 The university has eight faculties and two institutes that between them offer 258 academic programs . 181 of these are undergraduate programs , and 94 are postgraduate , including 8 doctoral degrees by research . Of this , 189 programs are offered in the city of Cali , and 69 in the regional campuses . The duration of the programs are three years for an Associate , five years for a Bachelor , one and a half years for a graduate diploma , two years for a Master , and five years for a Doctorate . As of 2009 , 30 of the undergraduate programs have received a high quality accreditation from the ministry of education . In 2005 , the university received an overall high quality accreditation from the Ministry of National Education , making it one of 15 in the country to have received such an award . The accreditation was for eight years , a period surpassed only by those given to the Antioquia and Andes universities . 
