Universidad de las Américas, A.C.
UDLA Campus on Chapultepec Ave in Mexico City
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| Motto | SAPIENTIA PAX FRATERNITAS |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1940 |
| President | Alejandro Gertz Manero |
| Address | Puebla 223, col. Roma, México, D.F., Mexico City, México |
| Website | [1] |
The Universidad de las Américas, Asociación Civil (UDLA, A.C.) is a university founded in 1940 with the name of Mexico City College (MCC). In the 1960s it changed its name to University of the Americas and later on to Universidad de las Américas, A.C., that prevails today.
Since it was founded it has been located first in rented buildings at the Colonia Roma in Mexico City, in the 1950s and later on in an 8-acre campus located on the Mexico-Toluca road. In the 1970s it moved to a new campus in the State of Puebla, where it stayed until 1985 when the Board of Associates decided to move to Mexico City and separate from the Universidad de las Américas Puebla.
At the present time the university continues its bilingual nature (English–Spanish) being the only institution in Mexico with that characteristic.
The Universidad de las Américas, A.C., in Mexico City, is qualified as follows in the national lists published in Mexican newspapers Reforma and El Universal en 2012:
The program in special education is not evaluated in the surveys.
The Universidad de las Américas, A.C., is accredited by the following associations
At national level:
At the international level:
The Universidad de las Americas offers continuing education courses and diploma programs in management, education, psychology, science and technology and law.
Coordinates: 19°25′20″N 99°09′59″W / 19.4223°N 99.1663°W
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