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

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university in Mixcoac,

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. 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

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

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and

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, 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 Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

* Biological and pharmaceutical Chemistry *

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

* Business

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

* Clinical Biochemistry * Communication and

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as Text (literary theory), writing, Sound, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single presentation. T ...

* Food Engineering *

International Trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (See: World economy.) In most countries, such trade represents a significan ...

and Customs Management *

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

* Marketing and Commercial Relations * Pedadogy *

Telecommunications Engineering Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication eng ...

* Visual Communication Design

Master's degrees

* Administrative Sciences * Communication for Political and Social Action *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

and Technology Administration * Environmental Science * Multimedia Project Design * Productivity and Quality Systems Administration * University-level Teaching *

Visual Communication Visual communication is the use of visual elements to convey ideas and information which include (but are not limited to) signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, advertising, animation, and electronic resourc ...

Specialty

* Specialty in

Web Design Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design (UI design); authoring, including standardised code a ...

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

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, thus making the building into a national historic monument.

References

External links

Simon Bolivar University website
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