Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) ( (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)

The Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) is a public university founded in 1974 on the idea of innovation.
With a strong link to our social environment, our flexibility has helped us maintain our place in the vanguard of higher education.
The Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM) is a public Institution with more than 45 years of experience and is one of the leading universities in Mexico. We offer 82 undergraduate and 111 Postgraduate programs. UAM has over 59,705 students.
Our academic model is innovative, flexible, at the vanguard of higher education, and strongly linked to our social environment; our flexibility has helped us maintain our place in the vanguard of higher education.
The academic staff is one of the most solid in the country, we have over 3,088 academics with a lecture-research profile, 89% are full-time and 87% have postgraduate degrees. Over 38% are registered in the National Researcher´s System (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores – SNI) which assesses and provides recognition of the high quality and relevance of their research projects and results.
We have four campuses strategically located around México City: Azcapotzalco, Cuajimalpa, Iztapalapa, and Xochimilco; the fifth campus is located in the town of Lerma (State of México).
In each campus, we have three Divisions as follows:
Campus UAM- Azcapotzalco: Basic Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Science and Art for Design.
Campus UAM- Cuajimalapa: Communication Science and Design, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Natural Sciences and Engineering.
Campus UAM- Iztapalapa: Basic Sciences and Engineering, Biological Sciences and Health and Social Sciences and Humanities.
Campus UAM- Lerma: Basic Sciences and Engineering, Biological Sciences and Health and Social Sciences and Humanities.
Campus UAM- Xochimilco: Science and Art for Design, Biological Sciences, and Health, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
Several of the academic divisions have sustainability degrees and research within a multidisciplinary perspective.
UAM participates in institutional research programs and proposals whit multidisciplinary projects, at the national and international level whit the aim of contributing to Mexico’s growth and development.
UAM is recognized for its contributions to society through in following areas:
Nanotechnology, Biology, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Development, Materials, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Education, Urban Development, Social Science, Anthropology, History and Culture, Administration, Sociology, Politics, Communication, International Relations, Health, Architecture, Design.