Universidad Autónoma de OccidenteCali, Colombia, South America

Resolution Nº 10740 september 6, 2012Institutional Accreditation granted by the Ministry of National Education

Valle Del Cauca is one of the regions with greater biodiversity and development in Colombia. It’s a privileged region because of its geographical location, multiculturalism, modern infrastructure, business strength, and entrepreneurship as well as the kind spirit of its inhabitants.

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The region is the door which joins the country with the economy of the Pacific region, axe of worldwide development in the current century. Buenaventura, its principal port, connects with more than 80 seaports of the world and mobilizes 50 % of the entire national freight.

Its industrial diversity makes Valle Del Cauca a leader region in products of worldwide class and home of the main sugar and pharmaceutical industry of the country. It’s a transforming center of raw materials which imports incomes and exports added value to the national, Andean, and North American markets principally, where companies have found a firm platform to produce and export to more than 52 multinationals.

The Valle Del Cauca industry finds itself in third place of importance in Colombia since it has a great variety of agricultural and industrial products. Its economy is also founded on the articulation of productive chains of services such as health, logistics, software, engineering, tourism, cultural industries, education, and knowledge.

Its capital is Santiago de Cali, the third most important city of Colombia. Its strategic location, its industrial, commercial, and service vocation, its leadership in entrepreneurship responsibility and its human talent, makes it one of the greatest urban centers attractions for the investors in the Colombian south-west. It’s a cheerful and modern city, characterized by its warm weather and fruitful and generous landscape; in the midst of all this, in the south edge of the city, the campus of Universidad Autonoma de Occidente is found.

City features:

73,4ºF

2’294.643 hab.

3,271 ft

218 sq mi

The university campus joins technological, architectonic, and environmental elements to guarantee the integral education of our students according to the objectives outlined by the University towards the future.

The University trains ethical, creative, and reflective professionals, able to think globally in order to perform locally, with the necessary teamwork and communication skills, as well as being able to respect other’s ideas and assume leadership. Thus, the education is oriented to develop competences which favor:

» The critical reflection on the contents of learning. » The construction of learning in situations contrary to the ideal or foreign contexts. » The capacity to judge rational arguments including their own and learning by themselves in order to foster intellectual autonomy and personal growth.

» Openness to dialogue and different forms of analysis, knowledge, argumentation, and research. » The respect and care for the environment, in pro of sustainable development. » The usage of technological tools which facilitate generation of knowledge.

In this context, the new educational model of the institution is integral, flexible, and socially pertinent. It is integral since it is concerned with the professional, physical and ethical education of its students; flexible, so that the program contents can be adapted to the changes and needs of modern life; and socially pertinent, in order for the university to have a synergic interaction with the region and propose solutions to its problems.

To achieve this, the University counts with 72 laboratories, more than 130 audiovisual spaces, a library with access to more than 200.000 documents in all the areas of knowledge in both digital and physical format, a staff of professors with Masters Degree and PhD, graduated from well known universities from both the country and abroad.

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CAMPUS VALLE DEL LILI

The 366.847 sq ft of the Valle del Lili campus, located in the outskirts of the city, are distinguished by an architecture which privileges the space, beautiful gardens and a high technological investment.

a. Central building: Administrative Offices, deans’ offices, library and auditoriums.

b. Laboratories, computing rooms and television studios (basements).

c. Central Square (agora).d. Classrooms buildings (4 in total).e. Students’ cafeteria.f. University welfare building.g. Mixed area: sports courts and fields, waste

water treatment plant, and parking lots.h. Villa Laurentino: students’ gym, cafeteria

and recreational zones.i. Farallones Gym: Coliseum and swimming

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WHY THE UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE OCCIDENTE?

The University has reached great developments in research, its programs are recognized by its high academic quality in the local, national and international contexts; it holds solid and important graduate programs; it counts with a staff of professors recognized by their professional and scientific quality; its students get higher results than the average in the SABER-PRO tests, its graduates show a high performance as professionals, the welfare institutional program is a model to be followed in the country, and the region recognizes the great contributions the University has done in the professional and scientific area to promote the regional development.

