The University of Manizales, is a regional educational institution that began its history July 24, 1972, as the Cooperative Development of Higher Education. In 1983, he became Manizales University Foundation; and finally, the Ministry of Education, through Resolution No. 2317 of 1992 gave institutional recognition as a university. On Monday July 24, 1972, at 6:30 pm, 200 students began classes Accounts Government, Law, Economics and Psychology at the headquarters of the Industrial Technology Institute. At present, the University of Manizales has about five thousand students, who pursue their careers in academic programs, distributed in five areas of knowledge: social sciences , economic sciences, engineering sciences, legal sciences and health sciences. This panorama of knowledge is duly certified accreditations high quality of its academic programs, which are supported by the rating as other masters have 158 members among teachers and administrators; and 18 doctors, also distributed among teachers and administrators.