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2. 2 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN CMS EXPERIMENT AT CERN Colombia joined CMS in March 2006

3. 3 Colombia

4. 4 Total Population: 44 million Total Area : 1 138 914 sq km Main Cities: Bogota (capital), Cali, Medellin Highest Altitude: 5 775 m

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7. 7 Universidad de los Andes -Colombia 11450 undergraduate students 2718 postgraduate students 83 Doctoral students 28 undergraduate programs 22 master programs 5 PhD programs : Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics. Founded in 1948

8. 8 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 400-500 RANKING UNIANDES IS THE ONLY COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE TOP 500 UNIANDES IS COMMITTED TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

9. 9 Physics Department Founded in 1978 25 full time professors, 23 with PhD, 2 with MSc. Areas of research: 1. Condensed matter theory 2. Particle Physics 3.Quantum mechanics and Information theory 4.Astronomy 5. Biophysics 6. Geophysics Students Enrrolled in 2009: 175 undergraduate students 33 MSc students 8 PhD students

10. 10 Our physics students: 255 undergraduate students have already graduated from our department: - 69 have obtained PhD degrees from other universities - 64 are working towards their PhDs in other universities - 40 are full time university professors - 79 have obtained MSc degrees - 22 are pursuing MsC degrees 60 students have obtained their MSc degree from our department. 20 of them working in the High Energy Physics group. 3 students have obtained a PhD degree from our department. 1 in Experimental High Energy Physics.

11. 11 History of the HEP group 1.1988-1992 collaboration with E710 experiment at Fermilab. 2.1991 started collaboration with D0 experiment Fermilab: - B physics group, - QCD group 3.1993 started collaboration with E811 experiment at Fermilab. 4. Jefferson Lab Collaboration: Photo fission of heavy nuclei, Vector meson photoproduction 5. Started collaboration in CMS in March 2006. Participating in CMS RPC group. 20 years participating in High Energy Physics experiments:

12. 12 Welcome Bien venidos