University of Zulia. Autonomous university located in the State of Zulia, Venezuela. Founded in 1891, it is a public institution with approximately 65,000 undergraduate and graduate students, distributed in 11 faculties in the city of Maracaibo.
History
Founded in 1891, LUZ is a century-old institution, with roots deeply embedded in the spirit of the region. Its path, from 1891 until its closure in 1904, until its reopening in 1946 has not been easy, its budget deficit has been a constant, as well as the confrontation with national governments and with power cliques that have tried to put it under control. service of a particular ideology or political model. The university has remained on its path and faces the third millennium planted in the lines of development that the future demands. Since the beginning of the 19th century, the inhabitants of Maracaibo had sued before the government of José Antonio Páez the creation of an institution of higher studies on the basis of the existing Colegio Seminario. This request was not successful, but the Marabinos persisted in their efforts: a university that would accompany the economic, cultural and intellectual development of the region was essential.
Work strategies
Mission
It is a scientific-educational institution based on the most solid principles of ethics, justice, freedom and autonomy, whose purpose is the creation, transmission and application of knowledge as a social value that generates skills for creativity and innovation, to promote and organize through permanent education, the full development of the human and citizen potential of the individual, as well as the strengthening of the critical analysis of their anticipation and vision of the future, for the timely elaboration of viable alternatives to the problems of the region and the country. A key institution for regional and national development.
Vision
It will be conducted as an institution of academic excellence with social commitment, a leader in the generation of competitive scientific knowledge, transferable through the comprehensive training of world citizens, trained to interact independently and assertively in global societies. Avant-garde in strengthening national technological development, attending to social relevance, support for the production of the local, regional and national economy, as well as the need for sustainable development.
Goals
It is based on establishing itself as an institution that generates adequate responses, based on the development and consolidation of knowledge as a competitive advantage that is transmitted through teaching and extension, strengthening the processes of change in the institution and the country.
Shield
Designed by Dr. Jesús Enrique Lossada, LUZ’s first rector after the reopening, the shield is an elliptical figure, whose field is deep sky blue in color completely covered by small white clouds, elongated horizontally. The elements, prints and ornaments, all concur to symbolize that after 42 years of closure and reigning darkness, light, truth and wisdom shone again. Hence, the shield has eight light beams that pass through the clouds, and a window that is science, ready to open, without a lock or visible object to prevent it. The shield has two inscriptions indicate the dates of opening and reopening and a third inscription in Latin: Post Nubila Phoebus, which translates After the clouds, the sun.
Faculties
It is an institution of regional, national and international academic leadership, so its academic offer is adapted to the needs of the country and establishes a balance in the development of humanistic, scientific and technological studies.
Faculties of Maracaibo
- Agronomy faculty.
- Faculty of Architecture and Design.
- Faculty of economics and social sciences.
- Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences.
- Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
- Faculty of Humanities and Education.
- Faculty of Engineering.
- School of Medicine.
- Faculty of Dentistry.
- Experimental Faculty of Art.
- Experimental Faculty of Sciences.
Venues
Fixed Point Core Programs
- Professionalization in Nursing.
- Administration and Public Accounting Program.
- Science and Technology Program.
- Educational program.
Eastern Lake Coast Core Programs
- Professionalization in Nursing.
- Economic Sciences Program.
- Educational program.
- Engineering Program.