Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela)

Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) is a public autonomous university in Mérida, Venezuela, founded on 29 March 1785 as the Real Colegio Seminario de San Buenaventura de Mérida. It began as a seminary for the training of clergy and became a university in 1810, which makes it the oldest higher-education institution in western Venezuela.洛斯安第斯大学（Universidad de Los Andes，简称 ULA）是委内瑞拉梅里达的一所公立自治大学，前身为 1785 年 3 月 29 日创办的梅里达圣文德皇家神学院。该校最初是培养神职人员的修院，1810 年升格为大学，是委内瑞拉西部历史最悠久的高等教育机构。

It is the second-oldest university in Venezuela and one of the oldest in the Americas, and it teaches through eleven faculties and four autonomous núcleos spread across the Andean states of Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo and Zulia.该校是委内瑞拉第二古老的大学，也是美洲历史最悠久的高校之一，通过 11 个学院与四个自治分校开展教学，校区分布于梅里达、塔奇拉、特鲁希略与苏利亚等安第斯州。

ULA is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and at 2001 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and its international profile rests mainly on its historical standing and on its medical and engineering schools.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列第 2001 位，其国际声誉主要建立在历史地位以及医学与工程学科之上。

History

• The institution began on 29 March 1785, when Bishop Fray Juan Ramos de Lora founded the Real Colegio Seminario de San Buenaventura de Mérida to train clergy for a diocese that stretched across the Andes, and for decades it was the only centre of higher learning in the region.该校始于 1785 年 3 月 29 日，主教弗赖胡安拉莫斯德洛拉（Fray Juan Ramos de Lora）创办梅里达圣文德皇家神学院，为横跨安第斯山区的教区培养神职人员，此后数十年间它一直是该地区唯一的高等学府。
• King Charles IV granted the college royal recognition on 9 June 1785, and teaching began in Latin, philosophy, theology and canon law with a handful of students drawn from Mérida and the surrounding valleys.1785 年 6 月 9 日，国王卡洛斯四世给予该学院皇家认可，学院随即以拉丁文、哲学、神学与教会法开课，首批学生来自梅里达及周边谷地，人数很少。
• In 1806 the Crown authorised the house to confer academic degrees, and the first graduations followed in 1807, a step that turned a diocesan seminary into a degree-granting college with its own professors and examinations.1806 年，王室授权该院授予学位，1807 年出现首批毕业生，这一步骤使教区神学院转变为拥有自身教授与考试制度的授学位学院。
• Roman civil law was taught from 1798 and the first law degree was awarded in 1808, which makes law the oldest continuous field of study at the institution and the source of its early reputation.该校自 1798 年起教授罗马民法，1808 年授予首个法学学位，法律因此成为校内延续最久的学科，也是其早期声誉的来源。
• On 21 September 1810, during the first independence juntas, the college was elevated to the Real Universidad de San Buenaventura de Mérida de los Caballeros, an act often described as the birth of the first republican university in Latin America.1810 年 9 月 21 日，在独立运动初期的执政委员会时期，学院升格为梅里达圣文德骑士皇家大学，此举常被视为拉丁美洲第一所共和制大学的诞生。
• Simón Bolívar confirmed the university's status and privileges in 1813, when his Admirable Campaign passed through Mérida during the war of independence, and the city's highest peak now carries his name.1813 年，西蒙·玻利瓦尔在独立战争期间率“可敬战役”途经梅里达，确认了该校的地位与特权，如今该市最高的山峰即以他的名字命名。
• After independence the university was secularised in 1832 under the government of José Antonio Páez, when state appointment of professors replaced clerical control and the institution was opened to lay students.独立之后，该校于 1832 年在何塞·安东尼奥·派斯政府时期完成世俗化，由国家任命教授取代教会控制，并向非神职学生开放。
• The name Universidad de Los Andes was adopted in 1883, although between 1904 and 1905 the institution was briefly renamed Universidad Occidental, a change that reflected the university's role as the intellectual centre of the Andes rather than of a single city.1883 年，学校采用“洛斯安第斯大学”之名，不过在 1904 至 1905 年间曾短暂改称“西方大学”，这一变动反映出该校作为整个安第斯地区而非单一城市知识中心的定位。
