Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, also known as UJAT) is a public institution of higher learning located in

Villahermosa Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Town") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an important city because of its ...

Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ...

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. The mission of the

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is "to prepare

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with broad and deep expertise in their area of study to fill the needs of Tabasco and the country at large." UJAT is the largest and most prominent university in the

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.Dirección de la Secretaria de Gobierno
Periodico Oficial
, ''Decreto 0666,'' Seccion "E", No. 4724, State of Tabasco, December 19, 1987. Retrieved February 13, 2008. During the 2007-2008

academic year An academic year, or school year, is a period that schools, colleges and university, universities use to measure the duration of studies for a given educational level. Academic years are often divided into academic terms. Students attend classe ...

the university enrolled 35,271 students and had a teaching staff of over 2,000. For the same school year the university offered

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s in 36 disciplines,

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s in 26 areas, three

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, and

post-graduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

Certificates (''Especialidades'') in 17 graduate areas of specialization (mostly in the medical field). The university grants

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engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

, and

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degrees, plus some 30 additional degrees in other

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History

Juarez Institute

The origin of the university dates back to 1860, when the governor of Tabasco, Víctor Dueñas, asked President

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 ...

for funds to establish a secondary, preparatory, and college-level educational institution to serve the community of Tabasco; such funds were granted a year later.Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión
Instituto Juárez
, ''Página Universitaria'' 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003. However, it was not until January 1, 1879, that new institution opened its doors to the public as the ''Instituto Juárez'' (''Juárez Institute''). This took place with the support of governor Simón Sarlat Nova and the liberal politician and writer Manuel Sánchez Mármol, who became the first director of the institution. The first enrollment consisted of less than 100 students in nine academic disciplines: agriculture, veterinary medicine, land surveying, public notary, law, management, education, jurisprudence, and pharmacy. On August 1, 1947, the institute was admitted into the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES) in Mexico.

Transformation into a University

The 1950s saw an interest in changing the name of the school to better reflect its focus on higher learning. "In 1958, Lic. Antonio Ocampo Ramírez, Director of the Juárez Institute, put together a bill to transform the Institute into a University. On November 20, 1958, the Juárez Institute was renamed to Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco by a Tabasco state legislature decree Antonio Ocampo Ramírez was the last director of the Institute and the first rector of the new institution." In 1958, while General Miguel Orrico de los Llanos was the governor of Tabasco, the Juárez Institute became the ''Juarez University of Tabasco''." In February 1964, Lic. Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico, inaugurated the Zona de la Cultura, or ''Cultural Zone'', at the site where the University currently has its main campus on Avenida Universidad.Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión
Instituto Juárez
, ''Página Universitaria'' 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003. Retrieved October 26, 2008. "As a result, a significant number of the degree programs offered at the old Institute's location were moved to their new quarters."

Autonomous University

In December 1966, while Manuel R. Mora Martínez was the governor of the State, and Dr. Miguel A. Gómez Ventura was the rector of the school, the university became an autonomous entity, "becoming then the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco." "December 1966, is a memorable date, as it was then that the university was granted its autonomy, becoming from that point forward, the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco."

Decentralization

In July 1966, the university started the process of decentralization with the separation of its Preparatory School, and the construction and inauguration of the College of Veterinary Medicine on the Villahermosa-Teapa Road. Decentralization continued in 1978 with the inauguration of facilities for the College of Law in Colonia Reforma, Villahermosa, and in 1982, with the establishment in Cunduacán of the College of Engineering and Architecture. In 2008, the university consisted of 10 divisions on 7 campuses spread over three municipalities of the State of Tabasco. There are campuses in four colonies in the Municipality of Centro in Villahermosa.

Accelerated Growth

On December 11, 1987, in light of "technological changes," the State of Tabasco passed the Organic Law of the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, intended to establish a modern organizational structure at the university that could serve as the basis for dealing with the "accelerated growth" in student registration and stimulating the university to transform itself into "a center of academic excellence". As a result, the last 20 years have seen a significant amount of growth at the university. For example, in 1997, the university started the Extension Program at facilities in the town of

Tenosique Tenosique is a town located in Tenosique Municipality in the southeastern corner of the state of Tabasco, in Mexico. Its official name is Tenosique de Pino Suárez. The town had a 2020 census population of 34,946 inhabitants (the fourth-largest ...

