Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador

The Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar was established in 1985 as an academic institution of the Andean Community; it falls under the Andean Integration System and has the status of an international public-law body. Its headquarters are in Sucre, Bolivia.

The Ecuadorian campus, opened in Quito in 1992, began offering postgraduate programmes in 1993 and doctoral programmes in 2000; it has been part of the Ecuadorian university system since a law was passed in 1997. It offers courses in, amongst other subjects, the environment and sustainability, law, history, communication, education, social and global studies, management and health.