• Medicine had been taught since 1810, and pharmacy was added in 1894, suppressed in 1906 under the government of Cipriano Castro and reopened in 1928, when the health sciences were reorganised under a single faculty.医学自 1810 年起讲授，1894 年增设药学，1906 年在西普里亚诺·卡斯特罗政府时期被停办，1928 年恢复，健康学科随后整合进同一学院。
• A chair of mathematics appeared in 1843 with Eloy Paredes, an early sign of the scientific orientation that later defined the university and prepared the ground for engineering and the natural sciences.1843 年，埃洛伊·帕雷德斯主持的数学讲席设立，这是该校日后科学取向的早期迹象，也为工程与自然科学奠定了基础。
• The Faculty of Engineering was created on 14 October 1936 under rector Humberto Ruíz Fonseca, as Venezuela's oil economy began to demand technical graduates and the first civil engineering courses were organised.1936 年 10 月 14 日，在校长翁贝托·鲁伊斯·丰塞卡任内，工程学院成立，其时委内瑞拉石油经济开始需要技术人才，首批土木工程课程随之开设。
• Dentistry followed in 1939, forest engineering in 1948 and letters and history in 1955, as the university widened beyond law, medicine and engineering and began to cover the professions of a modern regional capital.牙学于 1939 年、森林工程于 1948 年、文学与历史于 1955 年相继设立，学校的学科范围超出法律、医学与工程，逐步覆盖现代区域首府所需的各类专业。
• In 1958, the year democracy returned to Venezuela, the faculties of Humanities and Education and of Economic and Social Sciences were organised, and the university law of that year confirmed the autonomy of the country's principal universities.1958 年，委内瑞拉恢复民主制度，同年人文与教育学院以及经济与社会科学院组建完成，当年的大学法也确认了国内主要大学的自治地位。
• Architecture and a first extension in Valera, Trujillo state, arrived in 1961, and electrical engineering opened in 1963, extending the university's teaching beyond the city of Mérida.1961 年，建筑学与特鲁希略州巴莱拉的首个分校设立，1963 年又开设电气工程，教学范围由此超出梅里达市。
• The Núcleo Táchira, named after rector Pedro Rincón Gutiérrez, was established in San Cristóbal in 1967 and became the university's largest presence outside Mérida, with programmes in health, engineering, law and education.1967 年，以校长佩德罗·林孔·古铁雷斯命名的塔奇拉分校在圣克里斯托瓦尔成立，成为该校在梅里达之外最大的办学点，开设健康、工程、法律与教育等专业。
• Mechanical, chemical and systems engineering were added in 1971, and the Núcleo Trujillo was created in 1972, so that by the mid-1970s ULA taught most of the engineering disciplines in western Venezuela.1971 年增设机械、化学与系统工程，1972 年创建特鲁希略分校，到 1970 年代中期该校已覆盖委内瑞拉西部多数学科门类。
• The Núcleo Alberto Adriani in El Vigía, Zulia state, was founded on 22 January 2007, extending the university towards the south of Lake Maracaibo and the cattle and fruit-growing districts of the border region.2007 年 1 月 22 日，位于苏利亚州埃尔维希亚的阿尔贝托·阿德里亚尼分校成立，将大学延伸至马拉开波湖以南以及边境地区的畜牧与水果种植区。
• An extension in Tovar became the Núcleo Valle del Mocotíes on 16 March 2015, completing a network of four autonomous núcleos outside Mérida with their own directors, budgets and academic programmes.2015 年 3 月 16 日，托瓦尔的教学点升格为莫科蒂埃斯谷分校，形成梅里达之外四个自治分校的网络，各分校拥有自己的负责人、预算与教学项目。
• Through the twentieth century ULA became the principal university of the Venezuelan Andes and a centre of regional intellectual life, with its own press, radio station, theatre and archaeological museum.整个 20 世纪，该校成为委内瑞拉安第斯地区的主要大学与区域知识生活中心，拥有自己的出版社、电台、剧院与考古博物馆。
• The university depends on the national budget, and during the 2010s and 2020s its salary and operating allocations fell sharply in real terms as the bolívar lost most of its value.该校依赖国家预算，2010 年代至 2020 年代，随着玻利瓦尔大幅贬值，其工资与运营拨款按实际价值计算急剧下降。
• Faculties reported that laboratories, libraries and maintenance suffered from shortages of reagents, spare parts and foreign currency, and some practical courses were suspended or moved online.各学院反映，实验室、图书馆与维护工作因试剂、备件与外汇短缺而受损，部分实验课程被迫停开或改为线上进行。
• Despite those constraints the university kept its graduate programmes and research stations running, and its academics continued to publish in national and international journals and to supervise doctoral students.尽管困难重重，该校仍维持研究生项目与研究站的运转，教师持续在国内与国际期刊发表成果并指导博士生。