. This Extension Program includes a distance learning program amongst its various other academic offerings. In 2007, the Extension Program became the College of Multidisciplinary Studies at Los Ríos. The 2010s also saw the UJAT make a major push into broadcasting. In 2011, XHUJAT-FM 107.3 "Radio UJAT" took to the air, and in November 2016, it was joined by a television station, XHUJAT-TDT 35.

Location

The university facilities are located in mostly urban areas and follow primarily a decentralized model. The facilities are distributed over nine campuses – six in the capital city of

and three in the municipality of

Cunduacán Cunduacán is a municipality in the central portion of the Mexican state of Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mu ...

. There is also an extension program (formally, the Multidisciplinary College of los Ríos) that operates from the town of

. The central offices of the university, as well as its main campus, are located on Avenida Universidad, Villahermosa, and it hosts the College of Education and Arts, and the College of Economics and Management. The Colleges of Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Agricultural and Fish Sciences are located at various other campuses in the city of Villahermosa. The College of Systems and Informatics, the College of Basic Sciences, and the College of Engineering and Architecture are located in Cunduacán. In January 2009, the university began construction of its tenth Academic Division in the town of

Comalcalco Comalcalco is a city located in Comalcalco Municipality about 45 miles (60 km) northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Tabasco. Near the city is the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya archaeological s ...

. With an initial budget of 38 million Mexican pesos, this new location will be called the Multidisciplinary Division of Comalcalco. The municipality of Comalcalco is located about 45 miles from the city of Villahermosa, and the university expects the new location to benefit some 865 students from the Chontalpa region currently enrolled at the university's other locations. Construction is expected to be completed by mid-2009 and the new facilities will consist mostly of classrooms, laboratories, and a library. Instruction will be primarily in the health sciences.

Accreditation

The university has been

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at the

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al level by the '' Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior'
(National Association of universities and Institutions of Higher Learning)
since August 1, 1947. The

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

public accounting An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy. Accountants who have demonstrated competency through their professional associations' certification exams are certified to use titles such as Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certif ...

, and

labor relations Labour relations in practice is a subarea within human resource management, and the main components of it include collective bargaining, application and oversight of collective agreement obligations, and dispute resolution. Academically, employe ...

programs are accredited at the national level by the ''Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior'
(COPAES)
The program on

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is accredited nationally by the ''Comité de Acreditación del Consejo Nacional de Educación Odontológica'
(CONAEDO)
The medical surgeon program is accredited at the national level by the ''Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica'
(COMAEM)
The

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and

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programs are accredited by the ''Comité para la Acreditacion de la Licenciatura en Biologia'
(CACEB)
September 11, 2008, saw the accreditation of two more academic programs in the College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences:

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

and food engineering. These two programs received nationwide accreditation by the ''Comité Mexicano de Acreditacion de la Educacion Agronomica'
(COMEAA)
The

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program was accredited on September 30, 2008, by the ''Consejo para la Acreditación de la Comunicación'
(CONAC)
The

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program was accredited on December 11, 2009, by the ''Comité para la Evaluación de Programas de Pedagogía y Educación A.C.'
(CEPPE)
The program on

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is also accredited, according to a November 3, 2009, report in the school's ''Juchiman'' periodical. While the university as a whole is accredited by ANUIES, program-specific accreditation, when available, is sought by its colleges. An example is the College of Basic Sciences which is currently (2008) seeking accreditation for each one of its program offerings. The university has also created an internal commission for the self-evaluation of its post graduate programs. On January 22, 2008, the Rectory pledged to obtain accreditation for each and ''all'' of the remaining academic offerings at the university.

Institutional quality

On August 28, 2007, the university was recognized as one of the 13 best in Mexico by the Mexican

Secretary of Public Education In Mexico, the Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish language, in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with Cabinet (government), cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseein ...

(SEP). Just a year earlier, during the 2006–2007 academic year, the university had been recognized as one of the 16 best by the same entity. In an ''ATEI Informa'' newsbrief dated October 12, 2006, the ''Asociación de Televisión Educativa Iberoamericana'' (Association of Ibero-American Educational Television) reported that "UJAT was among the 16 best universities in the country when it received an acknowledgement to that effect granted by the Secretary for Public Education."Juan G. Castro, PresATEI
Reconocen a la Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco entre las 16 mejores universidades de México
October 12, 2006. Retrieved: February 15, 2008. This recognition was made "for offering 22 educational programs to 79 percent of its student body that ranked at Level 1 of the ''Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior'
(CIEES)
plus two other granted by national-level accrediting entities."

