Universidad La Salle also referred to by its acronym ULSA is a private

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secondary and higher education institution run by the

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in 15 campuses in

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. It offers

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and Ph.D degrees. It has had an expansion in the country, creating its own university national system. Its main campus is located in

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, and has a presence in

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, Chihuahua, Gomez Palacio,

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, Cancun,

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and

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. It is part of the educational community of the

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, founded by Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, patron saint of education. The congregation has about seventy-seven thousand lay partners and one million students around the world, with establishments of higher learning in

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History

In 1905, the brothers of La Salle Jerbert Alphonse Gibert, Adrien Marie Astruc, Amedée Francois Vincent and Antoinde Claude Carrel traveled to Mexico from

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, France, along with Br. Pedro Celestino Schniedier who traveled from Colombia. They founded the delegation of LaSalle brethren in Mexico. The brothers established schools in Puebla, Toluca, Torreon, Monterrey, and various other locations in the country. Their first high school in Mexico City opened in 1931, the Colegio Francés De la Salle. In 1932 the school won formal recognition and authorization by the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, 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 countri ...

. In 1938 the Colegio Cristóbal Colón was also established in the Colonia San Rafael. The history of Universidad La Salle began with the relocation of Colegio Cristóbal Colón to the center of the traditional Colonia Condesa in Mexico City in 1962. On February 15 it opened its doors with only the high school building completed and a partially built tower, gym and auditorium. By May of the same year, it had rapidly grown to announce its transformation from just a school to a full university category. Since then, it has undergone continuous expansion. The main campus has a population of approximately 10,000 students, and has expanded its campus throughout Mexico City with buildings in many areas of the city. There are branches of Universidad La Salle in 15 Mexican states. The La Salle educational institution itself is represented in over 82 different countries, and 5 continents making it the largest educational community in the world. ULSA is among the top 7 private universities in Mexico and ranked in the top three in areas such as Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Medicine. The Universidad La Salle medical school (Facultad Mexicana de Medicina) is one of the most prestigious medical schools in Mexico. It was Mexico's first private medical school and was founded in 1970. It is accredited by the Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica (COMAEM), and is listed in the International Medical Education Directory. Albeit a young school, many of the country's department heads are graduates from La Salle. Murayl y tempusfugit

University presidents

*2021–Present Hno. José Francisco Flores Gamio F.S.C. *2011– 2021 Dr. Enrique Gonzalez Alvarez *2009–2011 M.A. Martín Rocha Pedrajo *2006–2009 Dr. Ambrosio Luna Salas *2000–2006 Mtro. Raúl Valadez García *1991–2000 Dr. Lucio Tazzer de Schrijver *1988–1991 Dr. José Cervantes Hernández *1983–1988 M.A. César Rangel Barrera *1974–1983 Dr. Francisco L. Cervantes Lechuga *1968–1974 Dr. Guillermo Alba López *1962–1968 Dr. Manuel de J. Álvarez Campos

Campuses

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* Chihuahua *

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* Laguna * León *

Programs

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 ...

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for Nutrient, nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or Fungus, fungal origin and contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, protein (nutrient), proteins, vitamins, ...

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 ...

Communications 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 ...

Cybernetics Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the effects of a system's actions (its outputs) return as inputs to that system, influencing subsequent action. It is concerned with ...

and

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, ...

engineering *

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

Electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

and electronic systems engineering *

Graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

Industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

International Relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

* International business trade *

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 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 ...

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 ...

Mechanical Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations o ...

and

Energy Energy () is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is transferred to a physical body, body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of Work (thermodynamics), work and in the form of heat and l ...

systems engineering *

Mechatronics Engineering Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

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, ...

Pharmaceutical Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the ...

biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Religious studies Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as ''religion'' and definition of religion, its definition is h ...

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Degrees

Specialties

Graduate programs

Business School

* Administration * International Business Administration * Health Organizations Administration * Economic and Financial Engineering * Strategic Management of Human Capital * Information Technologies in the Business Direction

Chemical Sciences School

* Food Science and Human Nutrition * Clinical Pharmacology * Quality and Applied Statistics

Law School

* Business law * Civil law * Criminal law

Engineering School

* Master of Science, Field of Cybertronics * Project Management and Building Business

Social Sciences and Humanities School

* Social Philosophy * Master of Education, Field of Education Management * Master of Education, Field of Educational Intervention

Mexican Architecture, Design and Communication School

* Management of Real Estate Projects

Graduate school and research direction

* MIEX Master International Management * MIEX General Information for 2nd academic year

Doctorates

*Administration *Education

Ph.D.

*Education *Law

Courses of distant learning

*Courses of Quality in the Service *Assertive communication *Discipline with dignity *Design of Strategies for the Evaluation for Competitions *Strategies of Motivation at the Classroom *Developmental strategies of the Competition Lectora in the Pupil of half level and half a superior *Evaluation of the Quality of the Services *Effective negotiation *New form of Learning News *Planning for Competitions *Preparation for Residencias's National Exam Medical (ENARM)

Courses of continuous education

*Orthographic Bringing Up To Date and Modern Wording *Juridical argumentation *

Emotional intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI), also known as emotional quotient (EQ), is the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions. High emotional intelligence includes emotional recognition of emotions of the self and others, using ...

*Finance stops Nonfinancial *Selling Techniques

References

Bibliography

* Concepción Barrón Tirado
Universidades privadas: formación en educación
Mexico, ed.National Autonomous university of Mexico, Plaza and Valdés, *LEVY, Daniel C. (1995) higher education and the status in Latin America: Private challenges to the public predominance Collection Problemas educational of Mexico, Mexico, ed.Latin American faculty of Social Sciences, Estudios's Centro on the University, UNAM, Miguel angel Porrúa, *ULSA (1979) Catálogo Universidad The Salle A.C. 79-80 Mexico, ed.The University's Apartment of Information and Promotion Her, Leave To Him

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