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Tecnológico de Antioquia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ648599 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Tecnológico de Antioquia (TdeA) (English: Antioquia Institute of Technology), also called Tecnológico de Antioquia – University Institute, is an academic institution of higher education in Colombia in the department of Antioquia, provides technical education services, technology and professional. Its headquarters are located in the commune Robledo, in the city of Medellín.

On March 14, 2023, Tecnológico de Antioquia (TdeA) celebrated its 40th anniversary as an institution of higher learning.

Campus

The campus has an area of 38 thousand square meters, which has spacious and comfortable spaces, surrounded by more than 13 thousand square meters of green areas.

It has academic, administrative, library, study areas, computer block, laboratories, covered arena, gym, pool, soccer field sports facilities, cafes and parks, among others.

Faculties

The institution has 40 programs, professional technical levels, technological and university professional in undergraduate and graduate, all with qualified registration and one high quality accreditation (preschool), offered through five faculties: education and social sciences, forensic and health, informatics, management, and earth sciences and environment.

Fulbright

The institution has hosted a number of Fulbright Program scholars and visiting professors over the years.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Tecnológico de Antioquia” is university. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Tecnológico, Antioquia and university, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Tecnológico, Antioquia and university is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “university” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q648599. The first chronological checks are 2023.

Critical limits

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tecnológico de Antioquia”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tecnológico de Antioquia primary sources, Tecnológico de Antioquia archive and Tecnológico research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Tecnológico de Antioquia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.