The 2007 recognition, like the one on the previous year, was made to recognize the university's launching of a study on strategic planning which led the institution to achieve the standards required of an institution of higher learning increasingly

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al and international levels. As of October 12, 2006, the following nine parameters were considered in bestowing the Academic Institutional Quality honor unto the university: *All of its thirty-three (33) bachelor's degrees have been evaluated by the ''Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior'' (CIEES). *Twenty-two (22) of its academic programs ranked at the CIEES Level I; two other programs are accredited by the ''Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior'' (COPAES). *Seventy-nine (79) percent of its students are enrolled in one of its 24 bachelor's programs recognized for their academic quality. *Forty-eight (48) of its faculty is part of the National Researchers Association and 144 more are part of the State of Tabasco Researchers Association. *Fifty-five (55) of its students are enrolled in the ''Movilidad Estudiantil'' student exchange program. *Nine-four (94) students are engaged in national research internship programs with other Mexican educational institutions, making UJAT the second largest participant in such ''Programa del Verano Científico''. *Sixty (60) percent of its full-time faculty has a graduate degree in their discipline: 346 have the master's degree while 103 have a doctoral degree. *The university runs 327 research projects—128 of them externally financed and 199 running on institutionally-based financing. *The school's student services and the library system are certified by the ISO 9001:2000 norm standard. As of August 1, 1947, the university library consisted of 249,100 volumes. Today the university library system serves all campuses out of nine library locations as follows: * The ''Lic. Manuel Barlett Bautista Library'', located on University Avenue, Villahermosa, is the largest facility of the university's library system. It is also known as the Central Library. * The ''Ing. Cesar O. Palacio Tapia Library'', also known as the Library of the Chontalpa, servers the Colleges of Basic Sciences, Information Sciences and Systems, and Engineering and Architecture, all located in Cunduacan, Tabasco. It is the second largest library in the UJAT library system. * The ''M.V.Z. Faustino Torres Castro Library'' is located in Villahermosa at the College of Fish and Agricultural Sciences. It is also known as the DACA Library from that College's acronym in Spanish. * The ''Lic. Jose Ma. Gurria Urgell Library'' is located in Villahermosa at the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, and its book and magazine collection reflects that College's interests. It is also called the Library of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. * The ''Health Sciences Library'' is located at the Health Sciences campus in Colonia Tamulte, Villahermosa, and serves the needs of that academic community. * The ''Jose Marti Library''. Established in 1944, it is the oldest library in the UJAT Library system. * The ''Lic. Belisario Colorado Jr. Library'', is the library of the College of Education and Arts. It is located within the facilities of that College at Zona de la Cultura, University City, University Avenue, Villahermosa. * The ''Dr. Juan Jose Beauregard Cruz Library'' is the library of the College of Life Sciences. * The ''Los Rios Library'', located at the College of Los Rios in Tenosique, Tabasco.

Academics

The university is divided into nine separate academic divisions, roughly equivalent to the college or school subdivisions of other major universities and which denotes the granting of a certain level of autonomy to the internal affairs of the academic subdivision in question. Students choose entry into one of these nine academic divisions, though degrees are granted and titled by the university. Prospective students must possess a high school diploma, preferably from a college preparatory high school, and pass a university entrance exam to be admitted into the academic division of their choice. Moving from one academic division to another within the university is generally not possible without significant loss of earned academic credits. The university integrates intramural sports, physico-culture, fitness, band, and ballet teams amongst its extracurricular offerings. The university has collective agreements with various other institutions and organizations. One such agreement is with the

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"intended to create an environment conductive to the broadening and strengthening of its programs". The College of Basic Sciences has collective agreements with the

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(UNAM), Colegio de Bachilleres de Tabasco (CBT), Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica e Industrial (DGETI), Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP),

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(UAEM), Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Secretaría de Salud del Edo. de Tabasco, and Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). The College of Life Sciences has a collective agreement with

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in Corvallis, Oregon, US, for the evaluation, provisioning, and breeding of telapia fish.

