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The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is a public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 based primarily in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
 and generally considered to be the largest university in Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 in terms of student population. Founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra
Justo Sierra

Justo Sierra M?ndez , was a prominent Mexico writer, journalist, poet and political figure of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Mexican novelist Justo Sierra O'Reilly, who is credited with inspiring his son with the spirit of literature....
 as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico
Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico

The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico was founded on 21 September 1551 by Royal Decree signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in Valladolid, Spain....
 (founded on September 21, 1551 by a royal decree of Charles I of Spain
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
 and brought to a definitive closure in 1867 by the liberals), is the only university in Mexico with Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
 laureates among its alumni: Alfonso García Robles
Alfonso García Robles

Alfonso Garc?a Robles was a Mexico diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
 (Peace
Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h...
), Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomacy, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature....
 (Literature), and Mario Molina (Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Pri...
).

It also generates a number of different publications in diverse areas, such as mathematics, physics and history.

UNAM's autonomy, granted in the 1920s, has given it the freedom to define its own curriculum and manage its own budget without interference from the government.






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The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is a public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 based primarily in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
 and generally considered to be the largest university in Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 in terms of student population. Founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra
Justo Sierra

Justo Sierra M?ndez , was a prominent Mexico writer, journalist, poet and political figure of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Mexican novelist Justo Sierra O'Reilly, who is credited with inspiring his son with the spirit of literature....
 as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico
Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico

The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico was founded on 21 September 1551 by Royal Decree signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in Valladolid, Spain....
 (founded on September 21, 1551 by a royal decree of Charles I of Spain
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
 and brought to a definitive closure in 1867 by the liberals), is the only university in Mexico with Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
 laureates among its alumni: Alfonso García Robles
Alfonso García Robles

Alfonso Garc?a Robles was a Mexico diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
 (Peace
Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h...
), Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomacy, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature....
 (Literature), and Mario Molina (Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Pri...
).

It also generates a number of different publications in diverse areas, such as mathematics, physics and history.

UNAM's autonomy, granted in the 1920s, has given it the freedom to define its own curriculum and manage its own budget without interference from the government. This has had a profound effect on academic life at the university, which is known for its academic freedom and independence.

Besides being one of the most recognized universities in Latin America, it is one of the largest and the most artistically detailed, being its main campus a World Heritage site. It was designed by some of the best Mexican architects of 20th Century and the murals in the main campus were painted by some of the most recognized artists in Mexican history, such as Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera was born Diego Mar?a de la Concepci?n Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodr?guez in Guanajuato City....
 and Siqueiros.

History


The university was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra
Justo Sierra

Justo Sierra M?ndez , was a prominent Mexico writer, journalist, poet and political figure of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Mexican novelist Justo Sierra O'Reilly, who is credited with inspiring his son with the spirit of literature....
, then Minister of Education in the Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz

Jos? de la Cruz Porfirio D?az Mori was a Mexico politician who would later become the President of Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1911, and one of the most controversial figures of the country....
' regime, who sought to create a very different institution from the its 19th century precursor; the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico
Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico

The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico was founded on 21 September 1551 by Royal Decree signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in Valladolid, Spain....
, which had been founded on September 21, 1551 by a royal decree of Charles I of Spain
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
 and brought to a definitive closure in 1867 by Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez

Benito Pablo Ju?rez Garc?a was a Zapotec people Amerindian who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858?1861 as interim, 1861?1865, 1865?1867, 1867?1871 and 1871?1872....
 and his fellow Liberals
Mexican Liberal Party

The Mexican Liberal Party was an anarchism group co-founded by Ricardo Flores Mag?n in 1906, in opposition to the rule of Porfirio D?az. The MLP was involved in strikes and uprisings in Mexico from 1906 to 1911....
. Instead of reviving what he saw as an anachronistic institution with strong ties to the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, he aimed to create new university, secular in nature and national in scope, that may reorganize higher education within the country, serve as a model of positivism
Positivism

Positivism is a philosophy which holds that the only authentic knowledge is that based on actual sense experience. Such knowledge can come only from affirmation of theories through strict scientific method....
 and encompass the ideas of the dominant Mexican liberalism.

In 1881 Justo Sierra
Justo Sierra

Justo Sierra M?ndez , was a prominent Mexico writer, journalist, poet and political figure of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Mexican novelist Justo Sierra O'Reilly, who is credited with inspiring his son with the spirit of literature....
 presented a National University creation plan for the first time, but it was rejected; his idea was to merge all major schools in Mexico in order to create one National University of Mexico. He presented his project twice more, and, in 1907, it was approved by the president of Mexico. In order for the project to be realized, numerous scholars were sent to Europe to study the mechanics of education there. Therefore, the education system in the UNAM, is more similar to traditional European system, rather than American one. And it was in 1910, during the Independence centennial, that the University was founded.

As originally intended, the University enclosed all the major schools of Mexico under one name, and its original location was in the historic center of Mexico. Discussion took place in 1929 over the ruling of the university, and it was this year that it was declared an autonomous state organism.

