The Best Universities in Mexico
The education supply in Mexico is vast, however, categorizing the best universities can be based on the way these satisfy the countryâs needs and the current world scenario. Needs they fulfill, educational models they offer, number of degrees and professionals that graduate, post-graduate degrees and the specialization provided by each, technology research and development, as well as the connection university-company and philosophies as social responsibility and humanism, so each university acquires one or more of these commitments.
According to this, distinguished in the public domain is the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, because of the number of academic options and students it is catalogued among the 100 best in the world, and ranked number 20 in academic excellence by The Times.
It has 14 campuses where it imparts Educación Media Superior, nine corresponding to the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and five to the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades.
The post-graduate degree is oriented towards the formation of professionals, scientists and humanists, with 40 programs distributed between masters and doctorate degrees, 35 specialization programs.
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico offers its students an Academic Excellence program, as well as a scholarship program, including meal and title stipends, as well as for studying languages, in Mexico and abroad.
The University has developed a wide structure of inter-institutional collaboration for promoting and supporting academic cooperation with diverse national and foreign institutions for students, professors and researchers.
It also has diverse services for the university community as TV UNAM, Radio UNAM and programs of continuous formation like courses, workshops and cultural promotion. The Maximum House of Studies has also been a pioneer in the development of departments that help link the professional formation with the work environment, as in the case of the University Employment Bureau, and the Social Service.
Besides its importance in the formation of professionals and incursion in the countryâs cultural life, the central campus of Ciudad Universitaria was added to the World Heritage list by UNESCO on the 2nd of July 2007.
The Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey has developed a philosophy on dynamic teaching, based on the profound interaction between the institution, students, professors and society. It has been integrating âpresenceâ programs like education at a distance. It is internationally relevant, 33 campuses located in Mexico, 20 abroad, 52 programs of professional formation and 5 recently created, besides postgraduate and courses, without overlooking the formation of researchers and their link to the business world. In this last case, it has a permanent program of incubators, technological accelerators and technological parks, with the goal of detonating companies. Assuming its commitment with economic development, ITESM created the Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas renowned as one of the best in the country and Latin America.
It also has a profound awareness of the values of social responsibility; it intervenes and supports computer technology programs, supporting basic education, health promoters and various civil organizations. It also maintains a permanent relationship with superior education institutions in all continents.
Its educational model is one of the most innovative in the country, developing a technology platform for efficiently taking advantage of the programs and contents exclusively designed for promoting relevant knowledge, collaboration, self-developed learning and feedback, profoundly identifying with ethical values and principles, giving answers to social needs such as sustainability, equity and human rights.
The Universidad La Salle has also developed an educational platform based on technological development, allowing students the optimization of their time and providing access to substantial information for their learning. It has cable networks in classrooms and labs, high-speed wireless in the library, postgraduate classrooms and open spaces in their campuses. With technology incorporated into this education model, there is a change in paradigms; proactive students and professors. It has an interactive videoconference network operating in real time so professors can use Internet, video and presentations during their class; also using self-learning guides.
The Universidad Anahuac has 9 campuses in the country, where it teaches 28 degrees, under the philosophy of âLeadership with positive actionâ, which means the intervention in the world is not enough, it must be based on the formation of professionals as agents for change. The University represents the commitment with Mexico, since each of it faculties develop projects for taking care of social problems. Debate, discussions of essential topics, usual in its classrooms, is promoted by its 1,140 professors coming from national and international universities, with great experience and most of them with post-graduate degrees.
Technology has become an essential tool in the formation process, because it represents an opportunity for transmitting more knowledge in a quicker and more efficient manner, and also for linking the University with other universities around the world, offering a vast and heterogeneous vision of the contemporary worldâs challenges.
Its education project is centered on the learning called @predeAnáhuac, where the professor is the studentâs guide by administering an environment rich in educational resources, especially technological. Also, the Universidad Virtual Anáhuac represents a new teaching model that allows the transmission of knowledge to remote areas; its goal is to enrich the education service through the participation of experts in diverse universities. It dynamically links with business life, through national and international programs. Its continuous formation is represented by 7 Doctorates, 26 masters and 17 specialties.
The Universidad Iberoamericana has been one with greatest tradition in the humanist philosophy of Mexico. It has developed 36 programs of bachelor degrees; it has 3 programs of academic exchange, with a choice of 150 universities of Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. With values centered on humanism, it is seriously committed to its environment through programs of Social Responsibility, Intercultural and Indigenous Issues, Human Rights, Environment and Migratory Issues Programs, among others. The Universidad Iberoamericana promotes knowledge and academic life through more than 100 titles, with the contribution of renowned intellectuals and academics.
The Instituto Politécnico Nacional was created during one of the countryâs crucial moments, when society was facing a challenge of technical development for its industrialization, aspiring to a better life quality. It forms professionals in the areas of science and technology, administration and health science, with innovation, quality and professional excellence as its main goals. IPN has accomplished diverse technological advances from its laboratories. In the area of technological research and development, it is one of the most relevant public institutions.
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