Academics

• ULA teaches through eleven faculties covering architecture and design, science, economic and social sciences, law and political science, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and bioanalysis, engineering, humanities and education, forest and environmental sciences, and the arts.该校通过 11 个学院开展教学，涵盖建筑与设计、理学、经济与社会科学、法律与政治学、医学、牙学、药学与生物分析、工程、人文与教育、森林与环境科学以及艺术。
• Undergraduate courses lead to bachelor's-level licenciatura degrees or to professional degrees in engineering, medicine, law and dentistry, and most programmes end with a supervised thesis, a clinical rotation or a professional internship.本科课程授予学士层次的执照学位，或授予工程、医学、法律与牙学的专业学位，多数项目以有指导的论文、临床轮转或专业实习结束。
• Entry is competitive and runs through the university's own selection test, the national OPSU placement system, schemes for indigenous students, artists and high-performance athletes, and the Fray Juan Ramos de Lora programme for applicants from disadvantaged schools.入学竞争激烈，途径包括校内选拔考试、全国 OPSU 招生系统、面向原住民学生、艺术生与高水平运动员的专项计划，以及为薄弱学校申请者设立的弗赖胡安拉莫斯德洛拉项目。
• Graduate studies are organised by each faculty and include doctorates, master's degrees and medical and dental specialisations, with several programmes recognised by national science bodies and by regional professional associations.研究生教育由各学院组织，包含博士、硕士以及医学与牙学专科培训，其中若干项目获国家科学机构与地区专业协会认可。
• Research is concentrated in faculty institutes and centres for agriculture, forestry, medicine, engineering, education and social science, often working with neighbouring communities on applied problems.研究集中于农学、林业、医学、工程、教育与社会科学的院属研究所和中心，常与周边社区合作解决应用问题。
• The university library system is anchored by the BIACI building at La Hechicera, one of the largest libraries in the Venezuelan Andes, which serves architecture, science and engineering and offers study rooms, digital catalogues and journal collections.大学图书馆系统以拉埃奇塞拉校区的 BIACI 大楼为核心，这是委内瑞拉安第斯地区最大的图书馆之一，服务建筑、理学与工程学科，提供自习室、数字目录与期刊馆藏。
• ULA astronomers take part in work at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de Llano del Hato, the country's main optical observatory, in the Rangel municipality of Mérida state, using its telescopes for photometry and spectroscopy.该校天文学家参与梅里达州兰赫尔市利亚诺德尔阿托国家天文台的工作，这是委内瑞拉主要的光学天文台，他们使用其望远镜开展测光与光谱研究。
• The School of Medicine teaches at the Hospital Universitario de Los Andes, the referral hospital of the region, and dental students train in the faculty's own clinics, which also serve the public at low cost.医学院在区域内转诊医院洛斯安第斯大学医院开展教学，牙学学生则在学院自设门诊接受训练，这些门诊也以低价服务公众。
• Law students work in a legal aid clinic that advises low-income residents on family, labour and housing cases, while engineering students use laboratories for structures, materials, hydraulics and electronics.法学学生在法律援助站就家庭、劳动与住房案件为低收入居民提供咨询，工程学生则使用结构、材料、水力与电子实验室。
• The academic year is divided into two semesters, and teaching is in Spanish, with reading knowledge of English expected in most graduate programmes and in the final years of several degrees.学年分为两个学期，教学语言为西班牙语，多数研究生项目以及若干本科高年级课程要求学生具备英语阅读能力。
• The School of Engineering maintains laboratories for materials, hydraulics and energy, and its graduates supply much of the technical workforce of western Venezuela, from oil fields to food plants.工程学院设有材料、水力与能源实验室，其毕业生构成委内瑞拉西部从油田到食品工厂技术人才的重要来源。
• Experimental stations at Caparo, El Irel, San Eusebio and Ticoporo support teaching and trials in forestry, livestock and tropical crops, and they host undergraduate field courses and thesis projects.该校在卡帕罗、埃尔伊雷尔、圣欧塞维奥与蒂科波罗的实验站支撑林业、畜牧与热带作物的教学与试验，并承接本科野外课程与毕业论文。
• Extension work includes continuing education for teachers, health campaigns and technical advice to farmers and small firms, often delivered through municipal agreements.社会服务包括教师继续教育、健康宣传以及面向农户与小企业的技术咨询，常通过市级协议开展。
• The university publishes textbooks and academic journals through its own press and hosts conferences, concerts and ceremonial sessions in the Aula Magna of the Rectorado.该校通过自有出版社出版教材与学术期刊，并在校长楼大礼堂举办学术会议、音乐会与典礼。
• Graduate employability is strongest in medicine, engineering, law and accounting, fields in which ULA has trained professionals for more than a century, and its alumni network is densest in the Andean states.毕业生就业以医学、工程、法律与会计领域最强，该校在这些领域培养专业人才已逾百年，其校友网络在安第斯各州最为密集。
• The School of Medicine also runs postgraduate residences in surgery, internal medicine, paediatrics and obstetrics with the regional health service, and these places are funded through agreements with the Ministry of Health.医学院还与地区卫生机构合作开设外科、内科、儿科与产科住院医师培训，这些岗位通过与卫生部签订的协议获得资助。
• Researchers cooperate with the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research and with the National University of Colombia on projects in biodiversity, materials and public health, and the results are published in joint papers and shared datasets.该校研究人员与委内瑞拉科学研究所及哥伦比亚国立大学在生物多样性、材料与公共卫生项目上开展合作，成果以联合论文与共享数据集形式发表。