Programs of Study

Summary of Degrees Offered by Each College

''Licenciaturas''

The university grants the degree of ''

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'' in the following 36 areas:

College of Life Sciences

•

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 ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...

''(Accredited)''

College of Education and Arts

•

''(Accredited)'' •

Communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

s ''(Accredited)'' •

Languages Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing. Human language is ch ...

•

Cultural Studies Cultural studies is an academic field that explores the dynamics of contemporary culture (including the politics of popular culture) and its social and historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers investigate how cultural practices rel ...

College of Engineering and Architecture

•

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

•

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

•

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

•

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

•

''(Accredited)''

College of Health Sciences

•

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Dental Surgery Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Nutrition Nutrition is the biochemistry, biochemical and physiology, physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into Macronutrient, macro- ...

•

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

''(Accredited)''

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

•

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 ...

•

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

•

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

College of Informatics and Systems

•

Management Information Systems A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves peo ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Computer Systems A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Telematics Telematics is an interdisciplinary field encompassing telecommunications, vehicular technologies (road transport, road safety, etc.), electrical engineering (sensors, instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and computer science (multimedia ...

•

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 ...

College of Economics and Administration

•

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Public Accounting An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy. Accountants who have demonstrated competency through their professional associations' certification exams are certified to use titles such as Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certif ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

''(Accredited)'' •

Labor Relations Labour relations in practice is a subarea within human resource management, and the main components of it include collective bargaining, application and oversight of collective agreement obligations, and dispute resolution. Academically, employe ...

''(Accredited)''

College of Basic Sciences

•

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, ...

•

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

•

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

•

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences

•

Agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

''(Accredited)'' • Aquaculture Engineering • Food Engineering ''(Accredited)'' •

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

and

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

College of Multidisciplinary Studies

• Aquaculture Engineering •

• Food Engineering ''(Accredited)'' •

•

Master's degrees

The university grants the master's degree in the following 26 fields:

College of Life Sciences

• Environmental Sciences •

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

and

Environmental Protection Environmental protection, or environment protection, refers to the taking of measures to protecting the natural environment, prevent pollution and maintain ecological balance. Action may be taken by individuals, advocacy groups and governments. ...

College of Education and Arts

•

Teaching Teaching is the practice implemented by a ''teacher'' aimed at transmitting skills (knowledge, know-how, and interpersonal skills) to a learner, a student, or any other audience in the of an educational institution. Teaching is closely related ...

•

s • Educational

Sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, Human sexual activity, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social crit ...

College of Engineering and Architecture

•

Hydraulic Engineering Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the move ...

College of Health Sciences

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Medical Sciences Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

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Primary Health Care Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. Primary health care enables health systems to support a pe ...

• Basic Biomedical Sciences • Public Health Sciences

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

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Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

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Criminal Law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It proscribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and Well-being, welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal l ...

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College of Informatics and Systems

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Information Technology Management Information technology management (IT management) is the discipline whereby all of the information technology resources of a firm are managed in accordance with its needs and priorities. Managing the responsibility within a company entails many ...

College of Economics and Administration

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Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

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College of Basic Sciences

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Applied Mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematics, mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and Industrial sector, industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a ...

College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences

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Food Science Food science (or bromatology) is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing ...

• Animal Health Sciences

Doctorate degrees

The university grants doctoral degrees in the following three areas:

College of Life Sciences

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and Tropical Systems Management

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

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College of Economics and Administration

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Organizational Studies Organization studies (also called organization science or organizational studies) is the academic field interested in a ''collective activity, and how it relates to organization, organizing, and management''. It is "the examination of how individ ...

Postgraduate diplomas

The university grants postgraduate diplomas in the following 17 areas:

College of Economics and Administration

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Tax accounting U.S. tax accounting refers to accounting for tax purposes in the United States. Unlike most countries, the United States has a comprehensive set of accounting principles for tax purposes, prescribed by tax law, which are separate and distinct f ...

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Real Estate Assessment

College of Health Sciences

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Anesthesiology Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative medicine, perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critica ...

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General Surgery General surgery is a Surgical specialties, surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and Abdomen, abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, Appendix (anatomy ...

