 The campus at the city of Palmira is located in La Carbonera sector between the Carrera 31 and the La Carbonera Avenue , in a 50 @,@ 000 m2 ( 12 acres ) terrain donated by the sugar mill company Manuelita S.A .. The project is to be completed in three stages , and was designed by an interdisciplinary team led by the Research Center in Territory , Construction and Space , and the School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the University . The construction of the first phase of the first stage started on June 15 , 2007 , and was inaugurated on June 11 , 2009 , correspond to a three @-@ story building with a surface area of 5 @,@ 200 m2 ( 1 @.@ 3 acres ) , with a cost of $ 6 billion COP . The new building counts with a library , five laboratories for chemistry , biology , electronics , physics , and food analysis ; an auditorium for 150 spectators , and 27 class rooms with Internet access . The second and third planned phases for the first stage are the construction of a similar building and an auditorium for 1 @,@ 500 spectators . 
