 In 1955 , under the tutelage of rector Mario Carvajal , the university opened the School of Graduate Studies in Medicine , and its publishing house was established under the name of University of Valle Library ( Spanish : Biblioteca de la Universidad del Valle ) . In 1957 , the university began its technical and further education programs with the establishment of the schools of Medical Laboratory Technicians and Engineering Auxiliaries in Topography and Roads . At the end of the 1950s , the university comprised five faculties and three schools , 556 students , 174 professors , and 159 administrative staff . Its budget had risen to $ 5 @.@ 73 million COP and its patrimony to approximately $ 20 million COP . 
