Universidad de las Américas, A.C.

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Universidad de las Américas, A.C.

UDLA Campus on Chapultepec Ave in Mexico City
Motto	SAPIENTIA PAX FRATERNITAS
Type	Private
Established	1940
President	Alejandro Gertz Manero
Address	Puebla 223, col. Roma, México, D.F. , Mexico City , México
Website	http://www.udladf.mx/

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 1963 it changed its name to University of the Americas and in 1968 to Universidad de las Américas, 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.

International classifications[]

The Universidad de las Américas, A.C., in Mexico City, is qualified as follows in the national lists published in Mexican newspapers Reforma^[1] and El Universal^[2] en 2012:

• Psychology: 2nd place in Reforma and 2nd place in El Universal
• Business administration: 7th place in Reforma and 2nd place in El Universal
• Information systems: 4th place in Reforma and no evaluation in El Universal
• International relations: 6th place in Reforma and 4th place in El Universal
• Mass media: 8th place in Reforma and 2nd place in El Universal
• Law: 11th place in El Universal and no evaluation in Reforma

The program in special education is not evaluated in the surveys.

Accreditation[]

The Universidad de las Américas, A.C., is accredited by the following associations

At national level:

• The Ministry of Public Education Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP in Spanish) Grants to BA, specialty, master and doctorate the Recognition of Official Validity (RVOE in Spanish).
• The National Association of Universities and Higher Educations Institutions (ANUIES in Spanish), Accredited since 1998.
• Federation of Mexican Private Institutions of Higher Education, (FIMPES) accredited for the 2006-2012 period.
• National Council for Teaching and Research in Psychology (CNEIP) Consejo Nacional para la Enseñanza e Investigación en Psicología (CNEIP)
• Council for the Accreditation of Communication A.C. (CONAC) Consejo de Acreditación de la Comunicación A.C. (CONAC)
• Accrediting Council in the Teaching of Accounting and Management, A.C. (CACECA) Consejo de Acreditación en la Enseñanza de la Contaduría y Administración A.C. (CACECA)
• Association for the Accreditation and Certification in Social Sciences, A.C. (ACCESISO) Asociación para la Acreditación y Certificación en Ciencias Sociales, A.C. (ACCESISO)
• National Council for the Accreditation of Higher Education in Law, A.C. (CONFEDE) Consejo Nacional para la Acreditacion de la Educación Superior en Derecho, A.C. (CONFEDE)

At the international level:

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

Academic programs[]

Continuing education[]

The Universidad de las Americas offers continuing education courses and diploma programs in management, education, psychology, science and technology and law.

Outstanding graduates[]

• , Sports Director for , Sports Anchor and Video Journalist
• Ricardo Blanco, Products Communication Manager for Latin America in YouTube and Google
• Mauricio Cabrera, General editor, [mediotiempo.com] (Expansión Editorial Group)
• , General Manager México and Central America
• , General Manager for Business and Services, Price Shoes
• , Human Resources Director for Mexico and Latin America of the Swiss Bank
• , Human Resources manager at HSBC London, UK
• , Chief of the area of Communication and Public Business for North America and the United States, Google
• , General director for Asia and Pacific, Mexican Foreign Service,
• , consul in Leamington, Ontario
• , Legal director at Prudential Seguros
• , Legal vicepresident at Herbalife International de México, S.A de C.V.
• , Director of International Affairs of the Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (Inafed) of the Interior Ministry Secretaría de Gobernación.
• , Legal director of the El Universal
• , Manager of the legal department of Casa Cuervo
• , Director of judicial affairs of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional
• Gilberto Carrillo, Chief of Information auditing in Radiomóvil DIPSA, S.A de C.V. (Telcel)
• , Executive Director, Regis University Dual Language Campus
• , Division CFO, International Sales Division Daimler Trucks North America
• , Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Anthropology

References[]

External links[]

• University Homepage (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 19°25′20″N 99°09′59″W / 19.4223°N 99.1663°W / 19.4223; -99.1663