It has produced graduates including lawyers, academics, judges, financiers, journalists, as well as senior government officials and politicians.

[citation needed] In 2005, UNESCO established a chair in Human Rights, Violence, Public Policies and Governance, at the university.

Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten, who obtained help and aid from professors from the radical liberalism movement, and intellectuals from the body-social, formed an educational institution.

Its admission requirements are the Colombian bachiller (secondary school certificate) and the Examen de Estado (the State Exams).

Programmes offered are: The Universidad Externado de Colombia obtained from the National Council of Accreditation of Colombia the accreditation of high quality for the university for eight years, the second highest available, as well as for programs such as: Law, Finance and International Relations, Government and International Relations, Accounting, Journalism, Economy, and Business Administration.