The following data confirm its quality:

» Ten accredited programs and two in the renovation process of accreditation in high quality, granted by the National Council of Accreditation.

» Academic team with PhD and Masters’ Degree, graduates from recognized colleges from the country and abroad.

» 28 research groups recognized by Colciencias, due to their academic and scientific production.

» 72 laboratories with excellent infrastructure and cutting edge technology.

» More than 130 audiovisual spaces and a campus with Wireless coverage.

» More than 250 agreements with educational institutions abroad which facilitate the students’ mobility.

» Possibility of dual degree in institutions in the USA » Library with access to more than 200.000 documents in both digital and physical format from the entire world, in the different areas of knowledge.

» Institutional agreements to practice in the most important companies of the region and the country.

» The percentages of employment of our graduates exceed the regional and national average.

The Universidad Autónoma de Occidente performs an Institutional Self-evaluation process, convinced that the accomplishment of its social responsibility is based on the capacity it has to recognize its potentialities and to identify the fields in which it requires to implement quick and efficient actions in order to improve the levels of quality reached.

“The commitment for our institutional quality has been a permanent challenge from the early days of the University, which historically has allowed the development of our activities and projects, consolidating our regional, national, and international image throughout time.”

Luis H. Pérez, Chancellor.

Universidad Autonoma de Occidente offers, through its five faculties, 21 undergraduate programs and 18 of graduate. The last one consolidates an academic offer which responds to its mission and regional vocation. Thereby, the quality and pertinence of its academic programs, formal and informal are highly valued by its students and graduates, as well as by its employees.

Consistent with the proposal of innovative programs, Majors such as Banking and Finances, Environmental Engineering, Cinema and Digital Communication are created and integrated to the undergraduate offer. The School of Graduates responds to that tendency with unique programs in the regions such as the Masters in Logistics, Communication and Hygiene, and Industrial Safety.

The intellectual production of the faculties is reflected, besides, in their most outstanding publications, such as “El Hombre y la Máquina”, “Economía y Administración”, “Habladurías” and “Cibionte”, as well as other specialized magazines in which the faculty of the University participates, made up by more than 600 professors with a high education level. There is also an Educational Center of Innovation which works on the promotion and development of Active Learning Methodologies, laboratories recognized nationwide and research groups which work in areas of great impact. All this characterizes the Autónoma de Occidente as a source of knowledge in the Colombian South West and a reference in the country.

The following are the Faculties which the Institution has and the academic Departments attached to them:

FACULTIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

FACULTY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

FACULTY OF BASIC SCIENCES

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

Faculty of Engineering

» Department of Energy and Mechanics. » Department of Automation and Electronics. » Department of Operations and Systems.

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

» Department of Economic Sciences. » Department of Administrative Sciences.

Faculty of Social Communication

» Department of Advertising and Design. » Department of Communication Sciences. » Department of Language.

Faculty of Humanities

» Department of Humanities. » Department of Social Sciences.

Faculty of Basic Sciences

» Departments of Mathematics. » Department of Physics. » Department of Environmental Sciences.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE » Environmental Engineering » Biomedical Engineering - Accredited1

» Electrical Engineering - Accredited1

» Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications » Industrial Engineering - In process of Renovation of accreditation2

» Informatics Engineering - Accredited1

» Mechanical Engineering - Accredited1

» Mechatronics Engineering » Multimedia Engineering

» Business Administration - Accredited1

» Business Administration Dual Modality - International Certification3

» Touristic Administration Dual Modality » Banking and Finances » Public Accounting » Economics - Accredited1

» Marketing and International Business

» Cinema and Digital Communication » Advertising Communication » Social Communication – Journalism - Nationally1 and internationally Accredited4

» Design of Graphic Communication - Accredited1

» Environment and Natural Resources Management - Accredited1

» Masters in Hygiene and Industrial Safety » Masters in Engineering » Masters in Integrated Logistics » Specialization in Automation of Equipment and Industrial Processes » Specialization in Energy Efficiency » Specialization in Electro Medicine and Hospital Technological Management » Specialization in Hygiene and Industrial Safety » Specialization in Informatics Safety » Specialization in Telematics (Agreement with the U. del Cauca, Col.)

