The Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM) (Autonomous University of Mexico City) is a public university from the México 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...

 founded in 2001. Before, the Federal District was the only federal entity without a state university.

History

The UACM was established on April 26 of 2001 by Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican 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 2006 presidential election, representing the unsuccessful Coalition for the Good...

 as Universidad de la Ciudad de México. The first venue was Casa Libertad, the formerly Santa Marta Acatitla women's prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

 and later a youth center. On December 16 of 2004 was declared autonomous.

In July 2005 the house of the artist Víctor Sergi is donated after his death and is converted in the Centro Vlady

Academic Venues

There are 5 academic venues, one is for postgraduates studies.

Venue	Delegation	Function
Casa Libertad	Iztapalapa Iztapalapa Iztapalapa 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...	Undergraduate
Centro Histórico	Cuauhtemoc Cuauhtémoc, D.F. Cuauhtémoc, named after the former Aztec leader, is one of the 16 boroughs of the Federal district of Mexico City. It consists of the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire city in the 1920s. This area is the historic and culture center of the city, although it is not the...	Undergraduate
Cuautepec	Gustavo A. Madero Gustavo A. Madero, D.F. Gustavo A. Madero is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided.-Origins:Founded as "Villa de Guadalupe" in 1563, it became the city of "Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo" in 1828, and finally a delegación in 1931; as such, it was named after Gustavo A. Madero, the brother...	Undergraduate
Del Valle	Benito Juárez Benito Juárez, D.F. Benito Juárez is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It is a largely residential area, located to the south of historic center of Mexico City, although there are pressures for areas to convert to commercial use. It was named after Benito Juárez, president in...	Undergraduate & Postgrade
San Lorenzo Tezonco	Iztapalapa Iztapalapa Iztapalapa 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...	Undergraduate

Cultural Centers

The UACM has two cultural centers Casa Talavera in Cuauhtemoc

Cuauhtémoc, D.F.

Cuauhtémoc, named after the former Aztec leader, is one of the 16 boroughs of the Federal district of Mexico City. It consists of the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire city in the 1920s. This area is the historic and culture center of the city, although it is not the...

 delegation and the Centro Vlady in Benito Juárez

Benito Juárez, D.F.

Benito Juárez is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It is a largely residential area, located to the south of historic center of Mexico City, although there are pressures for areas to convert to commercial use. It was named after Benito Juárez, president in...

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Programs

The UACM offers 11 bachelor's degrees, and 10 postgraduates programms (8 master degrees and 2 doctoral degrees).

Social Sciences

• Politic sciences and urban administration
• Social sciences
• Communications and culture
• Philosophy and ideas history
• History and contemporany society

Engineering

• Urban transport system engineering
• Industrial electronic system engineering
• Electronic and telecommunication system engineering