Campus

• The main campus is in Mérida, a city of some 300,000 people at about 1,600 metres in the Cordillera de Mérida, between the Sierra Nevada and Sierra La Culata national parks, and all teaching sites lie above 1,500 metres.主校区位于梅里达市，这座约 30 万人口的城市坐落在梅里达山脉海拔约 1600 米处，介于内华达山脉与拉库拉塔山脉两座国家公园之间，各教学点均位于海拔 1500 米以上。
• La Hechicera, a complex of roughly one square kilometre in the north-east of the city, houses architecture, science and engineering, together with the BIACI library, lecture halls and faculty laboratories.拉埃奇塞拉校区位于城市东北部，占地约 1 平方公里，容纳建筑、理学与工程学院以及 BIACI 图书馆、阶梯教室与学院实验室。
• Los Chorros, on the eastern edge, is the home of forest and environmental sciences, the Teatro José Ignacio Cabrujas and the largest student dining hall, and it hosts the university's drama and dance seasons.东侧的洛斯乔罗斯校区是森林与环境科学学院、何塞·伊格纳西奥·卡布鲁哈斯剧院以及最大学生食堂所在地，并承接学校的戏剧与舞蹈演出季。
• La Liria, close to the historic centre, brings together economic and social sciences, law and political science, and humanities and education in a group of buildings around planted courtyards.靠近历史城区的拉利里亚校区由环绕绿化庭院的建筑群组成，集中了经济与社会科学、法律与政治学以及人文与教育学院。
• The Don Tulio Febres-Cordero complex houses medicine and several engineering laboratories, within walking distance of the university hospital, and it is named after the Mérida historian of that name.唐图利奥·费布雷斯-科尔德罗建筑群容纳医学院与若干工程实验室，步行即可到达大学医院，其名称取自梅里达历史学家图利奥·费布雷斯-科尔德罗。
• Campo de Oro, in the south, is the base of pharmacy and bioanalysis and includes an Olympic swimming pool, sports courts and student residences, and the pool is used for regional competitions.南部的坎波德奥罗校区是药学与生物分析学科基地，设有奥运规格游泳池、运动场与学生宿舍，游泳池亦用于地区比赛。
• The Rectorado, in the city centre, contains the Aula Magna, the Salón Fray Juan Ramos de Lora, the Museo Arqueológico de Mérida and the Teatro Universitario César Rengifo, and it is the ceremonial heart of the university.位于市中心的校长楼设有大礼堂、弗赖胡安拉莫斯德洛拉厅、梅里达考古博物馆与塞萨尔·伦希福大学剧院，是学校的礼仪中心。
• Four autonomous núcleos extend ULA beyond Mérida, in San Cristóbal (Táchira), Trujillo, El Vigía (Alberto Adriani) and Tovar (Valle del Mocotíes), and each has its own faculty offices, library and student services.四个自治分校将大学延伸至梅里达以外，分别位于圣克里斯托瓦尔（塔奇拉）、特鲁希略、埃尔维希亚（阿尔贝托·阿德里亚尼）与托瓦尔（莫科蒂埃斯谷），各分校均设学院办公室、图书馆与学生服务。
• Experimental stations at Caparo, El Irel, San Eusebio, El Caimital, San Juan and Ticoporo give students access to dry forest, cloud forest, cattle ranches and tropical crop plots across several states.卡帕罗、埃尔伊雷尔、圣欧塞维奥、埃尔凯米塔尔、圣胡安与蒂科波罗的实验站为学生提供跨越数州的干燥林、云雾林、牧场与热带作物试验田。
• The Trolmérida trolleybus, opened in the 2000s, and city bus routes connect the campus complexes with the centre, and many students walk between La Hechicera and La Liria along tree-lined avenues.2000 年代开通的特罗尔梅里达有轨电车与市内公交将各校区与市中心相连，许多学生沿绿树成荫的大道在拉埃奇塞拉与拉利里亚之间步行往返。
