The process of gestation and definitive foundation of the University of North took place between 1959 and 1966 , amid an environment of economic growth and progress that has lived in the city of Barranquilla. " The process of gestation and definitive foundation of the University of North took place between 1959 and 1966 , amid an environment of economic growth and progress that has lived in the city of Barranquilla. A group of business leaders, led by Karl C. Parrish, representing the National Association of Industrialists (ANDI), the Barranquilla Foundation, today Mario Santo Domingo Foundation, and the Colombian Institute of Administration (Incolda) signed the minutes that the It constituted as a center of higher education the January 24, 1966. The July 11, 1966 , the University began its academic activities with 58 students and 10 teachers for basic cycle of Business Administration and Engineering."