EAFIT inspires, creates, and also transforms. Its research centers provide a space for academic reflection on societally relevant issues.
Urban and Environmental Studies Center (Urbam)
Drawing on the experience of Medellín and the metropolitan region, the Urban and Environmental Studies Center (Urbam) is an academic space for thought, critical reflection, and action pertaining to the city and the environment. Academics, public policy makers, and members of the private sector come together there to seek answers to problems from a broad-based and inter-disciplinary perspective.
www.eafit.edu.co/urbam
Asia Pacific Studies Center
EAFIT, in conjunction with the public and private sector, created the Asia Pacific Studies Center as a space for the university’s students, professors, and researchers to work together and expand their knowledge of issues relevant to that region. The center seeks to strengthen relations between Colombia and Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region through academic, research, and cultural initiatives.
www.eafit.edu.co/asiapacifico
Center for Political Analysis
The Center for Political Analysis carries out activities on four fronts: government and public policy; public and citizen security; political communication; and geopolitics and international relations.
Its work involves consulting, advisory, outreach, and applied research activities.
The center is affiliated with the School of Humanities’ Government and Political Science Department. All of the academic and research efforts of the undergraduate program in Political Science are linked to the center with a view to offering a portfolio of services to public and private-sector institutions.
www.eafit.edu.co/centroanalisispolitico
Center for Studies in Reading and Writing (Celee)
Celee is the Center for Studies in Reading and Writing of the EAFIT University, attached to the Department of Humanities. The center is committed to strengthening the reading and writing skills of the Institution's students, professors, and employees, as well as the region's academic and business community. For this purpose, it has specialized personnel and provides courses, workshops, advice, and consultancy on these skills.
See Celee website
International accreditations:
AASCB Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
CACSLA Accreditation to the Accreditation Council of Social, Accounting and Administrative Sciences in Higher Education of Latin America A.C.
AMBA Accreditation to Association of MBAs
BGA International Accreditation Business Graduate Association