The Halls, including Antioquia, initially called Halls of female culture, were created by Law 48 of December 17, 1945. This law was signed by Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, president at the time, and the Minister of Education, Doctor historian Germán Arciniegas.In 1953 the so-called extension courses which gave knowledge in specific technologies in the field of the arts began. As extension program, the School of Dramatic Art, led by Fausto Cabrera Spanish, her ballet, Spanish dance is dictated and international figures of poetry and literature were brought was created.
Academically, he began work on the first of March 1946 and was officially opened by the Minister of Education, Dr. Germán Arciniegas on June 12 of that year, a total of 48 students to the Faculty of Arts with the following races and schools: in 1947 in an effort to continue to prepare women, Assistant Surgeon school opened, in the course of Aids of Surgery, at the suggestion of different doctors, given the need that they observed to specialize personnel in this area. This worked until 1952. In 1951 Clinical Laboratory School, who carried this name until 1955 year in which began operating as Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory, with three years of study and one of practices program is currently open develops professionally.