» Masters in Business Administration » Masters in Economics (Agreement with the U. de Sevilla, Spain) » Specialization in Finances » Specialization in Marketing

» Masters in Communication » Specialization in Organizational Communication » Specialization in Advertising Management

» Masters in Philosophy of Contemporary Law In collaboration with the “Bartolomé de las Casas” Human Rights Institute of Universidad Carlos III from Madrid, Spain.

» Specialization in Environmental Management (Virtual Modality)

Snies (National System of Higher Education Information) Graduate Codes: 90833, 54886, 53941, 91041, 20121, 20148, 20102, 20103, 20124 / 90793, 53814, 20122, 20123 / 90569, 20110, 54471 / 53767 / 20105

Snies (National System of Higher Education Information) Undergraduate Codes: 53485, 20146, 20113, 55170, 20151, 20096, 20104, 20095, 20115 / 53141, 20107, 20109, 20127, 20152, 54902, 20100 / 20106, 20128, 20118, 54405 / 20099

1 Accredited programs by the National Council of Accreditation because of its high academic quality.2 Programs in a renovation of accreditation process in the CAN3 Certqua Certification of the German Chamber of Commerce4. Internationally Accredited by the Inter American Press

RESEARCH SYSTEM

The Direction of Research and Technological Development, DIDT, is the executive unit of the research system of the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente and it has three axis of work:

» The programs and fields of research are focused on the projects as basic units of work and they form the academic axis of the system.

» The research groups and their associated and derived forms, such as centers, institutions, consortiums, corporations, networks, and others, constitute the organizational axis of the system.

» The institutional frame of the University and the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation, (Sncti), make up the normative axis.

Research Groups

» Institutionally Recognized: 28 » Registered in Colciencias: 28 » Categorized by Colciencias: 22

Research Centers

» Interdisciplinary center of Colombian Pacific Region Studies, CIER. » The University participates in two inter-regional centers: Bioinnova and Center of Excellence in Materials.

Research Groups categorized by Colciencias

» Economy and Development - Category A1 » Fluid Mechanics - Category A1 » Environmental Studies for Sustainable Development - Category B » Science and Material Engineering - Category B » Communication - Category B » Energies - Category B » Sociopolitical studies - Category B » Competitiveness and Entrepreneurial Productivity - Category C » Education - Category C » Communication for Development - Category C » Telematics and Applied Informatics - Category C » Knowledge Management and Society of Information - Category C » Administrative Sciences - Category C » Advanced Materials for Micro and Nanotechnology - Category C » Biomedical Engineering - Category C » Biofuels - Category C » Humanities, Society and Contemporary Higher Education - Category D » Remote Control Systems and Distributed Control - Category D » Technology for Manufacturing – Category D » New Solids with Industrial Uses – Category D » Organizations and Conflicts - Category D » Accounting and Finances – Category D

LABORATORIES

The Universidad Autonoma de Occidente considers laboratories as one of the most significant scenarios for academic work; a place to experiment and produce knowledge which provides solutions to problems and allows to practice and deepen the acquired knowledge. The University has consolidated a platform that is currently one of its differentiators among the private universities in the region and in the country.

It has an infrastructure of 5.840 squared meters distributed in 72 laboratories with state of the art technology from which 62% of them enable research work since they are mixed or dedicated to research.

The laboratories in the University are distributed like this:

» Electrical and Mechanics laboratories » Industrial laboratories » Environmental laboratories » Informatics and Multimedia laboratories » Biomedical laboratories » Automation and Electronics laboratories » Merchandising Analysis laboratory » Financial Analysis laboratory » Organizational Solutions Center (Censor) » Gesell Chamber » Entrepreneurship Institutional Center » Television Studios » Photography laboratory

» Digital Image laboratories » 2D and 3D Animation laboratories » Digital Video laboratory » digital Sound laboratories » Chemistry laboratory » Environmental Sciences Integrated laboratory » Plant Micro propagation laboratory » Bioprocesses laboratory » Geographical Information Systems laboratory (SIG)

ACADEMIC SUPPORT RESOURCES

Library

The library of the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente is a unit attached to the Academic Vice chancellor’s office, where the access to information in all the knowledge fields and other cultural expressions is promoted and facilitated. The latter is with the aim of strengthening activities related to research, teaching and extension, through an adequate combination of management, human and technological resources. Thus, face to face and online resources are combined to guarantee the universal access to information.

