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Dr. José Matías Delgado University (Universidad "Dr. José Matías Delgado") 
Motto Omnia Cum Honore Established September 15, 1977 Type Private Rector Dr. David Escobar Galindo Academic staff approximately 600 professors Students 5,500 Location Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador Nickname La Matías Website www.ujmd.edu.sv Dr. José Matías Delgado University (Spanish: Universidad "Dr. José Matías Delgado" (UJMD)) is a private university in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador, founded in 1977.
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History
Founded on September 15, 1977 and named in honor of the famous Salvadoran priest and politician José Matías Delgado, the University is one of the private educational institutions in El Salvador. It was conceived as a nonprofit institution with the objective of forming professionals with the capacity of improving and directing the business and judicial institutions of the time. Its intent from its foundation has been to defend and develop free-enterprise principles.
The University began with three faculties: the Dr. Isidro Menéndez Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences; the Francisco Gavidia Faculty of General Culture and Fine Arts; and the Dr. Santiago I. Barberena Faculty of Economics. It was geographically decentralized during its early years, but was brought together in a single location (the current campus, now known as "Campus I", at Antiguo Cuscatlán) in 1986. In 2004 "Campus II" was opened in Ciudad Merliot.
Presently the University offers 18 degrees, five masters programs, and a variety of diplomas and has a faculty of more than 590 professors.
The University has a reputation for offering a high quality education without neglecting the principles of professional ethics. This is expressed in the motto Omnia Cum Honore (Everything With Honor).
The current rector is the well-known dramatist and doctor of science, Dr. David Escobar Galindo.
Campus
The University currently has two campuses, with the following faculties and schools:
- Faculty of Economics "Dr. Santiago I. Barberena"
- Faculty of General Culture and Fine Arts "Francisco Gavidia"
- Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences "Dr. Isidro Menéndez"
- Faculty of Health Sciences "Dr. Luis Edmundo Vásquez"
- Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Research "Julia Hill de O'Sullivan"
- Faculty of Engineering
- School of Architecture
- School of Design "Rosemarie Vázquez de Ángel"
- School of Communications
- School of Psychology
The Hugo Lindo Library of the University has a large quantity of print and digital resources, including bibliographic materials dating from the end of the nineteenth century. There are also classrooms, virtual laboratories, workshops for technical and artisan practice, sports fields, computing centers, medical clinics and psychological assistance, and laboratories for chemistry, medicine and agricultural research.
Undergraduate programs
Dr. José Matías Delgado University allows students to qualify for the following professions:
- Architect
- Doctor of Medicine
- Agroindustrial Engineer
- Food Engineer
- Industrial Engineer
- Electronics and Communications Engineer
- License in Communications Science
- License in Design of Artisan Products
- License in Business Administration
- License in Interior Architecture
- License in Judicial Sciences
- License in Public Accounting
- License in Graphic Design
- License in Business Economics
- License in Business Finances
- License in Information Management
- License in Marketing
- License in Psychology
- License in Tourism
Fluency in English is required for graduation.
Postgraduate programs
Postgraduate studies at Delgado University are:
- Masters in Business Finance
- Masters in Organizational Communication
- Masters in Public Administration
- Masters in Organizational Psychology
- Masters in Science and Technology of Foods
Among the specialized diplomas issued by the University are the following:
- Diploma in Customs Administration
- Diploma in Tax Administration
- Diploma in Governmental Auditing
- Diploma in Municipal Administration
- Diploma in Agrobusiness
- Diploma in Agro-Ecotourism
- Diploma in Organic Agriculture
- Diploma in Microbiology of Foods
- Diploma in Environmental Management
- Diploma in Organizational Communication
- Diploma in Economic and Financial Journalism
- Diploma in Political and Electoral Journalism
- Diploma in Advanced Writing for Communications Media
University life
The University as one of the best universities in Central America, offers students participation in theater groups, musical choirs, social volunteer projects and sports such as chess, soccer, track and field, swimming, basketball, volleyball and taekwondo., and
Illustrious professors
Among the University's illustrious professors are the following:
- Licenciado Matías Romero Coto, Salvadoran writer
- Licenciado Francisco Flores Pérez, former president of the Republic of El Salvador
- Doctor Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt, former vice-president of the Republic of El Salvador
- Licenciado Carmen Gonzales Huguett, Salvadoran writer
Honorees
The University throughout its history has recognized excellence in the service of the Salvadoran community with the following awards.
Honorary doctorates conferred by the University
- Dr. Guillermo Trigueros hijo
- Don Luis Escalante Arce
- Dr. Alfonso Rochac
- Prof. Jorge Lardé y Larín
- Doña Mercedes de Altamirano
- Doña Didine Poma de Rossotto
- Doña María de Boet
- Lic. Cecilia Gallardo de Cano
- Dr. Armando Calderón Sol
- Señora Felicidad Salazar-Simpson
Meritorious professors
- Dr. Adolfo Oscar Miranda
- Dr. Manuel Arrieta Gallegos
Meritorious national pictorial art
- Prof. Julia Díaz
External links
This article is a free translation of the Spanish Wikipedia article, accessed March 28, 2007 and available here.
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