In 1950, the first stone of Ciudad Universitaria
Ciudad Universitaria

Ciudad Universitaria , Mexico, is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoac?n borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, it encloses the Estadio Ol?mpico Universitario, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library, and a few museum...
 was set, and in 1954 it was finished and opened for the first time.

In 1968, the Olympics were held in Mexico, and the main venue was the UNAM's Olympic Stadium. The events were overshadowed by the Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre

The Tlatelolco Massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco , took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City....
, which remains an issue for the university's activist students, that each year October 2 held demonstrations in the Campus, and this issue was part of the spirit of the most recent student strike in 1999.

During the 1970s and 1980's the National Preparatory Schools (nine at the time) moved their locations from the center of Mexico City to satellite locations, in order to decentralize UNAM. Other campuses were built all around the city.

Seal


The University seal was designed in 1921 by then-Rector José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos

Jos? Vasconcelos Calder?n was a Mexico writer, philosopher and politician of Spanish people, Italian people, and Portuguese people ancestry. He married Serafina Miranda of Tlaxiaco in the Oaxaca in 1906....
 along with the motto it holds to this day. The seal has a map of Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 with the motto being held by an eagle and a condor
Condor

Condor is the name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere....
 resting on nopal
Nopal

Nopales are a vegetable made from the young cladophyll segments of opuntia, carefully peeled to remove the spine s. They are particularly common in their native Mexico....
es and volcanoes.

Campuses


University City

"Ciudad Universitaria" (University City) is UNAM's main campus, located within Coyoacán
Coyoacán

Coyoac?n is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Mexican Federal District is divided. Coyoac?n also is commonly used to refer to the neighborhood at the heart of the borough....
 borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani
Mario Pani

Mario Pani Darqui .Mario Pani was a Mexican architect and urbanist, the most active under the rule of president Miguel Alem?n Vald?s. He imported in architecture and urbanism in first half of the 20th century and gave form to a good part of the urban appearance of Mexico City, with buildings emblematic and characteristic of this large...
, Enrique del Moral, Domingo García Ramos
Domingo García Ramos

Domingo Garc?a Ramos was a prominent architect and writer of the following books:* Iniciaci?n al Urbanismo * Arquitectura y artes decorativas ...
, Armando Franco Rovira and others, it encloses the Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Estadio Ol?mpico Universitario is a stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico....
, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library
Central Library (UNAM)

Central Library , is the main library in the Ciudad Universitaria Campus of the UNAM, it holds as well one of the biggest collections in the country, and it was in the group of landmark buildings that made the Campus a World Heritage site....
, and a few museums. It was built during the 1950s on an ancient solidified lava bed to replace the scattered buildings in downtown Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
 where classes were given. It was completed in 1954 and is almost a separate region within Mexico City, with its own regulations, councils, and police (to some extent) in a more fundamental way than most universities around the world. Law enforcement officials from outside the university are not allowed to enter without the consent of the university authorities.

In June 2007, its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria
Ciudad Universitaria

Ciudad Universitaria , Mexico, is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoac?n borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, it encloses the Estadio Ol?mpico Universitario, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library, and a few museum...
, was declared a UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
.

Satellite campuses

Apart from Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM has several campuses in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City
Greater Mexico City

Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Mexico City Metropolitan Area , constituted by the Federal District?itself composed of 16 boroughs of Mexico City?and 41 adjacent municipalities of Mexico of the states of state of Mexico and Hidalgo ....
 (Acatlán, Aragón, Cuautitlán, Iztacala, Xochimilco and Zaragoza), as well as many others in several locations across Mexico (in Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago de Querétaro

Quer?taro, formally Santiago de Quer?taro or "Quer?taro de Arteaga", is the capital and largest city of the Mexico States of Mexico of Quer?taro....
, Morelia
Morelia

Morelia is the capital of the Mexico States of Mexico of Michoac?n. The city is situated at an elevation of 1,921 meters above sea level in the region of the Guayangareo Valley, surrounded by the Punhuato and Quinceo Hills....
, Mérida
Mérida, Yucatán

M?rida is the capital and largest city of the States of Mexico of Yucat?n and the Yucat?n Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about 35 km from the Gulf of Mexico coast, at ....
, Ensenada, and Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca

Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Morelos in Mexico. As of the 2005 census, the population of the city was 332,197; the municipality's entire population was 349,102 in an area of that includes numerous small localities outside the city, like Ocotepec, where interesting religious celebrations take place, like...
, mainly aimed at research and graduate studies. It has also four small foreign campuses in the United States and Canada, focusing on Spanish language and Mexico's culture: San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Gatineau, Quebec.

External buildings of interest


Palacio de Minería
Under the care of UNAM's Engineering Faculty, the Colonial Palace of Mining is located in the historical center of Mexico City. Formerly the School of Engineering, it has three floors, and houses the International Book Expo ("Feria Internacional del Libro" or "FIL") and the International Day of Computing Security Congress ("DISC"), among regular events. It also has a permanent exhibition of historical books, mostly topographical and naturalist works of 19th century Mexican scientists, in the former library of the School of Engineers. It has also several exhibitions related to mining, the prime engineering occupation during the Spanish colonization. It is considered to be one of the most significant of Mexican architecture of its period.

Casa del Lago
House of the Lake, in Chapultepec Park
Chapultepec

Chapultepec is a large hill on the outskirts of central Mexico City. It has been a special place for Mexicans throughout History of Mexico, and it was on this hill that the Aztecs made a temporary home after arriving from northern Mexico in the 1200s....
, is a place devoted to cultural activities including dancing, theatre plays and ballet. It also serves as meeting place for university-related organizations and committees.

Museum of San Ildefonso
A baroque building in downtown Mexico City, held the first schools that later became UNAM.

Chopo University Museum
Possessing an artistic architecture, large crystal panels and two iron towers designed by Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a France structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887?1889 for the Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, the Basilica Minore de San Sebastian, the only all-steel basilica in Asia, found in the Philippines, and the armature...
; it served the National Museum of Natural History for almost 50 years. It is now devoted to the temporary exhibitions of visual arts.

National Astronomical Observatory
The National Astronomical Observatory is located in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir
Sierra San Pedro Mártir

The Sierra San Pedro M?rtir is a mountain chain that runs north-south along the middle part of the northwestern Mexico Mexican state of Baja California, with its name Spanish for "mountains of Saint Peter the Martyr"....
 mountain range in Baja California
Baja California

Baja California is the northernmost States of Mexico of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California....
, about 130 kilometers south of United States-Mexican border. It has been in operation since 1970 and it currently boasts three large reflecting telescopes, with plans for installing a large instrument sensitive to milimetric wavelengths already under way.

Organization

It consists of faculties
Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas . The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had individual faculties for a Madrasah and theological seminary, Sharia and Fiqh, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronom...
 rather than departments. Both undergraduate and graduate studies are available. UNAM is also responsible for the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria
Escuela Nacional Preparatoria

The Escuela Nacional Preparatoria opened its doors on February 1, 1868. It was founded by Gabino Barreda, M.D. following orders of then President of Mexico Benito Ju?rez....
 (ENP) and the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (CCH) , which consist of several high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
s, spread around Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
. Counting ENEP, CCH, FES undergraduate and graduate students, UNAM has over 269,000 students, making it one of the world's largest universities
World's largest universities

This list of largest universities by enrollment includes total active enrollment across all campuses . Enrollment numbers listed are the sum of undergraduate and graduate school students in active enrollment ....
.

Faculties and National Schools


UNAM recognizes two different types of university schools: Faculties
Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas . The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had individual faculties for a Madrasah and theological seminary, Sharia and Fiqh, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronom...
 and National Schools. Faculties are the only institutions that have postgraduate studies. Currently, most of the schools, either inside or outside the University City, had this title. A National School is an institution that cannot offer all postgraduate studies (Master's degrees and Doctorates). This is the case of the National School of Music, the National School of Arts, the National School of Nursery and Obstetrics, and the National School of Social Work.

List of schools (Faculties and National Schools)


  • Faculty of Accounting and Administration
  • Faculty of Architecture
  • Faculty of Chemistry
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering (UNAM)

    The Faculty of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico is one of the most prestigious engineering schools in Mexico. At the undergraduate level, it offers twelve different majors....
  • Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Aragón
  • Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Acatlán
  • Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Cuautitlán
  • Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Iztacala
  • Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Zaragoza
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine (UNAM)

    The UNAM Faculty of Medicine is the responsible of imparting studies of medicine in the UNAM, it holds Undergraduate and Graduate studies, the later ones being some of them joint teaching with some other faculties, most commonly the Faculty of Sciences ....
  • Faculty of Odontology
  • Faculty of Philosophy and Literature
    Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM)

    The Faculty of Philosophy and Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico is responsible for administering 11 humanism and science based majors; it has both Undergraduate and Graduate studies....
  • Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Psychology
  • Faculty of Sciences
    Faculty of Sciences (UNAM)

    The Faculty of Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico is responsible for administering five Science based majors it has both undergraduate and graduate studies, some of the former in joint teaching with other faculties, most commonly the Faculty of Engineering ....
  • Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine
  • National School of Arts
  • National School of Music
  • National School of Nursery and Obstetrics
  • National School of Social Work


Academics


Rankings


According to 2008 THES - QS World University Rankings
THES - QS World University Rankings

The THE - QS World University Rankings is an annual publication that ranks the "Top 200 World Universities", and is published by Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds ....
, the University is the 150th best ranked university in the world and the best in Ibero-America
Ibero-America

Ibero-America is a term which started to be used in the second half of the 19th century to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas which were formerly colony of Spain or Portugal....
. According to the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities

The Academic Ranking of World Universities is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University?s Institute of Higher Education and includes major institutes of higher education ranked according to a formula that took into account alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , ?highly-cited researchers...
 developed by the Institute of Higher Education of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most influential universities in People's Republic of China. The university is under the jurisdiction of both the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Government....
, UNAM is ranked in the 152-200 tier and holds the 2nd place among Ibero-American universities in a tie between the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires

The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the World's largest universities in Latin America, surpassing both the National Autonomous University of Mexico of Mexico and the Universidade Est?cio de S? of Brazil....
 and the University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona

The University of Barcelona is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. It is a member of the Coimbra Group and Joan Llu?s Vives Institute....
 but below the University of Sao Paulo
University of São Paulo

The University of S?o Paulo is one of the three public universities funded by the State of S?o Paulo .USP is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Brazil and Latin America, with approximately 75,000 enrolled students....
 (101-151 tier).

Research


UNAM has excelled in many areas of research and houses many of Mexico's premiere research institutions. In recent years it has attracted students and hired professional scientists from all over the world (most notably from Russia, India and the United States), which has created a unique diverse scientific community.

Scientific research at UNAM is divided between faculties, institutes, centers and schools, and covers a range of disciplines in Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
. Some of the more noted institutes include: Institute of Astronomy, Institute of Biotechnology, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Institute of Physics, Institute of Cell Physiology, Institute of Geophysics, Institute of Engineering, Institute of Materials Research, Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and the Applied Mathematics and Systems Research Institute.

Research centers tend to focus on multidisciplinary problems particularly relevant to Mexico and the developing world, most notably: Center of Applied Sciences and Technological Development, which focuses on connecting the sciences to real-world problems (e.g., optics, nanosciences) and Center of Energy Research, which does world-class research in alternative energies.

All research centers are open to students from Mexico and around the world. The UNAM holds a number of programs for students within the country to make scientific internships in order to impulse research in the country.

UNAM's scientific output continues to grow, despite numerous attempts by the Mexican government to curtail its budget, the University currently producing 60% of all scientific publications in Mexico.

As for basic sciences, UNAM currently has two Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a United States non-profit medicine research institute based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by the American aviation magnate Howard Hughes in 1953....
 Scholars and endowment from the NIH extramural research program.

Students and faculty


Sports, clubs, and traditions


Professional football team

Unam Estadio Twilight
UNAM's football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 team Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional

Club Universidad Nacional A.C., also referred to as Pumas de la UNAM, is a Mexico professional Association football club. This team is closely related to National Autonomous University of Mexico, the largest university in Mexico; however this team has fans all over the country because alumni of the university support the club and are sp...
 participates in the Primera División de México
Primera División de México

The Primera Divisi?n is the top level of Mexican football.championship and is controlled by the Federaci?n Mexicana de F?tbol Asociaci?n . It was established in 1943 and as of 2008 had 18 clubs, divided into three groups....
 of the Mexican Football League Division. The club became two-time consecutive champions of the Apertura, and the Clausura in 2004. Their home ground is the Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Estadio Ol?mpico Universitario is a stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico....
 stadium.

The University, has as a yearly tradition to make a gigant display of Ofrendas
Day of the Dead

The Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated mainly in Latin America and by Latinos living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died....
 all over the main square of Ciudad Universitaria
Ciudad Universitaria

Ciudad Universitaria , Mexico, is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoac?n borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, it encloses the Estadio Ol?mpico Universitario, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library, and a few museum...
, each school builds an ofrenda, and in the center there is usually a biggest one that has a different theme each year, depending on the festivities of the University that year.

Political activism


UNAM students and professors are regarded throughout Mexico as very politically aware and sometimes too politically active. While most of its students usually adhere to left-wing political ideologies and movements, the University has also been the alma mater
Alma mater

File:Alma_Mater,_Lorado_Taft.jpgAlma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Middle Ages Christianity for the Virgin Mary....
 of a number of prominent right-wing and neo-liberal politicians such as Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Manuel Gómez Morín
Manuel Gómez Morín

Manuel G?mez Mor?n was a Mexico politician. He was a founding member of the National Action Party , and one of its theoreticians. Prior to this he was considered a leading figure in Mexican monetary policy, one of the so-called Los Siete Sabios de M?xico ....
.

Student Associations


The UNAM is made up of several associations of current and ex - alumni that provide extra-curricular activities to the whole community, enriching the University's activities with cultural, social and scientific events.

  • Fundacion UNAM
  • Nibiru Sociedad Astronomica
    Nibiru Sociedad Astronomica

    File:Nibirulogo.jpgNibiru-Astronomical Society is a non - profit academic and student astronomical society created at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2001....
  • SAFIR
    Safir

    Sir Safir is a Knights of the Round Table of the Round Table and the youngest son of the Saracen king Esclabor in the Arthurian legend. Both his brothers, Segwarides and Palamedes , also belong to the Round Table....


Alleged links between UNAM and FARC

See also Faculty of Philosophy and Literature links with FARC
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM)

The Faculty of Philosophy and Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico is responsible for administering 11 humanism and science based majors; it has both Undergraduate and Graduate studies....


On June 2003 former Colombian ambassador in Mexico Luis Guzmán said that there were FARC offices on the UNAM Faculty of Philosophy and Literature
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM)

The Faculty of Philosophy and Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico is responsible for administering 11 humanism and science based majors; it has both Undergraduate and Graduate studies....
 and these offices were making propaganda and recruiting people to participate on the guerrilla.

Noted alumni

See also :Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni


Many of the most prominent figures in the economical, political, scientific and artistic life in Mexico have been a member of the UNAM alumni or faculty:

Heads of State

  • Carlos Salinas de Gortari (President of Mexico 1988–1994)
  • Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (President of Mexico 1982–1988)
  • José López Portillo y Pacheco (President of Mexico 1976–1982)
  • Luis Echeverría Álvarez
    Luis Echeverría

    Luis Echeverr?a ?lvarez served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976....
     (President of Mexico 1970–1976)
  • Miguel Alemán Valdés
    Miguel Alemán Valdés

    Miguel Alem?n Vald?s served as the President of Mexico of Mexico from 1946 to 1952....
     (President of Mexico 1946–1952)
  • Abel Pacheco de la Espriella (President of Costa Rica
    Costa Rica

    Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
     2002–2006)
  • Alfonso Portillo
    Alfonso Portillo

    Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera ATM LADRON is a Guatemalan politician. He served as the President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.He took office on January 14, 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front ....
     (President of Guatemala
    Guatemala

    Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
     2000–2004)


Politicians

  • Antonio Carrillo Flores
    Antonio Carrillo Flores

    Antonio Carrillo Flores was a Mexican statesman, born in Mexico City. He was the second son of composer Juli?n Carrillo Trujillo.He received his bachelor's degree in 1929 and doctor's degree in 1950 in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico ....
     (cabinet minister in several previous administrations)
  • Andrés Manuel López Obrador
    Andrés Manuel López Obrador

    Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador is a Mexico politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the Mexican presidential election, 2006, representing the Coalition for the Good of All, a Partido de la Revoluci?n Democr?tica-led coalition that also includes th...
     (Head of Government
    Head of Government of the Federal District

    The Head of Government wields executive power in the Mexico Mexican Federal District.The Head of Government serves a six-year term, running concurrently with that of the President of Mexico....
     of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005 and candidate for the Presidency of Mexico in 2006)
  • Alan Cranston
    Alan Cranston

    Alan MacGregor Cranston was an United States journalist and Democratic Party United States Senate from California....
    , U.S. Senator from California
    United States Senate

    The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
    .
  • Alfonso Caso y Andrade, a very noted archaeologist.
  • Álvaro García Linera
    Álvaro García Linera

    ?lvaro Marcelo Garc?a Linera is a Bolivian Politics of Bolivia. He is the country's current Vice President of Bolivia, after being elected in 2005 with Evo Morales....
    , vice-president of Bolivia
    Bolivia

    The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
    .
  • Veton Surroi
    Veton Surroi

    Veton Surroi is a popular Kosovo Albanian publicist and politician. Surroi is the founder and former leader of the Partia Reformiste ORA reformist political party, and was a member of Kosovo assembly from 2004 to 2008....
    , Kosovo publicist and leader of the Kosovar Party ORA
    ORA

    ORA or Ora may refer to:* Open Reporting Application* Komodo Dragon or Ora in the native language of Komodo. It is the largest living lizard species....
    .


Diplomats

  • Antonio Carrillo Flores
    Antonio Carrillo Flores

    Antonio Carrillo Flores was a Mexican statesman, born in Mexico City. He was the second son of composer Juli?n Carrillo Trujillo.He received his bachelor's degree in 1929 and doctor's degree in 1950 in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico ....
    , former Ministry of Mexicain Foreign Affairs
    Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

    In Mexico, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs is a member of the Mexican Executive Cabinet with responsibility for implementing the country's foreign policy....
     during the Díaz Ordaz
    Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

    Gustavo D?az Ordaz served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970....
     administration.
  • Alfonso García Robles
    Alfonso García Robles

    Alfonso Garc?a Robles was a Mexico diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
    , a Nobel Peace Prize
    Nobel Peace Prize

    The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h...
     laureate.
  • Antonio Gómez Robledo, former Ministry of Mexican Foreign Affairs
    Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

    In Mexico, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs is a member of the Mexican Executive Cabinet with responsibility for implementing the country's foreign policy....
     during the López Portillo
    José López Portillo

    Jos? L?pez Portillo y Pacheco was the President of Mexico of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.Born in Mexico City, L?pez Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1959....
     administration.
  • Narciso Bassols
    Narciso Bassols

    Narciso Bassols Batalla was a Mexican lawyer, socialist politician, ambassador to France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, and professor of law at the National University of Mexico....
    , one time ambassador to Russia, France, and Great Britain. Former director of UNAM School of Law.
  • Rosario Green
    Rosario Green

    Mar?a del Rosario Green Mac?as is a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician.She is a former Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo ...
    , former Ministry of Mexicain Foreign Affairs
    Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

    In Mexico, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs is a member of the Mexican Executive Cabinet with responsibility for implementing the country's foreign policy....
     during the Zedillo
    Ernesto Zedillo

    Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Le?n is a Mexico economist and politician. He served as President of United Mexican States from December 1 1994 to November 30 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted seventy year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party to the Institutional Revolutionary Party....
     administration.


Artists, writers and humanists

  • Alfonso Reyes
    Alfonso Reyes

    Alfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexico writer, philosopher, and diplomat.Alfonso Reyes, the son of General Bernardo Reyes, was educated primarily in Mexico City....
    , writer, philosopher and diplomat.
  • Jaime Torres Bodet
    Jaime Torres Bodet

    Jaime Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexico politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three President of Mexico.A native of Mexico City, Torres Bodet was appointed Secretary of Education by President Manuel ?vila Camacho; he then served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Miguel Alem?n Vald?s....
    , writer and politician.
  • Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez
    Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez

    Adolfo S?nchez V?zquez is a Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and professor.After studying philosophy at the University of Madrid he emigrated to Mexico in 1939 with thousands of other intellectuals, scientists and artist following the defeat of the Republic in the Spanish Civil War....
    , philosopher and writer.
  • Elena Poniatowska
    Elena Poniatowska

    Elena Poniatowska is a Mexico journalist and author....
    , journalist and writer.
  • Salvador Elizondo
    Salvador Elizondo

    Salvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noir?, exeprimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist....
    , writer and a member of El Colegio Nacional.
  • Carlos Fuentes
    Carlos Fuentes

    Carlos Fuentes Mac?as is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. Fuentes has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages....
    , writer, essayist and a member of El Colegio Nacional.
  • Enrique Krauze
    Enrique Krauze

    File:Enriquekrauze1.jpgEnrique Krauze Kleinbort is a Mexican historian, essayist and publisher. He is president of the publisher Editorial Cl?o, the cultural magazine , and serves in the board of directors of the Instituto Cervantes and Televisa, a Spanish-language media giant....
    , historian, essayist and publisher (director of     Letras Libres journal.
  • Carlos Monsiváis
    Carlos Monsiváis

    Carlos Monsiv?is Aceves is a Mexico writer and journalist on the El Universal newspaper. He writes political opinion columns in other leading newspapers and is considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressivism sectors....
    , editorialist and writer.
  • José Emilio Pacheco
    José Emilio Pacheco

    Jos? Emilio Pacheco is a Mexico poet, essayist, translator, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century....
    , writer and a member of El Colegio Nacional.
  • Fernando del Paso
    Fernando del Paso

    Fernando del Paso Morante is a Mexico novelist, essayist and poet.Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico....
    , writer.
  • Octavio Paz
    Octavio Paz

    Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomacy, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature....
    , poet and essayist; a Literature Nobel Prize laureate (he never graduated).
  • Alfonso García Robles
    Alfonso García Robles

    Alfonso Garc?a Robles was a Mexico diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
    , a Peace Nobel Prize laureate.
  • Jaime Sabines
    Jaime Sabines

    Jaime Sabines Guti?rrez is arguably Mexico's most influential contemporary poet. Known as ?the sniper of Literature? as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages....
    , poet.
  • Enrique Semo, historian, writer, activist, Mexico City Secretary of Culture
  • Alfonso Caso
    Alfonso Caso

    Alfonso Caso y Andrade was an Archaeology who made important contributions to pre-Columbian studies in his native Mexico. He was born and died in Mexico City....
    , archaeologist.
  • Eduardo Pareyón Moreno
    Eduardo Pareyón Moreno

    Eduardo Luis Parey?n Moreno was a Mexico Architecture and Archaeology. He was a pioneer researcher in several aspects of modern Mexican archaeology....
    , archaeologist.
  • Agustín Landa Verdugo
    Agustín Landa Verdugo

    Agust?n Landa Verdugo is a Mexican architect and urban planner, born in Mexico City. He studied architecture in the National University of Mexico ....
    , architect and urban planner.
  • Audre Lorde
    Audre Lorde

    Audre Geraldine Lorde was an United States writer, poet and activist....
    , writer, poet and activist.
  • Jorge Volpi
    Jorge Volpi

    Jorge Volpi Escalante is a Mexico author best known for his 1999 novel En busca de Klingsor. Volpi was born in Mexico City Volpi studied law and literature at the Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico and received a PhD in Spanish philology at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain....
    , novelist and essayist; current director of Canal 22 in Mexican free television.
  • Jacobo Zabludovsky
    Jacobo Zabludovsky

    Jacobo Zabludovsky is a Mexico journalist. He was the first anchorman in Mexican television and his TV news program, 24 Horas was for decades the most important in the country....
    , journalist and first TV Anchorman in Mexico.
  • William F. Buckley
    William F. Buckley

    William F. Buckley may refer to:*William Francis Buckley , U.S. Army officer and CIA operative held captive by Hezbollah*William Frank Buckley, Sr....
    , writer and political philosopher; attended in 1943 prior to being commissioned in the US Army during the World War II.


Physicians and surgeons

  • Carlos Fernández del Castillo, M.D. (pancreatic diseases, pancreatobiliary surgery, gastrointestinal surgery) (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)
  • Guillermo Soberón Acevedo, biochemist and a member of El Colegio Nacional.
  • Ruy Pérez Tamayo, pathologist.


Scientists

  • Luis E. Miramontes
    Luis E. Miramontes

    Luis Ernesto Miramontes C?rdenas , was a Mexico chemist known as the co-inventor of the progestin used in one of the first two combined oral contraceptive pills....
    , co-inventor of the contraceptive pill.
  • Dr. Rodolfo Neri Vela
    Rodolfo Neri Vela

    Rodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexico scientist who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1985. He is the only Mexico citizen to fly in space....
    , the first Mexican in space.
  • Mario J. Molina, a Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate.
  • Guillermo Haro
    Guillermo Haro

    Professor Guillermo Haro was born in Mexico City where he grew during the time of the Mexican Revolution. He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ....
    , astronomer, co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro object
    Herbig-Haro object

    Herbig-Haro objects are small patches of nebula associated with newly-born stars, and are formed when gas ejected by young stars collides with clouds of gas and dust nearby at speeds of several hundred kilometres per second....
    s.
  • Carlos Frenk
    Carlos Frenk

    Professor Carlos S. Frenk is a Mexican-British cosmologist. His main interests lie in the field of physical cosmology, galaxy formation and computer simulations of cosmic structure formation....
    , astronomer, a pioneer in simulations of large-scale structures.
  • Nabor Carrillo Flores
    Nabor Carrillo Flores

    Nabor Carrillo Flores is the third son of Mexican composer Juli?n Carrillo Trujillo. He did his first studies in Mexico City and he continued them in New York....
    , a soil mechanics expert, a nuclear energy advisor and former president of UNAM.
  • Miguel José Yacamán
    Miguel José Yacamán

    Miguel Jos? Yacam?n is a Mexico physicist who has made many contributions to the field of nanotechnology. He earned his Ph.D in physics in 1972 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he was later director of the Institute of Physics from 1983-1991....
    , physicist.
  • Miguel Alcubierre
    Miguel Alcubierre

    Miguel Alcubierre is a Mexico theoretical physicist. Born in Mexico City, he obtained a degree in physics, and a Master of Science in theoretical physics at the School of Science of Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico ....
    , theoretical and computational physicist (see Alcubierre metric).
  • Marcos Moshinsky
    Marcos Moshinsky

    Marcos Moshinsky is a Mexico physics of Ukraine origin whose work in the field of elementary particles won him the Prince of Asturias Awards in 1988 and the UNESCO Science Prize in 1997....
    , a theoretical physicist.
  • Antonio Lazcano
    Antonio Lazcano

    Antonio Lazcano is a Mexico biology researcher and professor at the Science Faculty of Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico in Mexico City. He has studied the origin and early evolution of life for more than 35 years....
    , a notable biologist working in the field of origin of life.
  • Víctor Neumann-Lara
    Víctor Neumann-Lara

    V?ctor Neumann-Lara also V?ctor Neumann was a Mexican mathematician, pioneer in the field of graph theory in Mexico. His work also covers general topology, game theory and combinatorics....
    , a pioneer in graph theory in Mexico.
  • Salvador Zubirán
    Salvador Zubiran

    Salvador Zubir?n Anchondo was one of Mexico's most prominent physicians and nutritionists. He received his MD from the UNAM Faculty of Medicine and completed a medicine residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States....
    , a physician, founder of the National Institute of Nutrition.
  • Miguel de Icaza
    Miguel de Icaza

    Miguel de Icaza is a Mexico free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects....
    , free software programmer (dropped out).


Businesspeople

  • Carlos Slim Helú
    Carlos Slim Helú

    Carlos Slim Hel? is a Mexico businessman and philanthropist who is largely focused on the telecommunications industry. He is currently the second List of billionaires with a net worth of around United States dollar60 billion through his holdings....
    , the second richest man in the world, according to the latest     Forbes
    Forbes

    Forbes is an United States publishing and mass media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published bi-weekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune , which is also published bi-weekly, and Business Week....
     list (see the 2008 Forbes Billionaire List).


Sports stars

  • Hugo Sánchez Márquez
    Hugo Sánchez

    Hugo S?nchez M?rquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexico association football coach and former striker....
    , one of Mexico's most acknowledged football players and former Real Madrid
    Real Madrid

    Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
     player.


  • Maria Eugenia "Cuca" Huerta, one of Mexico's top Females Football Flag players and multiple champion at local and international leagues.


