Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Autonomous University of Yucatán
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Former names	Universidad de Yucatán, Universidad Nacional del Sureste
Motto	Luz, Ciencia y Verdad
Motto in English	Light, Science and Truth
Type	Public university
Established	February 22, 1922
Rector	José de Jesús Williams (2015–present)
Academic staff	925 ; -710 tenured; -215 scholarship
Students	17,379
Undergraduates	10,538
Postgraduates	1,339
Other students	5,502 bacculaurate
Location	Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Colors	Gold & blue
Website	Official

The Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (Autonomous University of Yucatan), or UADY, is an autonomous public university in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, with its central campuses located in the state capital of Mérida. It is the largest tertiary educational institution (Spanish: educación superior) in the state, offering some 41 different courses at the undergraduate or Bachelor's degree (licenciatura) level, and 26 postgraduate Master's degrees (maestrías). The institution was established in 1922 by then governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto as the Universidad Nacional del Sureste, but its lineage may be traced back to a Spanish Empire royal decree promulgated in 1611, that allowed for the creation of the Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Mérida.^[4]^[5]

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^ "Uady ya tiene nuevo Rector: José de Jesús Williams". SIPSE. November 3, 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c active in 2007; see Primer informe 2007, p.62 (Secretaría General UADY, 2008).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d For the period September 2006 – August 2007; see Primer informe 2007, p.54 (Secretaría General UADY, 2008).
^ de Hernández, Margarita P. (1977). Monografía de la Universidad de Yucatán (in Spanish). Mérida, Yucatan. OCLC 644379013.
^ "Reseña Histórica de la UADY: Diversas Etapas Históricas de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán: Universidad Nacional del Sureste" (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. n.d. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013.