Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco
Former names
 Instituto Juárez
Motto Estudio en la duda, acción en la fe (Study when in doubt, action on faith)
Type Public university
Established November 20, 1958
Endowment

(Fed.) U.S. $52.9 million or MXN $569 million (2007) [1]

(State) U.S. $42.6 million or MXN $396 million (2007)[1]
Rector Dr. José Manuel Piña Gutiérrez
Academic staff
 2,188 (2007-2008) [2]
Administrative staff
 1,087 (2007-2008) [2]
Students 35,271 (2007-2008) [3]
Undergraduates 24,921 (2007-2008) [3]
Postgraduates 971 (2007-2008) [3]
Other students
 9,450 (2007-2008) [3]
Location Villahermosa, Tabasco,  Mexico,
18°00′30″N 92°55′30″W / 18.00833°N 92.92500°W / 18.00833; -92.92500Coordinates: 18°00′30″N 92°55′30″W / 18.00833°N 92.92500°W / 18.00833; -92.92500
Campus Urban, 1.5 km² (370.7 acres)
Athletics intramural teams
Colors Red & Green         
Mascot Juchimán [4]
Website Official

Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, also known as UJAT) is a public institution of higher learning located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The mission of the university is "to prepare professionals with broad and deep expertise in their area of study to fill the needs of Tabasco and the country at large." [5] UJAT is the largest and most prominent university in the state of Tabasco.[6][7][8][9] During the 2007-2008 academic year the University enrolled 35,271 students and had a teaching staff of over 2,000. For the same school year the University offered bachelor's degrees in 36 disciplines, master's degrees in 26 areas, three doctoral degrees, and post-graduate Certificates (Especialidades) in 17 graduate areas of specialization (mostly in the medical field). The University grants law, education, management, engineering, medicine, architecture, nursing, and dentistry degrees, plus some 30 additional degrees in other fields of study.

History

Juarez Institute

The origin of the University dates back to 1860 when the governor of Tabasco, Víctor Dueñas, asked President Benito Juárez 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.[10] 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.[10] 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.[11] On August 1, 1947, the Institute was admitted into the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES) in Mexico.[12]

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 [13] Antonio Ocampo Ramírez was the last director of the Institute and the first rector of the new institution."[14]

In 1958, while General Miguel Orrico de los Llanos was the governor of Tabasco, the Juárez Institute became the Juarez University of Tabasco."[15] 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.[16] "As a result, a significant number of the degree programs offered at the old Institute's location were moved to their new quarters."[17]

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." [16] "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."[18]

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.[19]

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".[6]

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. 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 Rios.

Location

Main Entrance at its Central Campus on University Avenue, Villahermosa

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 Villahermosa and three in the municipality of Cunduacán. There is also an Extension Program (formally, the Multidisciplinary College of los Ríos) that operates from the town of Tenosique. 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. At a starting cost 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.[20]

Accreditation

The University has been accredited at the national level by the Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior ( ANUIES, National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning) since August 1, 1947.[21] The nursing, psychology, economics, management, public accounting, and labor relations programs are accredited at the national level by the Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior (COPAES). The program on dental surgery 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 biology and ecology 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 and food engineering.[22] These two programs received nationwide accreditation by the Comité Mexicano de Acreditacion de la Educacion Agronomica (COMEAA). The Communications program was accredited on September 30, 2008, by the Consejo para la Acreditación de la Comunicación (CONAC).[23][24] The Education program was accredited on December 11, 2009, by the Comité para la Evaluación de Programas de Pedagogía y Educación A.C. (CEPPE).[25] The program on Architecture is also accredited, according to a November 3, 2009, report in the school's Juchiman periodical.[26]

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. [27] The University has also created an internal commission for the self-evaluation of its post graduate programs.[28] On January 22, 2008, the Rectory pledged to obtain accreditation for each and all of the remaining academic offerings at the university.[29]

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 (SEP).[30] 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." [31] 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."

University Theater where conventions and other assemblies take place

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 competitive at national and international levels.