• The Andean setting gives the university a distinctive climate, with cool nights, afternoon rain and views of the snow-capped Pico Bolívar, and the two national parks are used for field courses in ecology and geology.安第斯环境赋予该校独特气候，夜间凉爽、午后多雨，并可远眺积雪覆盖的玻利瓦尔峰，两座国家公园则用于生态学与地质学野外课程。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, ULA is placed in the 1201-1400 band, alongside a large group of Latin American public universities, a result that reflects its historical standing more than its current budget.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 区间，与一大批拉丁美洲公立大学同处该段，这一结果更多反映其历史声望而非当前预算水平。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 list it at 2001, at the lower end of the published table, where research intensity and international collaboration weigh heavily.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列在第 2001 位，处于榜单末端，该榜的科研强度与国际合作指标权重较大。
• It does not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global university ranking, and it is not listed in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, absences that reflect gaps in data reporting as well as output.该校未进入 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，这些缺席既反映产出差距，也反映数据报送的不足。
• OpenAlex records 27,307 works and 442,653 citations for the university, a volume that reflects two centuries of accumulation rather than recent output alone, with citations concentrated in medicine, physics and agricultural science.OpenAlex 记录该校 27307 项成果与 442653 次引用，这一体量反映的是两个世纪的积累，而非仅近年产出，引用集中于医学、物理与农业科学。
• Founded in 1785, ULA is the second-oldest university in Venezuela after the Central University of Venezuela, founded in 1721, and one of the oldest in the Americas.该校创办于 1785 年，是继 1721 年创办的委内瑞拉中央大学之后该国第二古老的大学，也是美洲历史最悠久的高校之一。
• It is one of the country's traditional autonomous universities, with co-government of professors, graduates and students and a rector chosen by election, a model confirmed by the university law of 1958.该校是委内瑞拉传统自治大学之一，实行教授、毕业生与学生共同治理，校长由选举产生，这一模式由 1958 年大学法确认。
• Among Venezuelan universities, ULA is usually grouped with the Central University of Venezuela, the Simón Bolívar University, the Metropolitan University and the Bolivarian University of Venezuela as one of the country's leading comprehensive institutions.在委内瑞拉高校中，该校通常与委内瑞拉中央大学、西蒙·玻利瓦尔大学、大都会大学和委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔大学并列为该国主要的综合性大学。
• For the Andes, from Táchira to Trujillo and Zulia, ULA is the main centre of professional training, medical care and cultural programming, and its graduates also work in the oil, mining and farming sectors of the west.对从塔奇拉至特鲁希略和苏利亚的安第斯地区而言，该校是专业培养、医疗服务与文化活动的中心，其毕业生也活跃于西部的石油、采矿与农业部门。
• Its graduates dominate the region's medical, legal and engineering professions, and its theatre, orchestra and archaeological museum are part of Mérida's public life and receive school groups throughout the year.该校毕业生主导了本地区的医学、法律与工程行业，其剧院、乐团与考古博物馆也是梅里达公共生活的一部分，全年接待学校团体参观。
• Research strength lies in agriculture, forestry, medicine, engineering and Andean social science, fields shaped by the university's mountain environment and supported by its own experimental stations.其研究优势在农学、林业、医学、工程与安第斯社会科学，这些领域深受学校山地环境的塑造，并得到校内实验站的支撑。
• The University's press, radio station and archaeological museum give ULA a public reach that exceeds its position in global rankings, and its Spanish-language journals are read across the Andean region.该校的出版社、电台与考古博物馆赋予其超出全球排名位次的公共影响力，其西班牙语学术期刊在安第斯地区广为阅读。

