The Mexican Consortium of Universities ( Spanish: ''Consorcio de Universidades Mexicanas'', CUMEX) is a selective group of Mexican public higher education institutions, recognized by their higher quality standards. Founded in May 2005, CUMEX has established a rigorous selection system. Members must be affiliated with the "umbrella" national association of universities (

ANUIES The National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (Spanish: ''Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior'', ANUIES) is a non-governmental organization which includes 191 public and private ...

by its acronym in Spanish). However, not all ANUIES members are able to comply with the eligibility criteria established at CUMEX. Membership at CUMEX constitutes a reference about Mexican higher education institutions holding higher quality standards than their peers.

Educational quality eligibility criteria

A CUMEX member institution must comply with the following criteria: * Being a public university member of the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions

. * Having at least 85% of students enrolled in academic programs which are accredited according with the mechanisms established at the national system of evaluation and accreditation being accredited de la matrícula total en programas evaluables de técnico superior, profesional asociado y licenciatura reconocidos por su buena calidad por el sistema nacional de evaluación y acreditación de la educación superior de México. * Having at least 50% of their full-time professors holding a graduate appropriate credential. * Having at least one graduate program being included in the Mexican Roster of Quality Graduate Programs (''Padrón Nacional de Posgrados, PNP''). * Holding an ISO certification in the following management processes: Registrar, Administration and Finances, Human Resources, and Library. * Having established formal accountability and freedom of information policies and practices. * Being included in the National Roster of Scientific and Technological Institutions and Corporations (''Registro Nacional de Instituciones y Empresas Científicas y Tecnológicas: RENIECyT''). * Having implemented a series of academic and administrative policies.

Membership

The following is the list of current member institutions at CUMEX.El listado actualizado se puede consultar en There are 28 as of 2020. * BUAP: Meritorious Autonomous University of Pueblo * UAA: Autonomous University of Aguascalientes * UABC: Autonomous University of Baja California *UABCS: Autonomous University of Baja California Sur * UACJ: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez *UADY:

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán The Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (''Autonomous University of Yucatan''), or UADY, is an autonomous public university in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, with its central campuses located in the state capital of Mérida. It is the largest t ...

* UAdeC:

Autonomous University of Coahuila The Autonomous University of Coahuila (''Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila'', or "UAdeC") is a state university founded in 1957. It is located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The university system has three campuses — Saltillo, To ...

*UAEH:

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo The Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (''Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo'' or UAEH) is a public university located in Pachuca, the capital of the State of Hidalgo in east-central Mexico, with campuses statewide. The univers ...

*UAEM:

Autonomous University of Mexico State The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) (Autonomous University of Mexico State) is a public university in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is the largest university institution in the state with over 84,500 students, with its centr ...

*UAGRO: Autonomous University of Guerrero * UAQ:

Autonomous University of Queretaro , mottoeng = , established = 25 February 1951 , type = Public university , rector = Teresa García , faculty = 1,431 , staff = , students = 28,110 (January 2016, includ ...

* UASLP:

Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí The Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (in es, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, UASLP) is a public university in Mexico. It is the largest, oldest, and most comprehensive university in the state of San Luis Potosí, as well as ...

* UAS: Autonomous University of Sinaloa *UAT:

Autonomous University of Tamaulipas The Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (in es, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, UAT) is a Mexican public university based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. Throughout the larger cities of Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Tampico and ...

*UATx:

Autonomous University of Tlaxcala , mottoeng = Social justice through culture , established = 20 November 1976 , type = Public university , rector = Luis Armando González Placencia , colors = , addres ...

*UAZ: Autonomous University of Zacatecas *UCOL:

University of Colima The University of Colima (in Spanish: ''Universidad de Colima'') is a Mexican public university with several campuses across the state of Colima, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It was created on September 16, 1940 by the President Lázaro Cárdenas ...

*UdeG:

University of Guadalajara The University of Guadalajara ( es, Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distr ...

*UG: Universidad de Guanajuato *UJAT:

Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, also known as UJAT) is a public institution of higher learning located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The mission of the university is "to prepare professionals ...

*UJED: Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango *UNACAR:

Autonomous University of Carmen The Universidad Autónoma del Carmen is an institution of higher education located in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico. Founded on June 13, 1967, it is the successor to the Liceo Carmelita, which was established in 1854. Schools The university ...

*UNICACH: University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas *UMich: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo * UO:

Universidad de Occidente Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

* UQROO:

University of Quintana Roo The University of Quintana Roo (in Spanish: ''Universidad de Quintana Roo, UQROO'') is a Mexican public university with several campuses across the state of Quintana Roo, in the Yucatán peninsula. It was created on 24 May 1991. Its Division of ...

* UNISON: Universidad de Sonora *UV: Universidad Veracruzana

Presidents

The General Assembly elects a President among the rectors of the member institutions. List of Presidents: * 2005-2008: Mario Garcia-Valdez, UASLP * 2008-2010: Luis Gil Borja, UAEH *2010-2012: Mario Alberto Ochoa Rivera, UAdeC *2014-2016: Humberto Augusto Veras Godoy, UAEH *2016-: Javier Saldaña Almazán, UAGRO

References

External links

* {{authority control 2005 establishments in Mexico Universities and colleges in Mexico College and university associations and consortia in North America