Simón Bolívar UniversityP&G Reclutamiento USBMéxico
" Simon Bolivar University. Retrieved on April 14, 2016. "Av. Río Mixcoac No. 48 Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac" ( es, Universidad Simón Bolívar or USBMéxico) is a private Roman Catholic university in

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, Benito Juárez, Mexico City. Currently, it teaches 15 bachelor's programmes, 8 master's degree programmes and one specialty. It is named after

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military and political leader

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History

The university began in 1944 when the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception started an education project beginning from the basic levels of learning; with the creation of the preschool and primary levels, the '' Colegio Simón Bolívar'' (Simón Bolívar College) was founded. In 1952, they opened the ''Escuela Normal de Educación Primaria'' ( Normal School – that is, a teacher's college – of

Primary Education Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...

), this being the first programme for professional training. In 1981, Simón Bolívar University as it is known today arose, conferring bachelor's degrees in

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

and biology, thus becoming the only private university in the Mexico City metropolitan area to award the latter even now. Nowadays, Simón Bolívar University offers 25 bachelor's and master's programmes.

Bachelor's degrees

* Accountacy * Biology * Biological and pharmaceutical Chemistry * Biotechnology * Business Information Technology *

Business Administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

* Clinical Biochemistry * Communication and Multimedia * Food Engineering * International Trade and Customs Management * Law * Marketing and Comercial Relations * Pedadogy * Telecommunications Engineering * Visual Communication Design

Master's degrees

* Administrative Sciences * Communication for Political and Social Action * Computer Science and Technology Administration *

Environmental Science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...

* Multimedia Project Design * Productivity and Quality Systems Administration * University-level Teaching * Visual Communication

Specialty

* Specialty in Web Design

Campus

The main building, housing the rector's office along with some administrative offices, dates from the 18th century, and is one of the zone's protected residences.

Library

The university's library can be found in a big house that dates from colonial times in which, later, General José Joaquín de Herrera installed his provisional government in 1848, during the Mexican–American War, thus making the building into a national historic monument.

References

External links

Simon Bolivar University website
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