. It is one of the largest private high quality accredited institutions in the country, with more than 34,000 students in 5 different campuses in Bogota, Bucaramanga, Tunja, Villavicencio and Medellin, as well as through 23 Centres of Open & Distance learning programs. It was the first university in Colombia to receive multi-campus accreditation in 2016, valid for 6 years.  Its students come mostly from lower and middle income backgrounds.  The University has a very strong social impact mission and invests extensively in impact research projects.  The majority of its students follow undergraduate degree studies (87%). The University is looking forward to develop a US$ 84m CAPEX plan (to be invested between 2017 and 2020), equally divided into its different sites, such that the University can modernize and standardize the different campuses to the levels of a high quality accredited institution as established in the 2016-2027 Strategic Plan.