It includes over 20.000 books and magazines in both, digital and physical format, and has access to bibliographic databases, books, and journals in electronic format, adding more than 200.000 documents available to the university community.

Computing Resources

The Universidad Autonoma de Occidente has a robust computing platform of support for its diverse processes. It is necessary to point out that approximately 80% of the equipment is for academic use, and it has the most recent technology and updated software licenses.

Physical Plant

The university campus has the required spaces, not just for the development of academic activities but also to educate in other dimensions. From this perspective, the Campus Valle del Lili was designed as a friendly space for the learning and enjoyment of the university life.

Distribution by Areas in the Campus Valle del Lili:

» Classrooms: 5.524 m2 » Library: 1.816 m2 » Auditoriums: 2.926 m2 » Laboratories: 5.840 m2 » Sports area: 22.919 m2 » Paths, squares, and green areas: 23.983 m2 » Administrative, common, and services areas: 48.807 m2

INSTITUTIONAL CENTER OF ENTERPRENEURSHIP

The Universidad Autonoma de Occidente conceives, in a wide sense, the entrepreneurship as an attitude of life expression, aimed at the design and execution of innovative solutions, responsible and effective to the surrounding problems which, besides being social value generators, have to build up real alternatives to the individual development.

The Institutional Center of Entrepreneurship (CIEE) was created in response to this necessity, in order to achieve the development of the entrepreneurship as one of the distinctive hallmarks in the professional training that the University offers. The services that the CIEE offers are:

Education

» Enterprising and Entrepreneurship Initiative » Ideas and business opportunities » Business plan » Thesis – Entrepreneurship project modality

Extension

» School of Entrepreneurs » Business conversations » UAO – Starting your Entrepreneurship » Training and Assessment » Zeiky

Research

» Autonoma School Network, REA » Motiva Network » Round Table on Entrepreneurship Latin America, Reela – Stanford University.

INTERNATIONALIZATION

Dual Degree (Global connections)

Global connections is a program from Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3), developed to offer students the opportunity to study in The United States and expand their cultural horizons; enrich their academic training and provide them with greater opportunities of personal and professional development.

Likewise, the program offers the opportunity of multiple degrees in up to three higher education institutions of high academic level.

Disney International College Program

The participants of Disney International College Program in Walt Disney World ®, Resort close to Orlando, Florida (United States), have the opportunity to live an academic experience and work in customer service positions at theme parks and resorts, giving them the possibility to meet visitors and worldwide cultures and to have an incomparable experience that will change their lives.

Language Courses

It involves studying an academic period of foreign language in the country where it is spoken. For this purpose, Universidad Autonoma de Occidente has partner institutions, experts in this kind of programs.

Semester Abroad

Universidad Autonoma de Occidente has agreements with more than 250 institutions worldwide, offering a scholarship of up to 70% off the value of the tuition, to students who will be in academic exchange. Depending on the type of agreement, the student might not have to pay at the university where he/she arrives.

Once the destination is settled, it is defined in the foreign university which subjects have similar contents to the ones at Universidad Autonoma de Occidente. The subjects that are taken in the semester exchange program are homologated, following the protocol previously established for these cases.

Agreements

Rest of the World

An essential part of the mission of Universidad Autónoma de Occidente is the internationalization of its academic processes; consequently, it counts with different agreements and programs in order for its students to be able to live a real international experience.

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSORS

FRANCISCO JAVIER ANSUÁTEGUI

Director of the Human Rights Institute “Bartolomé de las Casas”

U. Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

KELLY WESSEL

Associate Biology Professor – Tompkins Cortland Community College (United States)

JORGE PARRA RODRÍGUEZ

Masters Program Coordinator

Tecnologico de Monterrey (México)

“Since the beginning of my collaborations with the Autonoma de Occidente, I have been able to observe various characteristics that I can highlight, such as the capacity and the level of education of its professors who maintain a constant effort to reach perfection and keep themselves updated. Additionally, there is an administrative structure that provides an excellent support to teaching and research. This operation is also characterized by a suitable use of the information and communication technologies. It also stands out, in my opinion, its awareness of the social function that universities have to develop today, allowing it to stand as an irreplaceable element of development in the region and the country”.

