Walter Benavides Antia
Columnist
Of 1,498 universities evaluated in the world by the British firm QS Quacquarelli Symonds in the latest report of 2024, UTP ranked 1,474, surpassing only 24 universities of the total universities evaluated.
These are the statistics that I would not like to publish.
The UTP is not going well. It has serious administrative problems that must be solved to improve quality in the QS ranking, which is an indicator that measures the quality of institutional research by all the works produced in it, and by the number of professors dedicated to research.
QS Ranking. Colombia in the world. Position. 198.
The Andes. Bogotá DC (goes from 220 in 2023 to 198 in 2024). Got better. Position 226.
U National. Bogotá DC (from 243 in 2023, to 226 in 2024). Got better. Position 347.
Javeriana. Bogotá DC (from 382 in 2023, to 347 in 2024). Got better. Post 706.
U of Antioquia. Medellín, (from 651 in 2023, to 706 in 2024). He got better. Post 715.
U del Rosario. Bogotá DC (from 751 in 2023, to 715 in 2024). Got better. Post 736.
EAFIT. Medellín, (from 801 in 2023, to 736 in 2024). Got better. Post 757.
Externed. Bogotá DC (from 651 in 2023, to 757 in 2024). He deteriorated. Post 797.
U of the Savannah. Bogotá DC (from 701 in 2023, to 797 in 2024). He got better. Post 830.
Bolivarian Pontifical. Medellín, (from 601 in 2023, to 830 in 2024). He got better. Post 938.
ICESI. Cali, (from 651 in 2023, to 938 in 2024). He got better. Rank 1,129.
U of the North. Barranquilla, (from 651 in 2023, to 1,129 in 2024). He got better. Position 1,131.
U of the Valley. Cali, (from 801 in 2023, to 1,131 in 2024). He got better. Position 1,132.
U Industrial de Santander UIS. Bucaramanga, (from 801 in 2023, to 1132 in 2024). He got better. Rank 1,237.
Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Bogotá (retained the 2023 position). Position 1,327. U of Cartagena (retained the 2023 position). Position 1,328.
U of Córdoba. Montería (from 1,101 in 2023, to 1,328 in 2024). He got better. Position 1,333.
U of Medellín. Medellin. (retained the 2023 position). Rank 1,339.
U of Cauca. Popayán, (retained the 2023 position). Position 1,452.
Catholic U. Bogotá DC (from 2,201 in 2023, to 1,452 in 2024). Got better. Position 1,456.
U of Caldas. Manizales, (from 1,201 in 2023, to 1,456 in 2024). Got better. Rank 1,458.
U of La Salle. Bogotá DC (from 1,201 in 2023, to 1,458 in 2024). He got better. Position 1,460.
U of Santander-UDES. Bucaramanga, (from 1,201 in 2023, to 1,460 in 2024). He got better. Position 1,463.
U of Magdalena. Santa Marta, (from 1,201 in 2023, to 1,463 in 2024). He got better. Position 1,473.
Bolívar Technological University. Cartagena, (retained the 2023 position). Finally, Position 1,474.
UTP. Pereira. (from 1,201 in 2023, to 1,474 in 2024). He got better. It lost 273 positions compared to 2023.
Conclusion.
UTP is beaten by all the well-known universities, but also by many unknown ones. The Free University (Pereira), the Catholic University (Pereira), the Technological University of Chocó (Quibdó), the Gran Colombia University (Armenia), the Andean Area University (Pereira), the Alexander Von Humboldt Business School fail to position themselves. (Armenia), Unisarc (Santa Rosa de Cabal), the Colegio Integrado Nacional Oriente de Caldas (Pennsylvania), Universidad Comfamiliar (Pereira), Minuto de Dios (Pereira), nor the Technological Studies Corporation of the North of the Valley (Carthage).
And that is even more serious, since they prepare more than 75% of higher education in the region. Historiadepereira.com