Type Public university Phone +52 443 322 3500 Founder Vasco de Quiroga Campus Urban | Website www.umich.mx Total enrollment 47,425 (30 Mar 2014) Founded 15 October 1917 Colors Red, Green, Navy blue | |
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Established 1540 (as St Nicholas College) and 1917 (as Universidad Michoacana) Location Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, Address Gral. Francisco J. Mugica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 58030 Morelia, Mich., Mexico Notable alumni José María Morelos, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Salvador Jara Guerrero, Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, Fausto Vallejo Similar National Autonomous University, Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia, Universidad de Guanajuato, University of Guadalajara, Universidad Latina de América | ||
Universidad michoacana de san nicol s de hidalgo
Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo (UMSNH) is a public university in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, and the oldest institution of higher education in the Americas. The University grants law, economics, computer science, medicine, architecture, and dentistry degrees, plus several other additional fields of study, mainly in Humanities, Science and Arts.
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Universidad michoacana de san nicol s de hidalgo
History
It has its origins in a college founded in 1540 by Vasco de Quiroga in Pátzcuaro, the Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo. This school gained the royal seal and patronage in 1543. In 1566, colonial religious authorities took over the school, and in 1574, academics began to be under the jurisdiction of the Jesuits. With the Episcopal seat changed to Valladolid (modern day Morelia), the school moved also in 1580, and was fused with the already existing Colegio de San Miguel Guayangareo. The school was reformed in the 17th century and its curriculum was redesigned in the 18th to include courses in philosophy, religious law, civil law and other subjects. At the end of the 18th century, the school became one of New Spain’s main centers of learning and academia, producing scholars such as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, José María Morelos, José Sixto Verduzco, José María Izazaga and Ignacio López Rayón, most of whom would have a role in the upcoming Mexican War of Independence. The school closed during the war but was reopened in 1847 with the name Primitivo y Nacional Colegio de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, focusing more on secular studies such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biology, based on the European university model. After the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917), the school was reorganized and renamed again to the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, which consolidated a number of other schools and disciplines into the new organization.
Location
The University has several campuses, located at Morelia, Ciudad Hidalgo, and Apatzingan.
Accreditation
The University is accredited at the national level by the Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior
Academics
The University is divided into several academic facultades. Prospective students must have a high school degree, preferably from a college preparatory high school, and pass a university entrance exam to be admitted into the academic division of their choice. The University integrates various programs amongst its extracurricular offerings.