Student life

• Students take part in the co-government of the university, electing representatives alongside professors and graduates on faculty and university councils, and they vote in the election of the rector and deans.学生参与大学共同治理，与教授和毕业生一道在院务与校务委员会中选举代表，并参与校长与院长的选举投票。
• The Federación de Centros Universitarios coordinates student centres in each faculty, organises cultural and sporting events, and represents students before the national government on budget and access issues.大学中心联合会协调各学院的学生中心，组织文化与体育活动，并就预算与入学问题代表学生与国家政府沟通。
• The Orfeón Universitario, theatre groups and dance companies rehearse on campus and perform at the Teatro Universitario César Rengifo, and their rehearsals are open to students from all faculties.大学合唱团、剧团与舞蹈团在校内排练，并在塞萨尔·伦希福大学剧院演出，排练向各学院学生开放。
• Sport is centred on the Campo de Oro pool, football and basketball courts and a gymnasium, with inter-faculty competitions during the year and teams that take part in regional university competitions.体育活动以坎波德奥罗校区的游泳池、足球场、篮球场与体育馆为中心，全年举行院际比赛，校队还参加地区大学赛事。
• The student welfare office runs scholarships, health services, psychological counselling and transport support, and the dining halls offer subsidised meals to thousands of students each day.学生事务处提供奖学金、医疗服务、心理咨询与交通补助，食堂每天为数千名学生供应补贴餐食。
• Student residences at Campo de Oro house a minority of the student body, while most students commute from Mérida and neighbouring towns or share flats near La Hechicera.坎波德奥罗校区的学生宿舍仅容纳少部分学生，多数学生从梅里达市区及周边城镇通勤，或在拉埃奇塞拉附近合租住房。
• The Feria del Sol in February and the university's own cultural weeks fill the city with concerts, parades, films and street theatre, and the university schedules its own events around the festival.每年二月的太阳节与学校自身的文化周为城市带来音乐会、巡游、电影与街头戏剧，学校也围绕该节庆安排自己的活动。
• ULA FM has broadcast on 107.7 since 21 March 1997, and Prensa ULA has published university news since 8 June 1978, with students taking part in both operations.ULA FM 自 1997 年 3 月 21 日起以 107.7 兆赫播出，Prensa ULA 自 1978 年 6 月 8 日起发布校园新闻，学生参与两者的日常运作。
• ULA TV went off air on 15 June 2017 after the telecommunications regulator CONATEL withdrew its concession, a loss for student production that was criticised by the university community.2017 年 6 月 15 日，电信监管机构 CONATEL 吊销执照后，ULA TV 停播，学生影视制作因此失去平台，校方对此提出批评。
• Hiking, climbing and paragliding in the surrounding national parks are part of student life, and environmental groups run reforestation days and clean-up campaigns in the Andean valleys.在周边国家公园徒步、攀登与滑翔伞是学生生活的一部分，环保社团还在安第斯山谷组织植树日与清洁行动。

