The Universidad Autónoma de Durango (''Autonomous University of Durango'' or ''Universidad Durango Santander'' or UAD) is a

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university with its main campus located in

Durango City Durango (, ) is the capital and largest city of the northern Mexican state of Durango and the seat of the municipality of Durango. It has a population of 616,068 as of the 2020 census with 688,697 living in the municipality. The city's offici ...

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

and with campuses in multiple Mexican states. It was founded on 11 February 1992 and is operated by the ''Fomento Educativo y Cultural Francisco de Ibarra, A.C.'' The university serves some 16,000 students on its own at

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and

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level and offers

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. The university also offers bilingual (English and Spanish) education from kindergarten to high school with ''Colegio de Inglés''.UAD Colegio de Inglés (in Spanish)
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Programs

UAD offers full-time studies courses, part-time study courses, online distance learning and Saturday and evening courses. The degrees can be on a quarter or semester system. Postgraduate courses are on a semester system, and are offered only on the weekends. The following are the undergraduate and graduate degrees taught by the university in its different campuses. The educational courses offered varies in each campus:
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Undergraduate Degrees

Graduate Degrees

*Finance *Geriatrics *Law *Judicial Public Speaking *Real Estate Valuation *Senior Management and Business Management *Tax Law

Doctorate Degrees

*Constitutional, Criminal and Protection Law *Education *Management

List of campuses throughout Mexico

Media

UAD operates the Lobos FM radio network, with stations at Durango, Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán, Hermosillo, Los Mochis, Zacatecas and Culiacán. In addition, UAD operates a television station in Durango, XHUAD-TDT channel 4.

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