Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano

Mission Statement

Mission

The Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano is a pluralistic institution that seeks to train ethical, competent, critical and creative professionals, who assume their commitment to society with a clear conscience of respect for human beings and their rights, for the environment and contribute to the common good and to social, cultural, business, scientific and aesthetic development in the international context, based on the ideals of the Botanical Expedition.

Vision

The Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano will continue to be a formative and pluralistic university committed to the life project of its students, which will foster their intellectual, artistic, social and emotional development as integral citizens, who will contribute to an equitable and sustainable society.

International Role

The International role of the School of Arts and Design could be described with the following actvities and collaborations with national and international institutios as follows:

• Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Universidad de Chile
• Universidad Federal de Goias
• Leonardo – The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology University of Texas
• Duke University
• Cornell University
• Hexagram Network for Research-Creation in Arts, Cultures and Technologies Media Art Society
• Universidad de Granada
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Universidad Oberta de Catalunya UOC
• Universite Paul Valery Monpellier 3
• Arts at CERN
• OCAD University
• Universidad de la República
• Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales Universidad de los Andes
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia
• Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
• Universidad de Caldas

Double degree agreements with IED, Spain, Italy and Brazil: 

    * Graphic Design

    * Industrial Design

    * Fashion Design and Management

Double Degree Agreement with Palermo University, Italy

    * Architecture

• Anually the School organizes the International Festival of the Image with the collaboration of international and national universities like Caldas University. In relation with this event we receive the visit of student delegations from International Universities like Concordia University and others.
• The School is very active parctipating in grants like the 100.000 Strong For the Americas given to Arizona State University and UTADEO in a social proposal.
• Carleton University and UTADEO won a grant for a joint proposal.
• The  PhD in Desing, Arts and Science is a unique program in Colombia and has the participation of students, teachers and lecturers from more than 10 international universites Universidad de Buenos Aires, .
• The Architechture program is credited internationally by the Royal Institute of Architechture.

Finally, it should be noted that international visibility, as a direct result of the academic reputation, the perception of employers, the professor-student relationship, research production, among others, has materialized in the positioning of the University in international measurements. The QS measurement (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranks UTadeo in 15th place among Colombian universities, highlighting the high research intensity achieved, while in the THE measurement (Times Higher Education) UTadeo occupies the 16th position among universities in the country. 

National Role

In the national level the School was host to the  XIV International Congress on Virtual City and Territory – CTV, held in Bogotá and Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, with a multidisciplinary and multiscalar vision of the issues that have to do with the organization and contemporary development of our cities.

The University has participated in the exhibition circuits of national artists' awards. These circuits include the calls for scholarships and incentives from the Office of the Mayor of Bogota, the Secretariat of Culture, the General Archive of the Nation, BibloRed and ArtBo. 

The School of Arts and Desing has 39 international agreements and 10 national agreements. Among the most important agreements are those with the Autonomous University of Mexico, the European Institute of Design, the Complutense University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the University of Rennes, the Confucius Institute, Penn State University and Pompeu Fabra University. 

In student mobility, the growth of technology-mediated exchange options, especially during the pandemic, stands out. These experiences have been of special value since they favored interaction with students and professors from other regions of the world through videoconferencing platforms.

Main Focus

The interaction between the University and the external environment is energized through the link promoted by continuing education courses, which, through a relevant offer with the environment, generate significant contributions to institutional allies. The number of beneficiaries and participants in continuing education reached 19,944 people during the last six years through 759 courses that were guided by 1,528 professors.

As a complement to the dynamization of the relationship with the environment, the University has consolidated actions for the transfer of knowledge in the regions of influence in which the University is present, highlighting the following experiences:
– The Bio-Systems Center (Cbios), located in Chía, has consolidated as a reference research space in sustainable production that has four laboratories, the seedling seedbed, the horticenter and the orchard. The Center provides services that include the propagation of plant species, soil and water analysis, pesticide residue detection, evaluation of bioinputs for the agricultural sector and the development of applied research work, focused on the transfer of knowledge in alliance with industry. The Center has favored interaction with industrial, agricultural and research sectors in Bogota, Chia and its areas of influence, including Saenz Fety, ADN, Ocati, Embassy of the Netherlands, PennState, Syngenta, among others.

At the Santa Marta headquarters, the Sea Turtle Conservation Program – ProCTM has been consolidated. Its origin dates back to 1999 – with Petrobras' support since 2006 – and by 2022 it has achieved 35 events for the introduction of 4,718 turtles to the natural environment. The events have involved the participation of communities in the departments of Magdalena and La Guajira and have been documented by the media42 emphasizing UTadeo's commitment to the sustainability and conservation of the planet. Likewise, in 2017 the University contributed to the creation of the Conservation and Management Plan for Aquatic Mammals (cetaceans, manatees and otters) in the Department of Magdalena.

The project developed between the Faculty of Arts and Design and Agrosavia to raise the technological level of fique producers, began in 2014 and was presented to the community in 2020. This project included the development of a patent with utility model from the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce through Resolution No. 26158 of July 4, 2019. Currently, the device is in operation in the department of La Guajira.

The University's academic programs also promote interaction with the environment. In addition to the existing double degree agreements and cooperation agreements, the University created the first Chair in Design, Art and Science to be developed in Colombia, an interdisciplinary bet between the Faculties of Art and Design and Natural Sciences and Engineering that generates dialogues, reflections and new lines of cutting-edge research around biocreation, biomimicry, the development of clothing based on natural and intelligent fibers that connect to the internet of things and automation. This chair served as the foundation for the creation of the new PhD in Design, Art and Science.