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Research at the service of the community with national and regional positioning
- 7 noviembre, 2023

Research advances, grows and is consolidated at the María Cano University Foundation according to its location in the DTI-Sapiens 2023 Ranking, which shows the classification of the best Colombian higher education institutions according to Technological Development and Innovation-DTI- indicators. It is published every two years, since 2017, and the variables analyzed are five: certified or validated technological products (TEC), business products (EMP), regulations, standards and technical regulations (RNL), technical concepts (CON), and records of license agreements for the exploitation of works of art, architecture and design protected by copyright (MR), as explained in the Ranking-DTI- own Methodology. In the current version, 257 higher education institutions throughout the country were analyzed, with the following results for the Institution:
At the national level, counting all the HEIs analyzed, that is, Universities, University Institutions and Technological Institutions, both public and private, the María Cano University Foundation ranked 49th in the country:
When comparing the work of the so-called public and private university institutions, which is the case of María Cano, it managed to reach position 9 among 103 institutions of its type analyzed in Colombia:
Also at the national level and comparing only University Institutions, but only from the private sector, María Cano ranked 5th among 75 institutions of its type, analyzed this year by Sapiens Research:
When analyzing the results in the department of Antioquia, it is observed that when making the comparison with higher education institutions, that is, Universities, University Institutions and Technological Institutions, both public and private, María Cano ranked 7th among 36 institutions analyzed. in the department:
Continuing with the analysis of the departmental level, taking into account only the HEIs that are University Institutions, so that the comparison is with entities of the same nature, both public and private, María Cano ranked 2nd among 20 institutions of the same type analyzed. in the department:
Finally, also at the departmental level and comparing University Institutions, but only from the private sector, María Cano ranked 1 among 13 institutions of the same type analyzed in the department:
The results of the DTI-Sapiens 2023 Ranking can be summarized as follows:
For the María Cano University Foundation, this result demonstrates the serious and committed work of the Institution through the research groups, the researchers, the projects that are led in topics of technological development and innovation, which involve all the members of the university community. Likewise, it is evident that important efforts are being made around the circulation and social appropriation of specialized knowledge in accordance with the quality standards of higher education, particularly in the areas of knowledge and in the disciplines in which the action is implicit. institutional.
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