Universidad del Valle de México

Universidad del Valle de México (UVM) is one of the largest for-profit universities in Mexico. Founded in 1960 and accredited by the "Federación de Instituciones Mexicanas Particulares de Educación Superior", UVM enrolls students at 23 campuses throughout Mexico. UVM is also a member of Laureate International Universities.

UVM is one of the largest private universities in the country.

Since its founding, and with over 45 years of experience, UVM has formed successful graduates in diverse fields that have contributed to the development of Mexico.

Locations

UVM has 23 campuses throughout the country, including nine locations in Mexico City (Tlalpan, San Ángel, Chapultepec, Roma, San Rafael, Texcoco, Lomas Verdes, Lago de Guadalupe and Hispano), and fourteen throughout central and southern Mexico (Querétaro, Mexicali, Torreón, Saltillo, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Guadalajara, Toluca, Villahermosa, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Tuxtla, Universidad del Noreste Nogales and Universidad del Noreste Saltillo).

A new campus, Guadalajara Norte, is set to commence activities for fall semester 2007.A new campus, UVM campus Hermosillo started on the fall semester of 2007, as well asi UVM campus Nogales, both in Sonora

Academic Programs

UVM offers over 30 degree programs in a wide array of fields and professional disciplines at the pre-college, undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate programs typically require between four and five years to complete, while graduate programs typically span two years. UVM’s programs are:
* Architecture
* Business Administration
* Civil Engineering
* Communications
* Computer Sciences Engineering
* Computer Engineering
* Dentistry
* Economics
* Fashion Design and Apparel Industry
* Financial Economics
* Gastronomic Businesses
* Graphic Design
* Human Capital Administration
* Industrial Design
* Industrial Engineering
* Industrial Mechanics Engineering
* Information Technologies Engineering
* International Relations
* International Commerce
* International Degrees in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomic Business Administration
* Law
* Marketing
* Mechatronics Engineering
* Medicine
* Nutrition
* Pharmaceutical Chemical Biology
* Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
* Psychology
* Public Accounting and Finance
* Public Relations
* Sports and Recreation Administration
* Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering
* Tourism Business Administration

History

As a response to the developmental needs of the country, and to the demand for well-prepared professionals, a group of academics and entrepreneurs formed by Don José Ortega Romero, Don Ignacio Guerra Pellegaud, Don Alejandro Pearson, Don Salvador Camilleri, Don Jorge Malo and Don Manuel Olivar, founded the "Institución Harvard", today Universidad del Valle de México, as an alternative for the formation of the professionals that Mexican society needs.

UVM commenced its function on November 16, 1960 at Institución Harvard (located at today’s San Rafael campus), with a population of 212 students, 23 professors and 14 administrators, with degrees in Public Accounting and Business Administration, as well as grades 1 through 12. Not long after, it was decided to concentrate the institution's efforts in higher education and preparatory school.

After years of intense labor, the institution consolidated itself, and since 1968 it holds the name of "Universidad del Valle de México". It is important to point out that during that year, during the student movement, the institution lived through moments of crisis, and the one to stay confident and create the educative project was Don José Ortega Romero.

Since that year, the university has experienced a series of transformations due to its accelerated growth, bringing changes in its organizational structure, and the opening of more academic programs.

After 1976 the university started its expansion with the opening of different campuses located strategically in Mexico City, its metropolitan area and the rest of the country.

Institution

UVM in numbers

The total area of all of the campuses adds up to 226,043 m² of buildings and other construction on a surface area of 853,459 m² of land. Today, UVM has over 74,000 students, over 6,000 teachers, more than 3,700 administrators, and over 75,000 alumni.

Mission

The purpose of the Universidad del Valle de Mexico is its mission, which is followed and upheld by all the community:

:UVM has a firm commitment to society to educate youth seeking a balance in scientific, technological and cultural approaches towards the social needs not only of the country but of today’s globalized world, as well as the search for truth and the common well-being, all founded on the institutional philosophy and education model.

Vision

Universidad del Valle de México sees itself as an educative institution of national prestige with international connections. It is competitive due to its educative model, and its proactive, prospective, flexible and innovative character.

It also guarantees to its graduates a social congruency by their formation as quality, integral and competitive individuals, providers of knowledge and abilities, with a decisive leadership attitude and committed to the search for truth and common well-being.

Values

The values that UVM has set as the base of its educative, social and moral mision, and that will always be recognized and applied by its community are:
* Freedom
* Dignity
* Truth
* Solidarity
* Peace
* Honesty
* Loyalty
* Justice
* Responsibility
* Common Well-being

Mascot

The immortality of the spirit, the force of life and extreme values are distinctive characteristics of the Lynx, a mascot that symbolizes the qualities of the members of the community. Among its most important qualities are an acute mind and sagacity. Due to its agile and coordinated movements, the Lynx can anticipate danger with opportunity, knows the importance of teamwork and knows how to be a leader, keeping a steady pace towards its planned objective.

Motto

“"Por siempre responsable de lo que se ha cultivado."” ("Forever responsible for what has been cultivated.")

This means that Universidad del Valle de México is a fertile soil, where people committed with sustainable development acquire the responsibility with no time or space limitations to first receive the seeds that society entrusts them with to grow, and after, to harvest the crop so that these fruits are equally committed to mankind acknowledging that:
* The people committed in the sustainable development are the patrons, governors, directors, administrators and teachers.
* Sustainable development is that which allows men’s progress without detriment of others or the environment.
* Our responsibility to and for the community is here today, and tomorrow anywhere.
* The seeds are the students who are guided in their learning.
* The fruits are the alumni, who have acquired and will continue with their university’s commitment.

External links

* [http://www.uvmnet.edu Universidad del Valle de Mexico ]
* [http://www.laureate.com Laureate International Universities ]