The Anahuac Mayab University (
Spanish
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: ''Universidad Anáhuac Mayab'') is a private institution of higher education in
Mérida,
Yucatán
Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida.
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,
México
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and belongs to the religious congregation of the
Legion of Christ
The Legionaries of Christ (in , abbreviated L.C.) is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right founded on January 3, 1941, by the Mexican Catholic priest Marcial Maciel. It belongs constitutively to the spiritua ...
.
It was founded in 1984 through an initiative of Archbishop Manuel Castro Ruiz with the support of a group of businessmen from southern Mexico. The university began with degrees in
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 ...
,
Tourism Business Administration,
Accounting
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, and
Law
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.
At present, 22
bachelor degree
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s are offered, plus
masters and
doctoral degree
A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...
s.
Anahuac Mayab joined the international Anahuac University Network in 2004, made up of 9 universities in Mexico and 6 abroad. In the year 2006 it becomes the first educational institution in the national scope to obtain 100% accreditation of its educational programs, through the organizations belonging to ''COPAES'' (Council for Accreditation of Higher Education).
See also
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Education in Mexico
Education in Mexico has a long history. Indigenous peoples in Central Mexico created institutions such as the ''Tēlpochcalli, telpochcalli'' and the ''calmecac'' before the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire, Spanish conquest. The Royal and P ...
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Anahuac Universities Network
References
External links
Official website
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1984 establishments in Mexico
Universities and colleges established in 1984
Universities and colleges in Yucatán
Regnum Christi
Legion of Christ
Anahuac universities
Religion in Yucatán
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