Simón Bolívar University
[P&G Reclutamiento USBMéxico]
" Simon Bolivar University. Retrieved on April 14, 2016. "Av. Río Mixcoac No. 48 Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac" () is a private
Roman Catholic
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university in
Mixcoac,
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...
,
Mexico City
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. Currently, it teaches 15 bachelor's programmes, 8 master's degree programmes and one specialty. It is named after
Venezuelan
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military and political leader
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bol ...
.
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
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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
graphic design
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and
biology
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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
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*
Biological and pharmaceutical Chemistry
*
Biotechnology
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* Business
Information Technology
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*
Business Administration
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Overview
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*
Clinical Biochemistry
* Communication and
Multimedia
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*
Food Engineering
*
International Trade
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In most countries, such trade represents a significan ...
and Customs Management
*
Law
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* Marketing and Commercial Relations
* Pedadogy
*
Telecommunications Engineering
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* Visual Communication Design
Master's degrees
* Administrative Sciences
* Communication for Political and Social Action
*
Computer Science
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and Technology Administration
*
Environmental Science
* Multimedia Project Design
* Productivity and Quality Systems Administration
* University-level Teaching
*
Visual Communication
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Specialty
* Specialty in
Web Design
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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
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
, thus making the building into a national historic monument.
References
External links
Simon Bolivar University website��
Universities in Mexico City
Benito Juárez, Mexico City
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