“The experience was superb, the entire course is well organized, people are friendly and the itinerary we had was incredibly enriching for our students who could visit the different ecosystems and the biomes; it has been inspiring for me and my students.”

“The Autonoma Campus has a great infrastructure; the laboratories support and the hardware and software they have, gives you the impression they are really focused on a well-structured education process and the development of citizen competences that the region, the country, and the world need.”

MARTA MOLINA

Cinema and Digital Communication (Spain)

MARIE QUINNEY

Leeds University (England)

JULIA BAKER

British Council (England)

“I was fascinated with the infrastructure of the UAO; it is a well maintained university, very clean and with much floral charm. Professors are very friendly and I like the classes’ methodology, I find everything very creative. The technologies and the university means are great; you have all the amenities for the students. Likewise, the programs offered by the University are a very good proposal so that the student feels at home even when studying. I joined the Godfather program which is the best thing I could have done, and the attention that I have been given from international relations is incredible.”

“At Universidad Autonoma de Occidente there’s a great culture of respect and commitment .In my classes in England there’s an average of 200 students, while here there are much smaller classes, around 20 to 30 people; I think with this system you can learn better. To me is much easier being a student here.”

“I chose Colombia among the Latin America countries because in my mind, it is the best place in the entire continent; its people, its music, its food are incomparable to other places, besides, before traveling, my university partners told me, Travel at ease that Colombia is a fantastic place! Personally, this experience gave me cultural growth and I matured a lot. My recommendation for other students is without hesitating to come to Colombia, you can take advantage of the whole experience!”

“One of my dreams has been to travel to Colombia, first because it is the first host country of the network Duale Hochschule in Latin-America, with 10 years of background and experience, and above all because it has always been characterized for its charisma, the attention and kindness from its people in Cali and I definitely confirmed it in this city and specially with the people who make part of the Autonoma de Occidente because they greeted me with their arms wide open and helped me to feel at home which made this experience completely satisfactory. “

EXCHANGE STUDENTS

INGRID LISETH BONILLA

Business Administration Dual Modality (Ecuador)

UNIVERSITY WELL-BEING UNIT

It is an area which seeks to contribute to the integral education of people, the improvement of the institutional quality of life and the strengthening of the university coexistence.

University Well-Being Unit promotes and creates conditions for the students with different shifts, careers, and seniority, to have programs and actions according to their needs. For this, the programs design is based on the recognition of its interests, hobbies, and talents, paying attention to the development of the human being’s dimensions, the administrative management, and the well-being logistics.

To experience the University dynamically and to create democratic spaces is the policy of the programs and activities.

At Autonoma areas of own development by The Well-Being Unit are raised:

» Health: Health brigades, Healthy autonomous Week, nursery, and medical consultation.

» Sports and recreation: Educational, competitive, and recreational sport.

» Leadership education. » Support for cognitive development and academic recovery. » Coexistence Education. » Psychological and affective growth and development. » Artistic and cultural expressions development. » Education and spirituality expression. » Environmental education. » Cultural education workshops: Dancing, vocal technique, cultural dancing, guitar, music groups, folk percussion, painting, theatre, drums, artistic drawing, play dough, storytelling, among others.

» Activities and permanent events: CUAO Café, Cine Club, Concert of the month, Theater a la carte, Unicuento, University song Festival.

» Social Facilitators School. » Integral Program of students’ dropout Prevention. » PASE Program, support to university volunteering process. » Individual psychological counseling. Healthy Lifestyles. » Counseling for university life. » Development of job competences, strengthening of cognitive and psychosocial abilities.

Inclusive University Program

It is a support and counseling program to help people in vulnerable situations, its objective is to find alternatives and supporting networks that facilitate the quality of life in the university context, being academic or personal. Likewise, it seeks to work with the university community in the awareness process regarding difference and plurality in the population.

