Welcome to Bucaramanga, Colombia

Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Facultad de Ciencias y Escuela de Física

The Macondo JWST School COSPAR Meeting will be held at UIS, Central campus, Bucaramanga. Accommodation and meals will be fully provided for students and lecturers throughout the two-week workshop. Lecturers will have individual rooms, while participants traveling from outside Bucaramanga, Colombia, will share accommodations.

Additionally, selected participants may receive partial reimbursement of the economy fare to support their attendance.

How to arrive?

Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Central Campus, is located in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, about 22 km from Palonegro International Airport (BGA). Here are the best ways to reach the campus:

1. From Airport

Taxi or share taxi (Fastest & Most Convenient)

You can book an airport taxi from the arrivals entrance.
Travel time: 40 min - 1h (depending on traffic).
Approximate fare: 40000COP - 14USD

2. From Terminal Bus Station

Taxi or Uber (Fastest & Most Convenient)

There is a line taxi outside entrance 2, waiting to take
Travel time: 20 min (depending on traffic).
Approximate fare: 18000COP - 6USD

Bus

Stop in the Entrance 4
Travel time: 40 min (depending on traffic).
Approximate fare: 3000COP - 1USD

Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) is a leading public university in Bucaramanga, Colombia, renowned for its high-quality research. Its School of Physics, part of the Faculty of Sciences, offers robust academic programs and nationally recognized specialized laboratories.

Faculty of Sciences and School of Physics:

Count with an undergraduate degree in Physics and graduate programs, including master’s degrees (Physics, Geophysics, Applied Mathematics) and a Ph.D. in Physics. Top-tier research groups ranked among the best in the country according to scientific indices such as the Nature Index. The university has specialized laboratories for theoretical and experimental work.

The School of physics counts with a Relativity and Gravitational research group (GIRG), that contains also the Halley Astronomical group, that mainly focus on high energies physics applied to volcano radiography, but also lead some astronomical thesis related with galaxies and stellar physics with some international collaborations.

Santander Attractions

Chicamocha canion

Beautiful towns

Amazing food