Simón Bolívar University (Unisimón)

Simón Bolívar University, also known as Unisimón, is a university located in Barranquilla, with a campus in Cúcuta, Colombia, subject to inspection and monitoring by Law 1740 of 2014 and Law 30 of 1992 of the Ministry of Education of Colombia. It has the institutional accreditation of High Quality granted by the Ministry of Education of Colombia, being the third institution of Barranquilla together with the North University and the Free University to receive this recognition.

The university was founded by an outstanding character from the Atlantic Coast called José Consuegra Higgins in 1972.

The institution has 20 undergraduate programs, 23 specializations, 17 master's degrees and 4 doctorates, for a total of 64 academic programs. It is one of the four universities, next to the North University, the University of Atlántico and the University of the Coast in offering doctoral programs.