Universidad La Salle also referred to by its acronym ULSA is a private

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secondary and higher education institution run by the

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in 15 campuses in

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. It offers

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, bachelor, master and

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degrees. It has had an expansion in the country, creating its own university national system. Its main campus is located in

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, and has a presence in

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, Gomez Palacio,

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, Ciudad Victoria, Leon, Morelia,

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, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl,

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, Cancun, Cuernavaca and

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. It is part of the educational community of the

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, founded by Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, patron saint of education. The congregation has about seventy-seven thousand lay partners and one million students around the world, with establishments of higher learning in

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, the

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, and

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History

In 1905, the brothers of La Salle Jerbert Alphonse Gibert, Adrien Marie Astruc, Amedée Francois Vincent and Antoinde Claude Carrel traveled to Mexico from

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, France, along with Br. Pedro Celestino Schniedier who traveled from Colombia. They founded the delegation of LaSalle brethren in Mexico. The brothers established schools in Puebla, Toluca, Torreon, Monterrey, and various other locations in the country. Their first high school in Mexico City opened in 1931, the Colegio Francés De la Salle. In 1932 the school won formal recognition and authorization by the

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. In 1938 the Colegio Cristóbal Colón was also established in the Colonia San Rafael. The history of Universidad La Salle began with the relocation of Colegio Cristóbal Colón to the center of the traditional Colonia Condesa in Mexico City in 1962. On February 15 it opened its doors with only the high school building completed and a partially built tower, gym and auditorium. By May of the same year, it had rapidly grown to announce its transformation from just a school to a full university category. Since then, it has undergone continuous expansion. The main campus has a population of approximately 10,000 students, and has expanded its campus throughout Mexico City with buildings in many areas of the city. There are branches of Universidad La Salle in 15 Mexican states. The La Salle educational institution itself is represented in over 82 different countries, and 5 continents making it the largest educational community in the world. ULSA is among the top 7 private universities in Mexico and ranked in the top three in areas such as Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Medicine. The Universidad La Salle medical school (Facultad Mexicana de Medicina) is one of the most prestigious medical school in Mexico. It was Mexico's first private medical school and was founded in 1970. It is accredited by the Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica (COMAEM), and is listed in the International Medical Education Directory. Albeit a young school, many of the country's department heads are graduates from La Salle. Murayl y tempusfugit

University presidents

*2021 - Present Hno. José Francisco Flores Gamio F.S.C. *2011– 2021 Dr. Enrique Gonzalez Alvarez *2009–2011 M.A. Martín Rocha Pedrajo *2006–2009

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Ambrosio Luna Salas *2000–2006 Mtro. Raúl Valadez García *1991–2000 Dr. Lucio Tazzer de Schrijver *1988–1991 Dr. José Cervantes Hernández *1983–1988 M.A. César Rangel Barrera *1974–1983 Dr. Francisco L. Cervantes Lechuga *1968–1974 Dr. Guillermo Alba López *1962–1968 Dr. Manuel de J. Álvarez Campos

Campuses

* Cancún *

* Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl * Ciudad Victoria * Cuernavaca *

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* León *

* Morelia *

Programs

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

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 ...

Chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

Food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is inge ...

Civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

Communications Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

Cybernetics Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson m ...

and

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engineering *

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* Electrical and electronic systems engineering *

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Industrial engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex process (engineering), processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, kno ...

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

* International business trade * Law *

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

* Management information systems *

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and

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systems engineering * Mechatronics Engineering *

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* Religious studies *

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Degrees

Specialties

Graduate programs

Business School

* Administration * International Business Administration * Health Organizations Administration * Economic and Financial Engineering * Strategic Management of Human Capital * Information Technologies in the Business Direction

Chemical Sciences School

* Food Science and Human Nutrition * Clinical Pharmacology * Quality and Applied Statistics

Law School

* Business law * Civil law * Criminal law

Engineering School

* Master of Science, Field of Cybertronics * Project Management and Building Business

Social Sciences and Humanities School

* Social Philosophy * Master of Education, Field of Education Management * Master of Education, Field of Educational Intervention

Mexican Architecture, Design and Communication School

* Management of Real Estate Projects

Graduate school and research direction

* MIEX Master International Management * MIEX General Information for 2nd academic year

Doctorates

*Administration *Education

Ph.D.

*Education *Law

Courses of distant learning

*Courses of Quality in the Service *Assertive communication *Discipline with dignity *Design of Strategies for the Evaluation for Competitions *Strategies of Motivation at the Classroom *Developmental strategies of the Competition Lectora in the Pupil of half level and half a superior *Evaluation of the Quality of the Services *Effective negotiation *New form of Learning News *Planning for Competitions *Preparation for Residencias's National Exam Medical ( ENARM )

Courses of continuous education

*Orthographic Bringing Up To Date and Modern Wording *Juridical argumentation *Emotional intelligence *Finance stops Nonfinancial *Selling Techniques

References

Bibliography

* Concepción Barrón Tirado
Universidades privadas: formación en educación
Mexico, ed.National Autonomous university of Mexico, Plaza and Valdés, *LEVY, Daniel C. ( 1995 ) higher education and the status in Latin America: Private challenges to the public predominance Collection Problemas educational of Mexico, Mexico, ed.Latin American faculty of Social Sciences, Estudios's Centro on the University, UNAM, Miguel angel Porrúa, *ULSA ( 1979 ) Catálogo Universidad The Salle A.C. 79-80 Mexico, ed.The University's Apartment of Information and Promotion Her, Leave To Him

External links

Official site

at the Institute of International Education. {{Authority control Lasallian colleges and universities Universidad La Salle México Educational institutions established in 1962