The Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (in es, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, UASLP) is a

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. It is the largest, oldest, and most comprehensive university in the state of San Luis Potosí, as well as one of the most important ones in Mexico. Among other historic milestones, in 1923, UASLP was the first university in Mexico to have autonomy constitutionally granted.

History

The oldest antecedent of UASLP is a Jesuit college founded in 1624 in the city of San Luis Potosí to teach literacy, as well as secondary and high school studies. In 1825, governor Ildefonso Díaz de León was directly involved in the creation of the ''Colegio Guadalupano Josefino''. Opening on 2 June 1826, the college initially included academic programs in

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program was added six years later. The first

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was Manuel María de Gorriño y Arduengo. Unfortunately, teachers were not always available and due to political and civil unrest there were times, especially in the 19th century, the college had to suspend classes on a temporary basis. Also, in 1855, the Colegio was closed, in conjunction with the expulsion of Jesuits from Mexico. In 1859, authorities and local leaders reopened the institution under the name of Scientific and Literary Institute of San Luis Potosi, as a non-denominational higher education institution. However, since this event happened at the same time that the country was experiencing the Reform War (1858-1861), activities were limited during the first years of operation. On 10 January 1923, governor Rafael Nieto issued Decree No. 106, which established the University of San Luis Potosí. The academic structure of the new institution included the faculties of Medicine, Law, Chemistry and Business. It also included the Civil Hospital, the San Luis Potosí Public Library, the State Meteorological Observatory, and the

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for training teachers. The 1923 Decree granted autonomy to the University. More recently, in 1949, the Decree Number 53, under Article 100 the Political Constitution of the State of San Luis Potosí, changed the name of the institution into its current one of Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí.

Organization

UASLP is organized in faculties (schools that offer postgraduate education), schools, coordinations, academic units and departments; it is divided into 15 faculties, 1 school, 4 coordinations, 1 department, 7 institutes, 12 research institutes, and 2 academic units for different and specific areas. Both undergraduate and graduate studies are available on each faculty. To date, UASLP has a student population of more than 32,000 people, and offers 99 undergraduate programs and 88 postgraduate programs.

Faculties

* Faculty of Accounting and Administration * Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary * Faculty of Chemistry * Faculty of Communication * Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences * Faculty of Information Sciences * Faculty of Law * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Nursing and Nutrition * Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Sciences
* Faculty of Stomatology * Faculty of the Habitat (for architecture, design and building related studies)

Schools

* High School of Matehuala

Coordinations

* Academic Coordination, Altiplano Region (

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) * Academic Coordination, Huasteca South Region * Academic Coordination, West Altiplano Region * Academic Coordination in Arts

Departments

* Department of Mathematical Physics

Academic units

* Multidisciplinary Academic Unit, Huastec Region (

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) * Multidisciplinary Academic Unit, Media Region ( Rio Verde)

Institutes

* Institute of Education Sciences * Institute of Physics * Institute of Geology * Institute of Optical Communication Research (IICO) * Humanistic Research Institute * Desert Zones Research Institute * Institute of Metallurgy

Research centers

* Research Center in Health Sciences and Biomedicine * Research and Extension Center "El Balandrán" * Biosciences Regional Center * Coordination for the Innovation and Application of Science and Technology * Research and Postgraduate Studies Center of the Faculty of Chemistry * Research and Postgraduate Studies Center of the Faculty of Engineering * Research and Postgraduate Studies Center of the Faculty of the Habitat * Stomatology Research Center * Integral Care Unit and Health Research * Research and Postgraduate Studies Center in Agricultural Sciences * Department of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Psychology * Institute of Juridical Research

Notable alumni

Ponciano Arriaga José Ponciano Arriaga Mejía (1811–1865) was a lawyer and radical liberal politician from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. Biography Arriaga rose to prominence in the late 1840s and is particularly known for pushing for the equality o ...

(1811–1863), lawyer and Constitutional Congressman. * Manuel José Othón (1858–1906), poet *

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, historian * Luis Ernesto Derbez (1947-), Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs 2003-2006 *

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(1977-), professional wrestler otherwise known as Alberto Del Rio and nephew of

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Notable staff

* Salvador Nava Martínez (1914-1992), physician, politician and activist, professor in the School of Medicine * Valentin Afraimovich (1945-2018), Russian and Mexican mathematician that made contributions to

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References

External links

Official website of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Universidad Autonoma De San Luis Potosi Public universities and colleges in Mexico Autonoma Educational institutions established in 1923 1923 establishments in Mexico