As of October 12, 2006, the following nine parameters were considered in bestowing the Academic Institutional Quality honor unto the University:[31]

As of August 1, 1947, the University library consisted of 249,100 volumes.[32] Today the University library system serves all campuses out of nine library locations [33] as follows:

UJAT's Main Library. It is one of nine libraries spread throughout the University

Academics

The College of Health Sciences on Mendez Ave. houses the departments of Nursing, Dentistry, Medicine, and Allied Health Sciences

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 Texas A&M University "intended to create an environment conductive to the broadening and strengthening of its programs".[35] The College of Basic Sciences has collective agreements with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Colegio de Bachilleres de Tabasco (CBT), Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica e Industrial (DGETI), Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM), Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Secretaría de Salud del Edo. de Tabasco, and Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).[36] The College of Life Sciences has a collective agreement with Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, for the evaluation, provisioning, and breeding of telapia fish.[37]

Programs of Study

Summary of Degrees Offered by Each College

College Bachelor's Masters Doctorate Specialist
Life Sciences 3 2 1 0
Education and Arts 4 4 0 0
Engineering and Architecture 5 1 0 1
Health Sciences 5 5 0 15
Social Sciences and Humanities 3 6 1 0
Informatics and Systems 4 2 0 0
Economics and Administration 4 3 1 1
Basic Sciences 4 1 0 0
Agricultural and Fish Sciences 4 2 0 0
T O T A L S 36 26 3 17
Faculty Office Building at the College of Social Sciences and Humanities which comprises the departments of History, Sociology, and Law

Licenciaturas

The University grants the degree of Licenciatura in the following 36 areas:

College of Life Sciences

• Biology (Accredited) • Ecology (Accredited) • Environmental Engineering (Accredited)

College of Education and Arts

• Education (Accredited) • Communications (Accredited) • Languages • Cultural Studies

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Civil Engineering • Electrical and Electronics Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Architecture (Accredited)

College of Health Sciences

• Medicine (Accredited) • Dental Surgery (Accredited) • Psychology (Accredited) • Nutrition • Nursing (Accredited)

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Law • History • Sociology

College of Informatics and Systems

• Management Information Systems (Accredited) • Computer Systems (Accredited) • Telematics • Information Technology

College of Economics and Administration

• Management (Accredited) • Public Accounting (Accredited) • Economics (Accredited) • Labor Relations (Accredited)

College of Basic Sciences

• Computer Science • Mathematics • Physics • Chemistry

College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences

• Agronomy (Accredited) • Aquaculture Engineering • Food Engineering (Accredited) • Veterinary Medicine and Zoology

College of Multidisciplinary Studies

• Aquaculture Engineering • Management • Food Engineering (Accredited) • Management Information Systems • Law

Master's degrees

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

College of Life Sciences

• Environmental Sciences • Engineering and Environmental Protection

College of Education and Arts

• Teaching • Education • Communications • Educational Sexology

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Hydraulic Engineering

College of Health Sciences

• Medical Sciences • Social Gerontology • Primary Health Care • Basic Biomedical Sciences • Public Health Sciences

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Judiciary Management • Social Sciences • Civil Law • Criminal Law • Constitutional Human Rights Law • Law

College of Informatics and Systems

• Computer Systems • Information Technology Management

College of Economics and Administration

• Management • Public Management • Public Accounting

College of Basic Sciences

• Applied Mathematics

College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences

• Food Science • Animal Health Sciences

Doctorate degrees

The University grants doctoral degrees in the following three areas:

College of Life Sciences

• Ecology and Tropical Systems Management

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Law

College of Economics and Administration

• Organizational Studies

Postgraduate diplomas

The University grants postgraduate diplomas in the following 17 areas:

College of Economics and Administration

• Tax accounting

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Real Estate Assessment

College of Health Sciences

• Anesthesiology • General Surgery • Pediatric nursing • Surgical Nursing • Critical care nursing • Obstetrics and gynaecology • Public Health • Internal Medicine • Pediatric Odontology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry • Family Medicine • Neonatology • Radiology and Imaging • Orthopedics and Intensive Care

Research

As of October 2006, the University operated under the following four research parameters:[31]

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.[38]

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 commercial enterprise development in an environmentally sustainable fashion. 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." [39] The Center's website is at 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 Mexican Academy of Sciences, and the University.[40]

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.[41]

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. [42]

Other centers of investigation at the University include:

