UAM Cuajimalpa is the fourth of the five campuses of the
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
The Metropolitan Autonomous University ( Spanish: ''Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana'') also known as UAM, is a Mexican public research university. Founded in 1974 with the support of then-President Luis Echeverria Alvarez, the institution a ...
(UAM). It is located in the western part of
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
. It was created in 2005 to respond to the high demand of a high quality public higher education in that part of Mexico City. Currently is located in Avenida Prolongación Vasco de Quiroga 4871, colonia Santa Fe Cuajimalpa, Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos, México, Distrito Federal, C.P. 05300. It had three temporary locations until December 2013, one in
Delegación Álvaro Obregón (Campus Artificios), and the others in
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo (Campus Constituyentes 647 and 1054). The university occupied his definitive campus on January 6, 2014 in the area of
Santa Fe, where all the activities of UAM Cuajimalpa take place. The academic activities are organized in three main areas, called divisions:
* Social Science and Humanities
* Communication, Information Technology and Design
* Natural Science, Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering
It is the only university in Mexico where more than 90% of the academics have a
PhD
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
. Its educational model is composed of the following elements: philosophic, social, theoric, and political. Its objective is to give a high quality humanistic education focused on an inter-disciplinary formation, being flexible and with connection to the social dynamics and needs of Mexico and the world. As in the other campuses of the UAM, the programs are structured by trimesters which are:
* Autumn (September–December)
* Winter (January–March)
* Spring (April–July)
All its undergraduate programs contain a trimester mandatory for mobility to another campus of UAM, or another university. Currently, UAM Cuajimalpa offers the following degrees:
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*Communication Sciences
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*Design
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*Technologies and Information Systems
*Biological Engineering
Biological engineering or
bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number ...
*Molecular Biology
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*Applied Mathematics
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*Computer Engineering
Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software.
It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science.
Computer engi ...
*Management
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*Law
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* Humanistic Studies
*Socio-territorial Studies
And also three Ph. D. degrees on
* Biological Science
* Informatics, Design and Communications (MADIC)
* Social Sciences and Humanities
References
External links
UAM-Institutional site for the 5 campuses
(in Spanish)
UAM-Cuajimalpa site
(in Spanish)
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