Institutional Support
Until 2026
Institutional Support
- Institutional support for its portal of open-access scientific journals.
Institutional Support
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA)
Public university in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, founded in 1962, organized in seven deanships, with a portal of 16 open-access scientific journals.
- Location
- Venezuela
- Founded
- 1962
- With Innova
- Until 2026
- Status
- Concluded
About the institution
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA) is a public university in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela. It originated as the Centro Experimental de Estudios Superiores (CEDES), created by Executive Decree No. 845 of September 22, 1962, and adopted its current name in 1979. Its first professional schools were medicine (1963) and agronomy and veterinary medicine (1964).
UCLA is organized into seven deanships: Agronomy, Health Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Civil Engineering, Economic and Business Sciences, Science and Technology, and Humanities and Arts, plus graduate studies and the SEDUCLA distance-education system. Its Scientific Journals Portal, built on Open Journal Systems, hosts 16 open-access journals published by these deanships, including Bioagro, Gestión y Gerencia, Boletín Médico de Postgrado and Gaceta de Ciencias Veterinarias.
Programs offered
Main academic areas and faculties.
- School of Agronomy
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Veterinary Sciences
- School of Civil Engineering
- School of Economic and Business Sciences
- School of Science and Technology
- Experimental School of Humanities and Arts
- Graduate Studies
- Distance Education (SEDUCLA)