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University of Antioquia
University of Antioquia is a public university in Medellín, Colombia, founded in 1803.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Medellín, Colombia
- Founded
- 1803
- Teaching language
- Spanish
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The University of Antioquia (Universidad de Antioquia, UdeA) is a public university in Medellín, Colombia. It traces its origins to a Franciscan college founded in 1803 and is the main public university of the department of Antioquia.
Its University City campus in Medellín, with notable modernist architecture and murals, is complemented by regional campuses across Antioquia. UdeA's faculties and schools cover medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmaceutical sciences, public health, engineering, exact and natural sciences, law and political science, economics, social and human sciences, education, arts, communications and agricultural sciences. It is one of Colombia's leading research universities.
Teaching is in Spanish. Admission is through the university's own entrance exam, and fees are scaled by family income.
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