The Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Spanish: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas) is a public, coeducational, research university based in Bogotá, Colombia.

It is the second most important public higher education institution in the city, after the National University of Colombia, with a population of 26,140 students.

The university offers 70 programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including four masters and one doctorate.

The first university building was located where today stands the Museo de Desarrollo Urbano (Urban Development Museum) in the Calle tenth with Carrera eighth, in front of the Palacio Liévano (Liévano Palace) and the Capitolio Nacional (National Capitol).

In 1979 due to political and organizational difficulties, the university was closed for two years and reopened, with a newly constructed campus, in the neighborhood La Macarena.