Universidad del valle de mexico
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[edit] Overview
The Universidad del Valle de México (UVM) is one of the largest and most prestigious Universities in Mexico. Founded in 1960 and accredited by the Federacion de Instituciones Mexicanas Particulares de Educacion Superior, UVM enrolls students at 23 campuses throughout Mexico. UVM is also a member of Laureate International Universities.
UVM is the second largest university in the country, and the largest in Mexico City and it’s Metropolitan Area
Since it’s founding, and with over 45 years of experiende, UVM has formed successful graduates in diverse fields that have contributed to the development of Mexico
[edit] Locations
UVM has 23 campuses throughout the country, including nine locations in Mexico City (Tlalpan, San Angel, Chapultepec, Roma, San Rafael, Texcoco, Lomas Verdes, Lago de Guadalupe and Hispano), and fourteen throughout central and southern Mexico(Queretaro, Mexicalli, Torreon, Saltillo, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara, Toluca, Villahermosa, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Tuxtla, Universidad del Noreste Nogales and Universidad del Noreste Saltillo).
[edit] Academic Programs
UVM offers over 30 degree programs in a wide array of fields and professional disciplines at the pre-college, undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate programs typically require between four and five years to complete, while graduate programs typically span 2 years. UVM’s programs are:
- Architecture
- Business Administration
- Civil Engineering
- Communications
- Computer Sciences Engineering
- Computers Engineering
- Dentistry
- Economics
- Fashion Design and Apparel Industry
- Financial Economics
- Gastronomic Businesses
- Graphic Design
- Human Capital Administration
- Industrial Design
- Industrial Engineering
- Industrial Mechanics Engineering
- Information Technologies Engineering
- Internation Relations
- International Commerce
- International Degrees in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomic Business Administration
- Law
- Marketing
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Medicine
- Nutrition
- Pharmaceutical Chemical Biology
- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Psychology
- Public Accounting and Finances
- Public Relations
- Sports and Recreation Administration
- Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering
- Tourism Business Administration
[edit] History
As a response to the development necessities of the country, and to the demando for well prepared professionals, a group of academics ans entreprenours formed by Don José Ortega Romero, Don Ignacio Guerra Pellegaud, Don Alejandro Pearson, Don Salvador Camilleri, Don Jorge Malo and Don Manuel Olivar, founded the “Institución Harvard”, today Universidad del Valle de México, as an alternative to the formation of the professional that society needs.
UVM commenced it’s functiond on November 16, 1960 at Institucion Harvard(located at today’s campus San Rafael), with a population of 212 students, 23 professors and 14 administrators, with degrees in Public Accounting and Business Administration, as well as grades 1 through 12. Not long after, they decided on concentrating their efforts in higher education and preparatory school.
After years of intense labor, the institution consolidated itself and since 1968, it holds the name of Universidad del Valle de Mexico. It is important to point out that during that year, during the student movement, the instituion lived moments of crisis, and the one to stay confident and created the educative proyect was Don Jose Ortega Romero.
Since that year, the university has experienced a series of transformations due to it’s accelerated growth, bringing changes in it’s organizational structure, and the opening of more academic programs.
After 1976 the university started it’s expansion with the opening of different campuses located strategically in Mexico City, it’s metropolitan area and the rest of the country.
[edit] UVM in numbers
The sum of the surface of all of the campuses adds up to 226,043.21 msq of construction, and have a surface of 853, 458. 83 msq of land. Today, UVM has over 74,000 students, over 6,000 teachers, more than 3,700 administrators and over 75,000 alumni.
[edit] Mision
The reason of being of the Universidad del Valle de Mexico is it’s mision, which is followed and upheld by all the community:
UVM has a firm commitment to society to educate youth seeking a balance in scientific, technological and cultural approaches towards the social needs not only of the country but of today’s globalized world, as well as the search for truth and the common well-being, all founded on the institutional philosophy and education model.
[edit] Vision
Universidad del Valle de México sees itself as an educative institution of national prestige with internation connections. Competitive due to it’s educative model, and it’s proactive, prospective, flexible and innovative character.
Guarantees to it’s graduates a social congruency by their formation as quality, integral and competitive individuals, providers of knowledge and abbilities, with a decisive leadership attitude and committed to the search of truth and common well-being.
[edit] Values
The values that UVM has set as the base of it’s educative, social and moral mision, and that will always be recognized and applied by it’s community are:
- Freedom
- Dignity
- Truth
- Solidarity
- Peace
- Honesty
- Loyalty
- Justice
- Responsibility
- Common Well-being
[edit] Mascot
The immortality of the spirit, the force of life and extreme values are distinctive characteristics of the Linx, mascot that simbolizes the qualities of the members of the community. Between it’s most important qualities are an acute mind and sagacity. Of agile and coordinated movements, the Linx can anticipate danger with opportunity, knows the importance of teamwork and knows how to be a leader, keeping a steady pace towards it’s planned objective.
[edit] Motto
“Por siempre responsible de lo que se ha cultivado”
Forever responsible of what has been cultivated
This means that Universidad del Valle de México is a fertile soil, where people comminted with sustainable development acquire the responsabilty with no time or space limitations to first receive the seeds, that society entrusts them with to grow, and after, to harvest so that these fruits are equally committed to mankind acknowledging that:
- The people committed in the sustainable development are the patrons, governors, directives, administrators and teachers.
- Sustainable development is that which allows men’s progress without detriment of others or the environment.
- Our responsibility to and for the communiti is here today, and tomorrow anywhere.
- The seeds are the students who are guided in their learning.
- The fruits are the alumni, who have acquired and will continue with their university’s commitment.
