UAM Cuajimalpa is the fourth of the five campuses of the
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
The Metropolitan Autonomous University (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana'') also known as UAM, is a Mexican public university. Founded in 1974 with the support of then-President Luis Echeverria Alvarez, the institut ...
(UAM). It is located in the western part of
Mexico City
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. It was created in 2005 to respond to the high demand of a high quality public higher education in that part of the 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
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. 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
Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in differe ...
*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 o ...
*Molecular Biology
Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...
*Applied Mathematics
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*Computer Engineering
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*Management
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Management includes the activities o ...
*Law
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*Humanistic Studies
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*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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