Type Public federal Rector Romualdo Lopez Zarate Location Mexico City Color Red Undergraduates 15,075 | Established November 11, 1974 Postgraduates 450 (2012) Motto Casa Abierta al Tiempo Number of students 15,525 (2012) | |
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President Enrique Fernández Fassnacht (2009-2013) Address San Martin Xochinahuac, 02120 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico Mascot Panteras Negras (Black Panthers) Founded 11 November 1974, Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico Similar Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, UAM Iztapalapa, UAM Cuajimalpa, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, National Autonomous University Profiles | ||
Paseo por la uam azcapotzalco
UAM Azcapotzalco is one of the five campuses of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana system, one of the top three Mexican public universities. This campus is in the northern area of Mexico City, in the borough of Azcapotzalco. It is one of the three campuses built short after Mexican President Luis Echeverría decreed the foundation of UAM in 1974.
Contents
- Paseo por la uam azcapotzalco
- Estudiante de la uam azcapotzalco en la nasa
- History
- Undergraduate studies
- Basic Sciences and Engineering Division Spanish Divisin de Ciencias Bsicas e Ingeniera
- Social Sciences and Humanities Division Spanish Divisin de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
- Design Sciences and Arts Division Spanish Divisin de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseo
- Graduate studies
- Faculty
- Alumni
- References
Estudiante de la uam azcapotzalco en la nasa
History
The creation of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana was a response to the increasing demand for public higher education in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, which by those years was undergoing severe demographic changes due to a process of conurbation that started in the early 1940s. The main idea was to attend the demand of this service throughout the outskirts of the metropolitan area, locating the university's campuses in the outlying boroughs. Following this principle, UAM Azcapotzalco was one of the first three campuses built between 1974 and 1975, with UAM Xochimilco and UAM Iztapalapa.
Undergraduate studies
UAM Azcapotzalco hosts 17 majors, lasting between 12 and 15 quarter-terms or four and five years respectively. These programs are organized in three academic divisions as follows:
Basic Sciences and Engineering Division (Spanish: División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería)
Social Sciences and Humanities Division (Spanish: División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades)
Design Sciences and Arts Division (Spanish: División de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseño)
Graduate studies
UAM Azcapotzalco offers 11 graduate programs. Of these, five are tracked programs (including Specialty and/or Master's and/or Doctorate) and six are stand-alone graduate studies. They are divided as follows: