Universidad de Sonora

Infobox_University
name = University of Sonora


motto = "El saber de mis hijos hará mi grandeza"
"The knowledge of my children will be my greatness"
established = 1942
type = Public
rector = Pedro Ortega Romero
city = Hermosillo
state = Sonora
country = Mexico
website = [http://www.uson.mx/ www.uson.mx]

The University of Sonora (Universidad de Sonora, abbreviated as Unison) is located in the state of Sonora, Mexico. It was founded in 1942 after a committee to create a state university was formed on August 10, 1938.

Overview

According to the Mexican National Center for Evaluation for Higher Education (CENEVAL), Sonora has recently ranked 5th in the Mexican university ranking survey.fact|date=August 2008 It has six post-graduate subjects accredited in the level of academic excellence for the "Mexican Research Council in Science and Technology" "(Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México, CONACYT)". It is currently, leader of the National Association of Mexican Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) in northwestern Mexico.

Academics

The University of Sonora has research departments and teaching schools in most academic disciplines.The University provides educational programs in the following colleges:
* Natural Science
* Engineering
* Biological and Health Sciences
* Social Sciences
* Economics and Administration
* Humanities and Fine Arts

Postgraduate programs

At the postgraduate level, Unison tends to be biased towards scientific subjects, but it also has a number of strong humanities and social science schools. There are 6 subjects accredited in the level of academic excellence for CONACYT.

* Physics, PhD and Masters
* Material Science, PhD and Masters
* Geology, Masters
* Engineering, Masters
* Food Science and Technology, Masters
* Inmunohematology, Postgraduate certificate

Admission

Admissions processes at Sonora are based on qualifications relevant to their chosen undergraduate course, admission tests given by the university, and, in some subjects, interviews which between applicants and faculty members.

Postgraduate admission is first decided by the department or research center relating to the applicant's subject. In recent years, UNISON has made greater efforts to attract overseas students.

Research Institutes

* [http://www.fisica.uson.mx Physics Department (DFUS)]
* [http://www.cifus.uson.mx Research Centre of Physics (CIFUS)]
* [http://www.dictus.uson.mx DICTUS Research Centre]
* [http://www.dipa.uson.mx DIPA Research Centre]

Campuses

There are five campuses. Its main campus is located in the capital of the state of Sonora,
Hermosillo.

* Hermosillo
* Caborca
* Navojoa
* Nogales
* Santa Ana

Mobility of students

UNISON intends to increase the access and mobility of its students within the Americas and the European Union area of higher education, contributing to the improvement of their professional skills and their access to better working opportunities in the northwestern region of the country.

Other items of interest

The University is part of the UN Regional Coordination of Activities in Basic Space Science for America, an aerospace consortium based in Vienna, Austria, and co-sponsored by the European Space Agency.

Rectors

* 1942-1943 Aureliano Esquivel Casas
* 1944-1946 Francisco Antonio Aztiazarán
* 1946-1953 Manuel Quiróz Martínez
* 1953-1956 Norberto Aguirre Palancares
* 1956-1961 Luis Encinas Johnson
* 1961-1967 Moisés Canale Rodríguez
* 1967-1968 Roberto Reynoso Dávila
* 1968-1972 Federico Sotelo Ortiz
* 1973-1982 Alfonso Castellanos Idiáquez
* 1982-1987 Manuel Rivera Zamudio
* 1987-1989 Manuel Balcázar Meza
* 1989-1993 Marco Antonio Valencia Arvizu
* 1993-2001 Jorge Luis Ibarra Mendívil
* 2001-present Pedro Ortega Romero

ee also

* XHUS-TV ("Televisión Universitaria", Unison's television station)

External links

* [http://www.uson.mx The University of Sonora website] es icon
* [http://www.extension.uson.mx/index.php Universidad de Sonora Extension] es icon
* [http://www.uson.mx/medios_informativos/radio_uni.shtml University Radio Station] es icon
* [http://www.uson.mx/medios_informativos/tv_uni.shtml University Television Station] es icon
* [http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/un-esa/recabas.htm Regional Coordination of Activities in Basic Space Science for America]