Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

The Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas is a public, coeducational, research university based Bogotá, Colombia. It is the second most important public higher education institution in the city, after the National University of Colombia, with a population of 26,140 students. It was founded in 1948, by Priest Daniel de Caicedo, who would become its first rector, with the support of the Bogotá City Council, as the Municipal University of Bogotá.

The university offers 70 programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including four master and one doctorates.

The university is member of the Association of Colombian Universities (ASCUN),[2] the Iberoamerican Association of Postgraduate Universities (AUIP),[3] and the Iberoamerican University Network Universia.