Prominent Alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Cuarto Informe de Actividades 2007, Notas: Notas a los Estados Financieros, Nota Numero 13: Presupuesto Autorizado. Retrieved: 12 February 2008.
  2. 1 2 Cuarto Informe de Actividades 2007, Plantilla 5.1: Plantilla de Personal, Page 243. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Por Una Universidad de Calidad 2004-2008, Page 2. Retrieved: 12 February 2008.
  4. ↑ Conocenos: El Juchiman Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ UJAT: Conocenos - Mision Retrieved: February 12, 2008.
  6. 1 2 Dirección de la Secretaria de Gobierno, Periodico Oficial, Decreto 0666, Seccion "E", No. 4724, State of Tabasco, December 19, 1987. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
  7. ↑ Most Important Universities of Tabasco Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  8. ↑ UJAT among top 10 universities in Mexico Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  9. ↑ UJAT 36th of 317 Most Prominent Universities in Mexico Retrieved October 20, 2008. Updated January 1, 2009.
  10. 1 2 Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión, Instituto Juárez, Página Universitaria 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003.
  11. ↑ First Enrollments and Degrees Offered Retrieved February 13, 2008
  12. ↑ Admitted into ANUIES in 1947 Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  13. ↑ School Turns into UJAT on Nov 20, 1958. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  14. ↑ Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión, Instituto Juárez becomes JUT, Página Universitaria 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  15. ↑ Becomes UJT - Universidad Juarez de Tabasco Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  16. 1 2 Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión, Instituto Juárez, Página Universitaria 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  17. ↑ Move to new University quarters Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  18. ↑ Receives Autonomy and becomes UJAT Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  19. ↑ Decentralization Retrieved October 26, 2008.
  20. ↑ Construction of the Comalcalco Campus, Boletin Universitario, January 16, 2009. Retrieved on January 27, 2009.
  21. ↑ Accredited by ANUIES in 1947 Retrieved on October 26, 2008.
  22. ↑ Entrega de la Acreditacion a las Ingenierias en Agronomia y en Alimentos.,Gaceta Juchiman, Año 4, Numero 77, pag. 5, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, October 1, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  23. ↑ Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco,Cerca de la Acreditacion, La Licenciatura en Comunicacion,Gaceta Juchiman, Año 5, Numero 76, pag. 8, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, September 15, 2008.
  24. ↑ Certification of Accreditation of the Communications Program Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  25. ↑ Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco,Acreditación de la Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Educación.,Gaceta Juchiman, Año 6, Numero 97, page 9, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, March 1, 2010.
  26. ↑ Avanza la Acreditacion de Programas de Estudios en Ingenieria y Arquitectura. Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco: Gaceta Juchiman, Año 6, No. 93. Page 15. (In Spanish) Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  27. ↑ Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, La DACB Avanza Hacia la Acreditacion de sus Carreras,Gaceta Juchiman, Año 4, Numero 63, pag. 8, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 15, 2007.
  28. ↑ Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco,Comision Evaluadora de Programas de Post Grado,Gaceta Juchiman, Año 5, Numero 76, pag. 8, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, September 15, 2008.
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  34. ↑ JOse Marti Library is Oldest Library in UJAT System, LA UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO ENTRA A FORMAR PARTE DE LA RED DE BIBLIOTECAS OCLC, Online Computer Library Center. OCLC Boletín Informativo. May/June 2004. Vol 7. No. 2. Page 1. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  35. ↑ Agreement with Texas A&M University Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  36. ↑ Agreements of the College of Basic Sciences Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  37. ↑ UJAT DACB's Collective Agreement with OSU Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  38. ↑ COASTAL AQUACULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN MECOACÁN, TABASCO, MÉXICO, Pérez Sánchez, E. & J. F. Muir, L. G. Ross. Coastal Aquaculture & Sustainable Livelihoods in Mecoacan, Tabasco, Mexico. Universidad y Ciencia, Año 18, Numero 35, pages 42-52, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, June 2002 Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  39. ↑ AQUACULTURE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM: Twenty-fourth Annual Administrative Report (August 1, 2005- July 31, 2006), Research Projects: Global Project - Joint Initiative., Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program, 2006. Twenty-Fourth Annual Administrative Report. Aquaculture CRSP, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 165 pp., pag. 89. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
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