Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo Empresarial y Social

The Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo Empresarial y Social is a Colombian higher-education institution that presents itself publicly as Misión Paz Corporación Universitaria, with its main web presence at unimisionpaz.edu.co. It is a university-level corporation (corporación universitaria) rather than a traditional large university, and its academic offer is organized around professional programs such as Administración de Empresas (Business Administration), Comunicación Social (Social Communication) and Desarrollo de Software (Software Development). The institution also maintains student-facing services including a virtual platform, online payments, academic registry, graduate services, welfare and scholarship information, and a quality-management section. The brand's public identity is closely tied to access and regional development. Its website highlights a project called “Universidad sin Ladrillos” (“University without Bricks”), described as an innovative initiative led by the Secretaría de Cultura of the Gobernación del Valle del Cauca to broaden access to higher education for the department's cultural sector. This positions the institution within a broader Colombian conversation about flexible, virtual and territory-based higher education, especially in the Valle del Cauca region. As a brand, Misión Paz Corporación Universitaria communicates a mission-oriented and social-development framing, combining business and social development in its legal name with a peace-oriented public name. Its digital channels emphasize virtual study, online administrative processes and student support rather than a large physical campus footprint. The available evidence does not establish its founding year, ownership structure, accreditation details or enrollment scale, so those elements should be treated as unverified pending further sources.

The available evidence does not provide a dated institutional history for the Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo Empresarial y Social. What can be established is its current public identity and academic configuration. The institution operates under the public-facing name Misión Paz Corporación Universitaria and maintains a website at unimisionpaz.edu.co that functions as its main informational and service portal. Its academic catalog, as presented on that site, includes professional programs in Administración de Empresas, Comunicación Social and Desarrollo de Software. Alongside these programs, the site organizes student and administrative services: academic registry, a virtual platform, online payments, graduate services, welfare and scholarships, a PQRS (petitions, complaints, claims and suggestions) channel, a Línea Morada, and quality and reporting sections. This service architecture suggests an institution designed around remote or hybrid delivery and continuous student support. The site also features a news section and a publication called Revista Matices, with volumes 13 and 14 referenced. One highlighted news item describes “Universidad sin Ladrillos,” a project led by the Secretaría de Cultura of the Gobernación del Valle del Cauca to expand higher-education access for the department's cultural sector. This indicates that the institution participates in regional public-sector initiatives and positions itself within Valle del Cauca's educational ecosystem. Because no founding date, ownership record, accreditation history or leadership roster appears in the supplied evidence, the history above is limited to what the official site and Wikidata entry support. Further archival or regulatory sources would be needed to reconstruct a fuller chronology.

A Colombian university corporation focused on access-oriented, virtual and socially framed higher education, publicly branded as Misión Paz.

• Administración de Empresas

  Professional program in business administration offered by the institution.

• Comunicación Social

  Professional program in social communication offered by the institution.

• Desarrollo de Software

  Professional program in software development offered by the institution.

1. 1Misión Paz Corporación Universitaria – Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo Empresarial y Socialunimisionpaz.edu.co
2. 2Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo Empresarial y Socialwikidata.org