GOD FATHER PROGRAM CASA

It’s a program designed to counsel students coming from different places besides Cali city.

The God father program aims at facilitating the adaptation process to the university life and to the city of Cali; additionally, it works as support to improve academic development through a series of activities, such as:

» How to relate and meet new people, and how to overcome obstacles regarding the adaptation process in the University.

» To visit important places in the city which are representative because of their history and cultural tradition.

» To approach a better understanding of himself/herself and improve relationships.

» To strengthen academic performance through an accompaniment, in the process learning about the benefits the University has to offer.

Care Center for Services and accompaniment to Students (CASA)

This center offers personalized attention to students with regard to their concerns or requirements and it verifies that they get timely response.

» It serves as a channel for effective dialogue among students and the units of the University.

» It accompanies new students in their introduction process to the university life.

EXTENSION UNIT

The Extension Unit is the continuous education center, consultancy, advice and supervision of the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, its purpose is the integration and interaction of the teaching and research functions with the environment through formulating projects of social, economic and environmental transformation in order to contribute to the local and national solution of problems in different sectors. The services offered are:

Continuing Education Programs

Non-formal academic education programs which aim at updating or complementing knowledge in specific areas, with the purpose of strengthening the professional and non professional competences in the organizational environment.

Consulting and business assessment

Specialized integral consulting, assessment and supervision service, which allows it to diagnose, design, advice, implement, evaluate, and do a follow up in order to contribute in solving the problems in search of the competitiveness and development of organizations.

Application fields in continuing education and consulting

» Integral management, administrative and financial » Organizational management and human talent » Environmental management, quality and certification » Social responsibility » Entrepreneurship » Logistics, purchasing and inventory » Marketing, commercial management and customer service » Foreign trade » Communication and advertising » Projects management, operations and production » Occupational health and industrial safety » Electrical , Energetic, mechanical, and automatic management

» Public and social management » Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) » Consulting projects for all sectors

Language Institute

It offers programs according to different people’s needs. For institutions and companies it provides assessment to implement intensive English and bilingual programs, and corporate language courses for specific purposes.

For the general public it offers English(special English programs for children and teenagers), French, Italian, Portuguese, and Mandarin courses; international exams preparation (TOEFL, IELTS, FCE, PET, KET, GMAT, and GRE), official translations, conversation clubs, reading and academic writing courses, and immersion programs in English, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

Zeiky

It is the Information and Assessment Center in Foreign Trade, created through an interagency cooperation agreement between Proexport – Colombia, The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, and Bancoldex, in order to provide to the general public and specially the exporters, basic and specialized information in foreign trade.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Registration requirements

» Test result equivalent to the Colombian testing Icfes Saber 11 » Copy of the identification document (valid passport or alien identification card) » Duly completed registration form » Two photos with white background 3×4 cms. » Payment stub of the rights of registration

Requirements for enrollment

» Copy of high school diploma and/or degree certificate, or its equivalent in the country of origin, validated by the Ministry of National Education. (diplomas obtained in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Panamá, Chile, Cuba, Paraguay, and Spain, or those countries which the Colombian State has signed agreements on the subject are exempted of this requirement)

» Student visa valid for no less than the duration of the academic program registered; for foreign residents, alien identification card.

» Membership certificate to an entity which provides health services.

NOTE: Original documents which language is different to Spanish, should be translated by a Colombian State authorized institution.

Contact information

Valle del Lili Campus – Cl 25 # 115 – 85

Telephone: (57 – 2) 318 8000 extensions 11215 and 11216

E-mail: ori@uao.edu.co

Web page: www.uao.edu.co

Facebook: www.facebook.com/universidadautonomadeoccidente

Twitter: www.twitter.com/lauao

Higher education institution subject to inspection and supervision by the Ministry of National Education Rev. 1.0EN 2012/11/15

Valle del Lili Campus, Km. 2 Cali – JamundiTel: (57 – 2) 318 8000 exts. 11215 and 11216ori@uao.edu.co

Resolution Nº 10740 september 6, 2012Institutional Accreditation granted by the Ministry of National Education