Colombian University Faculty by Category and Contract Type

A dataset of university faculty members categorized by contract type, academic rank, and gender, sourced from datos.gov.co. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for academic unit, contract status, dedication, faculty, category, academic training, and gender.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender distribution across academic categories (CATEGORIA) and faculties (FACULTAD).
• Model the relationship between academic training (FORMACIÓN ACADÉMICA) and contract type (TIPO DE VINCULACIÓN).
• Track faculty headcounts and contract status (VIGENCIA) across different university programs (DEPENDENCIA/PROGRAMA).
• Compare full-time versus part-time faculty dedication (DEDICACIÓN) by academic unit.

Strengths

• Provides structured data on multiple faculty dimensions from a national open data portal.
• Includes a temporal marker (VIGENCIA) for tracking contract status over time.
• Offers data in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License and author information are unknown.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:26:20.

Geography

Likely Colombia, inferred from source domain (.gov.co).