Colombian University Faculty by Program and Contract Type

Docentes catedráticos por programa varios periodos. The dataset originates from the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for FACULTAD, Dependencia/Programa, Tipo de Vinculacion, and Formacion_Academica.

Use Cases

• Analyze faculty distribution across academic programs (Dependencia/Programa) and departments (FACULTAD).
• Study the relationship between academic background (Formacion_Academica) and contract type (Tipo de Vinculacion).
• Profile faculty demographics using the Genero and Categorias columns.
• Track staffing validity periods using the VIGENCIA column.

Strengths

• Includes nine distinct columns covering faculty, program, contract type, gender, and academic background.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The temporal coverage (time_range) is not specified in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:02:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia