Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
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The Metropolitan Autonomous University (Spanish language
: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana or UAM) is a public university
located in Mexico City
, Mexico
. It has four separate campuses located in different boroughs of the Federal District:
The creation of a fifth campus in the municipality of Lerma
, State of Mexico, has been approved, and it is under construction (as of Jan 2011).
UAM Rectoría is the main office, and it is located in the south of the city, near Xochimilco
, at the street Canal de Miramontes.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana or UAM) is a public university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It has four separate campuses located in different boroughs of the Federal District:
- UAM AzcapotzalcoUAM AzcapotzalcoUAM Azcapotzalco is one of the five campuses of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana , one of the top three Mexican public universities. This campus is located in the northern area of Mexico City, in the borough of Azcapotzalco...
, located in the AzcapotzalcoAzcapotzalcoAzcapotzalco is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. Azcapotzalco is in the northwestern part of Mexico City...
area, Northern Mexico City - UAM Iztapalapa, located in the IztapalapaIztapalapaIztapalapa is one of the Federal District of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity. The borough is named after and centered on the formerly independent municipality of Iztapalapa, which is officially called Iztapalapa de Cuitláhuac for disambiguation purposes...
area, Eastern Mexico City - UAM Cuajimalpa, located in CuajimalpaCuajimalpaCuajimalpa de Morelos is one of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City. Its name comes from the indigenous expression "over sticks of wood"...
area, Western Mexico City - UAM Xochimilco, located in the XochimilcoXochimilcoXochimilco is one of the sixteen delegaciones or boroughs within Mexican Federal District. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the pre-Hispanic period...
area, Southern Mexico City.
The creation of a fifth campus in the municipality of Lerma
Lerma
Lerma is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km south of Alessandria....
, State of Mexico, has been approved, and it is under construction (as of Jan 2011).
UAM Rectoría is the main office, and it is located in the south of the city, near Xochimilco
Xochimilco
Xochimilco is one of the sixteen delegaciones or boroughs within Mexican Federal District. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the pre-Hispanic period...
, at the street Canal de Miramontes.