Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Calle 74 # 14 – 14
Bogotá
Colombia

Phone: + (57) 1 325 – 75 00
Website: http://www.usergioarboleda.edu.co/

About the university: Universidad Sergio Arboleda was established in 1984 in Bogota D.C. as a private university and as a not-for-profit institution, with the intention to form and educate students with values, where the knowledge could be complemented with the development of human beings with culture and ethics. In 1994, a new campus was established in the city of Santa Marta, following the vision and the mission stated 10 years ago. Today, the campus of Bogota has 17 undergraduate programs, 25 specialization programs, eight Master's programs and a doctorate program, as well as an executive education program organized in seven schools. The campus of Santa Marta has five undergraduate programs, eight specialization programs and executive education programs.

The business school, called Escuela Internacional de Administración y Marketing (International School of Business & Marketing) began in 1991, with the undergraduate program of Finance and International Trade, followed by Corporate Management in 1996, International Marketing in 2001, Accountancy in 2004, and recently the programs of Logistics, Business Administration and International Trade (Table 1). With the trends of the market and the need of professionals to continue its education progress, the business school create a postgraduate school called PRIME Business School in 2004 with the Master of Business Management – MBA, and in 2008 the Master of International Trade, the Master of Financial Management and the Executive Master of Business Management were initiated (Table 2).

Table 1
International School of Business & Marketing's Undergraduate Programs

Table 2
PRIME Business School's Graduate Programs

The International School of Business and Marketing and PRIME Business School is member of several respected international bodies like CLADEA (Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración), BALAS (The Business Association of Latin American Studies), AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), PRIME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) and the Virtual Institute of UNCTAD; and member of national bodies like ASCOLFA (Asociación Colombiana de Facultades de Administración) and RCPI (Red Colombiana de Profesiones Internacionales).

Areas of expertise: The International School of Business and Marketing have two (2) research groups recognized by Colciencias: Category A: Competitiveness and Markets and Category B: Financial Management. The first one is involved with the economic environment and its effects in business. The second one is involved in the corporative analysis, and the effects in international trade, business`s competitiveness and management.

Table 4
The International School of Business and Marketing Research

Table 5
Research's Achievements in 2012

Courses offered: The International School of Business and Marketing is in charge of the courses related to trade and development and it has become a referent in Colombia for the expertise of the area, establishing courses for graduate and undergraduate students, offering the following programs:

Table 3
Programs related to trade and development

Knowing the importance and the dynamics of trade and development, the International School of Business and Marketing has been working to establish a new undergraduate program that offers especially topics of trade and development, called “International Trade”. The program has been accepted by the Ministry of Education of Colombia, and will initiate by the second semester of 2013.

As for the Master of International Trade, it is the only Master in Colombia that is exclusively related to trade and development, showing the importance and the expertise of the University.