Universidad Externado de Colombia

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá

  • #901-950 QS Global World Ranking
  • PrivateStatus
  • MediumResearch Output
  • 13,781Total Students
  • 1,721Faculty
  • 167Int'l Students

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Colombia-based Externado University offers  17 undergraduate courses across the following 10 departments:

  • Business administration
  • Law
  • Education sciences
  • Social communication: journalism
  • Tourism and hotel business administration
  • Cultural heritage studies
  • Public accounting
  • Finance, government and international relations
  • Economics
  • Social and human studies


Admission requirements include the Colombian bachiller (secondary school certificate) and the Examen de Estado (the State Exams), or the
SAT and/or ACT for US students seeking to transfer to the university.

Average tuition fees depend on your nationality, although they average COP12,000,000 at undergraduate level (US$4,096). Funding is available for international students through third-party student grants and loans.

International students interested in taking an undergraduate course at Externado University will either be admitted through a joint agreement that Externado has with a partner university or as a free-mover student. To find out more, contact the International Office with your query.

About

Colombia-based Externado University offers  17 undergraduate courses across the following 10 departments:

  • Business administration
  • Law
  • Education sciences
  • Social communication: journalism
  • Tourism and hotel business administration
  • Cultural heritage studies
  • Public accounting
  • Finance, government and international relations
  • Economics
  • Social and human studies


Admission requirements include the Colombian bachiller (secondary school certificate) and the Examen de Estado (the State Exams), or the
SAT and/or ACT for US students seeking to transfer to the university.

Average tuition fees depend on your nationality, although they average COP12,000,000 at undergraduate level (US$4,096). Funding is available for international students through third-party student grants and loans.

International students interested in taking an undergraduate course at Externado University will either be admitted through a joint agreement that Externado has with a partner university or as a free-mover student. To find out more, contact the International Office with your query.

University highlights

QS World University Ranking

  • 2016
    #441-450
  • 2017
    #401-410
  • 2018
    #401-410
  • 2019
    #=407
  • 2020
    #=480
  • 2021
    #561-570
  • 2022
    #591-600
  • 2023
    #651-700
  • 2024
    #751-760
  • 2025
    #901-950

Student & Staff

Total students
13,781

60%
40%

International students
167

53%
47%

Total faculty staff
1,721

135
1586

Total students
13,781

60%
40%

International students
167

53%
47%

Total faculty staff
1,721

1586
135
2024
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Campus locations

Bogotá Campus,

Universidad Externado de Colombia , Bogotá , Colombia ,

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English language requirements

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