National Autonomous University Of Mexico

The National Autonomous University of Mexico, also known as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Spanish or abbreviated as UNAM, was established in 1910. The university is located in Mexico City, Mexico. The university was founded by Justo Sierra. The 1968 Olympics took place at the UNAM's Olympic Stadium. UNAM's recent enrollments have been more than 158,000 undergraduate and 20,000 postgraduate students every year. The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs of study through the following academic divisions :

  • Accounting and Administration
  • Architecture
  • Arts
  • Chemistry
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Law
  • Medicine
  • Music
  • Nursery and Obstetrics
  • Odontology
  • Philosophy and Literature
  • Political and Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Veterinarian Medicine

The University has satellite campuses in Aragon, Cuautitlan, Acatlan, Iztacala, Zaragoza and Xochimilco. It has four foreign campuses in San Antonio, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Gatineau.

UNAM’s football team is known as the Club Universidad Nacional. The students also participate in basketball, archery, baseball, and tennis. Radio UNAM is the university’s campus radio. The notable alumni of UNAM are Elena Poniatowska, writer and journalist; Alfonso Caso y Andrade, an archaeologist; Ruy Perez Tamayo, pathologist; Jaime Sabines, poet; Florian Luca, mathematician; and many others.

Campus Location

Mexico City
Mexico
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More About National Autonomous University of Mexico

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico is a public school.
  • The school was founded in 1910.
  • The highest degree offered is the Doctorate degree.