Internal Student Transfers at UPTC for Second Semester 2019

Students who performed internal transfers between academic programs at the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC) during the second semester of 2019. The dataset includes 10 columns such as old and new programs, faculties, and student demographics. It was published on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze program popularity trends by comparing counts of students transferring into PROGRAMA_NUEVO versus out of PROGRAMA_ANTERIOR.
• Study faculty-level mobility patterns by aggregating transfers between FACULTAD_ANTERIOR and FACULTAD_NUEVA.
• Profile the demographic characteristics of transferring students using SEXO and FECHA_NACIMIENTO.
• Examine the role of campus location in transfers using SEDE_ANTERIOR and NOMBRE_SEDE.

Strengths

• Includes 10 distinct columns covering academic programs, faculties, campuses, and student demographics.
• Data is structured for relational analysis, linking old and new program/faculty states for each transfer.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License and author information are unknown, which may affect terms of use.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC).

Time Range

Second semester of 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:37:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (specifically UPTC campuses)