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Pediatric nursing Pediatric nursing is part of the nursing profession, specifically revolving around the care of neonates and children up to adolescence. The word, ''pediatrics'', comes from the Greek words 'paedia' (child) and 'iatrike' (physician). 'Paediatrics' ...

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Surgical Nursing A surgical nurse, also referred to as a theatre nurse or scrub nurse, specializes in perioperative care, providing care to patients before, during and after surgery. To become a theatre nurse, Registered Nurses or Enrolled Nurses must complete e ...

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Critical care nursing Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients following extensive injury, surgery or life-threatening diseases. Critical care nurses can be found working in a wide variety o ...

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Obstetrics and gynaecology Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obst and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and ...

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Public Health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

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Internal Medicine Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of ...

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Pediatrics Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, Adolescence, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many o ...

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Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

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Family Medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is ...

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Neonatology Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Th ...

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Radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but tod ...

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Imaging Imaging is the representation or reproduction of an object's form; especially a visual representation (i.e., the formation of an image). Imaging technology is the application of materials and methods to create, preserve, or duplicate images. ...

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Orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (American and British English spelling differences, alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgic ...

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Intensive Care Intensive care medicine, usually called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes p ...

Research

As of October 2006, the university operated under the following four research parameters: *Forty-eight (48) of its faculty were part of the Mexico's National Researchers Association. *One hundred forty-four (144) faculty members were part of the State of Tabasco Researchers Association. *Nine-four (94) students were engaged in national research internship programs with other Mexican educational institutions. This made UJAT the second largest participant in the ''Programa del Verano Científico'' (Summer Science Program). *The university ran 327 research projects—128 of them externally financed and 199 operating on institutionally-based financing. The university houses an ''Institute of Aquaculture'', and basic research is performed at this facility. Research scientists from other academic institutions worldwide have participated in research endeavors here. The university also houses, via the College of Life Sciences, the ''Centro de Transferencia Tecnológica Para La Acuacultura'' (CETRA). "The Center includes a consortium of Mexican universities and public/private foundations that have an associated interest in aquaculture. Its goal is to support and guide

aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. Nelu ...

to be sustainable and commercially viable. CETRA has established the initial network of academic and economic resources in Mexico and the United States that provide extension services for meeting Mexico’s sustainable aquaculture development goals." The center's website is a
CETRA
As of February 2009, the university had approved the opening of a ''Centro de Investigaciones sobre Energia, Agua, y Cambio Climatico'', or Research Center for Energy, Water, and Climatic Change. This is a partnership between the

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

, the Mexican Academy of Sciences, and the university. In April 2009, the university opened the ''Centro de Integración Ovina del Sureste (CIOS)'', or The Southeastern Center for Ovine Integration, in the College of Fish and Agricultural Sciences. Since 1986, the university has moved along in a meaningful manner towards consolidating its areas of research, not only by diversifying its centers, projects, and research programs based on their respective fields of study, but also by striking collective agreements and inter-institutional relations with both academic and non-academic institutions with the purpose of increasing participation and financing. Formacion Universitaria en Educacion I: Universidades del Sureste
''Formacion Universitaria en Educacion I: Universidades del Sureste''. By Ducoing, Patricia, & Pacheco, Teresa. Published by UNAM, 1997. Page 45. , . Retrieved October 23, 2008. Other centers of investigation at the university include: * The Center for Research on the Olmeca and Maya Cultures * Center for Study and Research of the Fine Arts * General Bureau for Fish Life * Bureau for Development * Bureau for Higher Education and Scientific Investigation * Regional Museum of Anthropology

Notable alumni

* José Narciso Rovirosa, prominent biologist who categorized over a thousand species of flora in southern Mexico. * Eduardo Alday Hernández, prominent lawyer and president of the Supreme Court of the state of Tabasco. *

Manuel Andrade Díaz Manuel Andrade Díaz (born 1965 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI and former Governor of Tabasco. He holds a law ...

, governor of Tabasco. * Francisco J. Santamaría, famed lexicographer of Spanish as spoken in Latin America and Mexico. His two great works are the ''Diccionario general de americanismos'' (1942) and the ''Diccionario de mejicanismos'' (1959), both of which remain in print as fundamental reference works in their fields. He was also governor of Tabasco.

References

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