UAM Azcapotzalco
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UAM Azcapotzalco is one of the five campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana system, the second best ranked Mexican public university for the year 2018, according to Times Higher Education.[1] This campus is in the northern area of Mexico City, in the borough of Azcapotzalco. It is one of the three campus built shortly after Mexican President Luis Echeverría decreed the foundation of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in 1974.
Motto | "Casa Abierta al Tiempo" |
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Type | Public federal |
Established | November 11, 1974 |
President | Dr. Eduardo Peñalosa Castro |
Rector | Dr. Óscar Lozano Carrillo |
Students | 15,475 (2016) |
Undergraduates | 14,923 (2016) |
Postgraduates | 552 (2016) |
Location | 19°30′11″N 99°11′13″W |
Colors | Red |
Nickname | UAM-A |
Mascot | Panteras Negras (Black Panthers) |
Website | www.azc.uam.mx |
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 cope with the demand for this service throughout the outskirts of the metropolitan area, locating the university's campus in the outlying boroughs. Following this principle, UAM Azcapotzalco was one of the first three campus built between 1974 and 1975, along with UAM Xochimilco and UAM Iztapalapa.
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:
As of 2017, UAM Azcapotzalco offers 22 graduate programs.[2] They are divided as follows:
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