Notable programs
Engineering (Facultad de Ingeniería / Medellín)
UNAL's deepest and most prestigious area; the Medellín campus hosts Colombia's broadest engineering offering, and UNAL launched the country's first computer-science postgraduate program in 1967.
Medicine (Facultad de Medicina, Bogotá)
One of Colombia's most respected medical schools, with strong clinical and biomedical research — the field of Nobel-nominated vaccine scientist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo.
Natural Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Biology)
Core of UNAL's research output and the training ground of mathematician Tatiana Toro and astronomer-engineer Julio Garavito; strong basic-science doctoral programs.
Agricultural Sciences (Palmira & Medellín)
Long-standing national leadership in agronomy, agricultural engineering and tropical agriculture, leveraging UNAL's regional campuses.
Law and Political Science (Bogotá)
A historic faculty that has educated much of Colombia's political and legal leadership, including Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and Antanas Mockus.
Arts and Architecture (Bogotá)
Prestigious fine-arts, music and architecture programs at the Ciudad Universitaria, part of the heritage that produced Fernando Botero.