Universidad del Valle de Mexico
| Motto | "Forever responsible for what has been cultivated" |
|---|---|
| Established | November 16, 1960 |
| Rector | Bernardo González-Aréchiga |
| Students | +130,000 (approx.) |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico. |
| Mascot | Lynx |
| Website | http://www.universidaduvm.mx |
The Universidad del Valle de México or UVM (acronym in Spanish) is a private multicampus university founded in 1960. UVM is also the largest higher education institution in Mexico. since 2000 it has been part of Laureate International Universities, a US for-profit college network operating more than 80 institutions that hold over 1 million students in 28 countries.
UVM’s students mostly belong to Mexico's growing upper and middle socioeconomic classes.
The school enrolls more than 120,000 students, and has approximately 11,900 faculty members and 7,000 staff employees. UVM has more than 200,000 alumni and offers high school, undergraduate degree (traditional and working adult) and graduate degree programs on 38 campuses from an international perspective. It manages programs that respond to the market needs in the fields of Medicine; Engineering; Hospitality, Tourism and Gastronomy; Business; Social Sciences; Arts, Design and Architecture. UVM has also developed online and working adult career programs, oriented for working people who need an educational experience for a professional practice.
The financial cost of studying at UVM’s campus in Mexico City is about $6,100 USD (90,000 Mexican pesos) per year. It typically takes 4.5 years to finish a degree.
UVM alumni include diver Ivan Alejandro Garcia Navarro and swimmer German Saul Sanchez Sanchez both Olympic medalists; Vanessa Zambotti, Mexican judoist who won second place in 2015 Pan American Games at Toronto;, Taekwondoin Victor Estrada, Guillermo Jester, winner at ELLE Mexico Diseña 2014; and Cesar Duarte Jaquez, Governor of the State of Chihuahua.
"Expand access to quality global education to train productive people that provide added value for society"
• Integrity on the acting: execute every action with uprightness, honesty and transparency.
• Service attitude: keep the mood and disposition in our acts to cooperate with each other with kindness, commitment, enthusiasm, and respect.
• Quality in the execution: perform without flaws and timely the tasks we are responsible for under excellence standards.
• Social Responsibility: accept the consequences of our actions towards society.
• Stay true to our promises: turn commitments into promises and assure their achievement.
A group of academics and businessmen led by Don José Ortega Romero, founded Universidad del Valle de México. It opened on November 16, 1960, with 212 students, 23 teachers and 14 administrative staff, offering elementary, secondary, highschool and the undergraduate programs in Accounting and Business Administration. It soon quit its education in the first two levels to concentrate on the remaining.
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