Notable people

• Fray Juan Ramos de Lora, the Franciscan bishop who founded the college in 1785, is remembered in the name of the Rectorado's main hall and in the university's founding ceremonies.1785 年创办学院的方济各会主教弗赖胡安拉莫斯德洛拉，其名字被用于校长楼主厅的命名，也在学校的创校纪念仪式中被追念。
• Simón Bolívar confirmed the university's privileges in 1813 and remains its most celebrated political patron, and the snow-capped peak above the city bears his name.西蒙·玻利瓦尔于 1813 年确认该校特权，至今仍是其最著名的政治庇护者，城市上方的雪峰亦以他的名字命名。
• José Antonio Páez, the independence general and later president, signed the secularisation of 1832, which transferred the university's assets to the state and opened it to lay students.独立战争将领、后来的总统何塞·安东尼奥·派斯签署了 1832 年的世俗化法令，将学校资产移交国家并向非神职学生开放。
• Tulio Febres-Cordero, the Mérida historian and writer, is honoured in the name of the medicine complex, and his histories of the Andes remain a reference for the region.梅里达历史学家与作家图利奥·费布雷斯-科尔德罗的名字被用于医学建筑群的命名，他关于安第斯的史学著作至今仍是该地区的参考。
• César Rengifo, one of the twentieth century's best-known Venezuelan painters and playwrights, gives his name to the university theatre.塞萨尔·伦希福是 20 世纪委内瑞拉最知名的画家与剧作家之一，大学剧院以他的名字命名。
• José Ignacio Cabrujas, one of Venezuela's leading dramatists, is remembered in the theatre at Los Chorros, and his portraits of Caracas middle-class life remain widely staged.委内瑞拉重要剧作家何塞·伊格纳西奥·卡布鲁哈斯在洛斯乔罗斯剧院的名字中得到纪念，他描绘加拉加斯中产生活的剧作至今仍常被搬上舞台。
• Alberto Adriani, the economist and public servant from El Vigía, names the núcleo in Zulia, and his writings on oil economics shaped Venezuelan debate in the 1930s.出身埃尔维希亚的经济学家与公务员阿尔贝托·阿德里亚尼是苏利亚分校的命名来源，他关于石油经济的论述影响了 1930 年代委内瑞拉的争论。
• Pedro Rincón Gutiérrez, rector during the creation of the Táchira núcleo, is honoured in its name and remembered for the expansion of the 1960s.塔奇拉分校创建时期的校长佩德罗·林孔·古铁雷斯在该分校名称中得到纪念，并因 1960 年代的扩张而为人铭记。
• Humberto Ruíz Fonseca, rector when the Faculty of Engineering was founded in 1936, shaped the university's technical turn and promoted its first engineering laboratories.1936 年工程学院成立时的校长翁贝托·鲁伊斯·丰塞卡塑造了该校的技术转向，并推动建立首批工程实验室。
• Generations of physicians, engineers, lawyers and teachers trained at ULA have staffed the hospitals, courts and schools of western Venezuela, and many of them became ministers, hospital directors and writers.在该校培养的一代代医生、工程师、律师与教师，支撑起委内瑞拉西部的医院、法院与学校，其中不少人成为部长、医院院长与作家。