Noted faculty

See also :Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty


  • Max Cetto
    Max Cetto

    Max Cetto was a Mexico architect, historian of architecture, and professor.Born in Koblenz, Germany, Max Cetto studied at the technical universities of Darmstadt, Munich and Berlin....
    , architect.
  • Alejandro Corichi
    Alejandro Corichi

    Alejandro Corichi is a theoretical physicist working at the Quantum Gravity group of the National Autonomous University of Mexico . He obtained his bachelor degree at UNAM and his PhD at Pennsylvania State University ....
    , astrophysicist.
  • Axel Didriksson Takanayagui, a writer education researcher and current Secretary of Education working for the Government of Mexico City.
  • Erich Fromm
    Erich Fromm

    Erich Seligmann Fromm was an internationally renowned social psychology, psychoanalyst, and humanism philosophy. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory....
    , a German-born philosopher and psychoanalist, founder of the Mexican Institute of Psychoanalysis.
  • Paul Kirchhoff
    Paul Kirchhoff

    Paul Kirchhoff was a Germans-Mexico anthropologist, most noted for his seminal work in defining and elaborating the culture area of Mesoamerica, a term he neologism....
    , anthropologist and ethnohistorian, one of the founders of anthropologic studies at UNAM.
  • José Gaos
    José Gaos

    Jos? Gaos was a Spanish-born philosopher who obtained political asylum in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War.Gaos was a professor of the University of Zaragoza and University of Madrid....
    , philosopher.
  • Florian Luca, mathematician
  • Jorge González Torres
    Jorge González Torres

    Jorge Gonz?lez Torres is a Mexico politician, founder of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. He was also the co-president of the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas....
    , politician, former presidential candidate.
  • José Miguel Insulza
    José Miguel Insulza

    Jos? Miguel Insulza Salinas is a Chilean politician and statesman, and a member of the Socialist Party of Chile. He is currently the Secretary General of the Organization of American States of the Organization of American States....
    , a Chile
    Chile

    Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
    an politician, secretary of the Organization of American States
    Organization of American States

    The Organization of American States is an international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas....
    .
  • Imanol Ordorika, a specialist in education.
  • Maricela Ortega Villalobos, physiology.
  • Kiyoto Ota
    Kiyoto Ota

    Kiyoto Ota Okuzawa is a Japanese people-Mexico sculptor.Kiyoto Ota studied at* the School of Democratic Art of the Japanese Artistic Association in Tokyo ...
    , sculptor.
  • Arturo Rosenblueth
    Arturo Rosenblueth

    Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns was a Mexico researcher, physician and physiology, who is known as one of the pioneers of cybernetics....
    , physiologist.
  • Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez
    Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez

    Adolfo S?nchez V?zquez is a Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and professor.After studying philosophy at the University of Madrid he emigrated to Mexico in 1939 with thousands of other intellectuals, scientists and artist following the defeat of the Republic in the Spanish Civil War....
    , a Spanish-born philosopher.
  • Sara Sefchovich
    Sara Sefchovich

    Dra. Sara Sefchovich is a Mexican writerShe studied sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico , earning a master's degree in 1987 and a doctorate degree in 2005 in History of Mexico....
    , writer.
  • Larry Laudan
    Larry Laudan

    Larry Laudan is a contemporary philosophy of science and epistemologist. He has strongly criticized the traditions of positivism, Philosophical realism, and relativism, and he proposes his own way to maintain science as a privileged and progressive institution, in the face of popular challenges....
    , philosopher
  • Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, physicist and cosmic ray
    Cosmic ray

    Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90% of all the incoming cosmic ray particles are protons, about 9% are helium nuclei and about 1% are electrons ....
     researcher.
  • Miguel León-Portilla
    Miguel León-Portilla

    Miguel Le?n-Portilla is a Mexico anthropologist and historian, and a prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature.He wrote a doctoral thesis on Aztec philosophy under the tutelage of Fr....
    , historian and náhuatl language researcher.
  • Edmundo O'Gorman
    Edmundo O'Gorman

    Edmundo O'Gorman O'Gorman was a Mexico writer, historian and philosopher.He was the brother of architect Juan O'Gorman and the son of painter and mining engineer Cecil Crawford O'Gorman who arrived in Mexico from Ireland in 1895....
    , historian and writer.
  • Rodolfo Neri Vela
    Rodolfo Neri Vela

    Rodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexico scientist who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1985. He is the only Mexico citizen to fly in space....
    , former astronaut.
  • Pablo González Casanova, sociologist and former president of the UNAM.


See also

  • XHUNAM-TV
    XHUNAM-TV

    XHUNAM channel 60, also known as "Teveunam", is an educational television station owned and operated by the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City....
     ("TVunam", UNAM's educational and cultural television channel)
  • DGSCA
    DGSCA

    DGSCA , a.k.a Computo Academico UNAM, previously known as PUC . It is the leading organization within the UNAM for computer technologies systems and held the distinction for being the first institution in M?xico to install and operate a Cray Y-MP super computer, in early 1990....
     (Dirección General de Servicios de Cómputo Académico, Hub of Computer Sciences/Engineering in UNAM)


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