Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

Infobox_University
name = Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco


motto = "Estudio en la duda, acción en la fe" (Study when in doubt, action on faith)
established = November 20 1958
type = Public university
endowment = (Fed.) U.S. $52.9 million or MXN $569 million (2007) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/administracion/finanzas/2007/diciembre_2007/notas.swf Cuarto Informe de Actividades 2007, Notas: Notas a los Estados Financieros, Nota Numero 13: Presupuesto Autorizado] . Retrieved: 12 February 2008.]
(State) U.S. $42.6 million or MXN $396 million (2007) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/administracion/finanzas/2007/diciembre_2007/notas.swf Cuarto Informe de Actividades 2007, Notas: Notas a los Estados Financieros, Nota Numero 13: Presupuesto Autorizado] . Retrieved: 12 February 2008.]
rector= M.A. Candita Victoria Gil Jiménez
colors= Red & Green color box|Redcolor box|Green
city = Villahermosa
state = Tabasco
country = flagcountry|Mexico,
coor = coord|18|00|30|N|92|55|30|W|region:MX_type:edu|display=inline,title
former_names = Instituto Juárez
students = 35,271 (2007-2008) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/rectoria/4to_Informe2007/unicali-2004-2008.pdf Por Una Universidad de Calidad 2004-2008] , Page 2. Retrieved: 12 February 2008.]
undergrad = 24,921 (2007-2008) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/rectoria/4to_Informe2007/unicali-2004-2008.pdf Por Una Universidad de Calidad 2004-2008] , Page 2. Retrieved: 12 February 2008.]
postgrad = 971 (2007-2008) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/rectoria/4to_Informe2007/unicali-2004-2008.pdf Por Una Universidad de Calidad 2004-2008] , Page 2. Retrieved: 12 February 2008.]
other = 9,450 (2007-2008) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/rectoria/4to_Informe2007/unicali-2004-2008.pdf Por Una Universidad de Calidad 2004-2008] , Page 2. Retrieved: 12 February 2008.]
faculty = 2,188 (2007-2008) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/rectoria/4to_Informe2007/anexo5.swf Cuarto Informe de Actividades 2007, Plantilla 5.1: Plantilla de Personal] , Page 243. Retrieved February 12, 2007.]
staff = 1,087 (2007-2008) [ [http://www.ujat.mx/rectoria/4to_Informe2007/anexo5.swf Cuarto Informe de Actividades 2007, Plantilla 5.1: Plantilla de Personal] , Page 243. Retrieved February 12, 2007.] |campus = Urban, 1.5 km² (370.7 acres)
free_label = Athletics
mascot = Alligator
free = intramural teams
website= [http://www.ujat.mx Official]

Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, also known as UJAT) is a public institution of higher learning located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The mission of the university is "to prepare professionals with broad and deep expertise in their area of study to fill the needs of Tabasco and the country at large." [http://www.ujat.mx/conocenos/mision.html UJAT: Conocenos - Mision] Retrieved: February 12, 2008.] UJAT is the largest and most prominent university in the state of Tabasco.fact|date=October 2008 During the 2007-2008 academic year the University enrolled 35,271 students and had a teaching staff of over 2,000. For the same school year the University offered bachelor's degrees in 36 disciplines, master's degrees in 25 areas, two doctoral degrees, and post-graduate Certificates ("Especialidades") in 17 graduate areas of specialization (mostly in the medical field). The University grants law, education, management, engineering, medicine, architecture, nursing, and dentistry degrees, plus some 30 additional fields of study.

History

The origin of the university dates back to 1860 when the governor of Tabasco, Víctor Dueñas, asked President Benito Juárez for funds to establish a secondary, preparatory, and college-level educational institution to serve the community of Tabasco; such funds were granted a year later.fact|date=October 2008 However, it was not until January 1, 1879 that the "Instituto Juárez" ("Juárez Institute") opened its doors to the public under the support of governor Simón Sarlat Nova and the liberal politician and writer Manuel Sánchez Mármol, who became the first director of the institution. [Dirección de Relaciones Públicas y Difusión, [http://www.ujat.mx/noticias/821/instituto.html Instituto Juárez] , "Página Universitaria" 821, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 26, 2003.] The first enrollment consisted of less than 100 students in nine academic disciplines: agriculture, veterinary medicine, land surveying, public notary, law, management, education, jurisprudence, and pharmacy. On August 1, 1947, the Institute was accredited by the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES) in Mexico. On November 20, 1958, the Juárez Institute was renamed to "Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco" by a Tabasco state legislature decree. In July 1966, the university started the process of decentralization with the separation of its Preparatory School, and the construction and inauguration of the College of Veterinary Medicine on the Villahermosa-Teapa Road. This was followed, in 1978, by the inauguration of facilities for the College of Law in Colonia Reforma, Villahermosa, and in 1982, with the establishment in Cunduacán of the College of Engineering and Architecture. On December 11, 1987, in light of "technological changes," the State of Tabasco passed the Organic Law of the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, intended to establish a modern organizational structure at the University that could serve as the basis for dealing with the "accelerated growth" in student registration and stimulating the University to transmform itself into "a center of academic excellence". [Dirección de la Secretaria de Gobierno, [http://www.ujat.mx/descarga/decreto0662.pdf Periodico Oficial] , "Decreto 0666," Seccion "E", No. 4724, State of Tabasco, December 19, 1987. Retrieved February 13, 2008.] As a result, the last 20 years have seen a significant amount of growth at the University. For example, in 1997, the University started the Extension Program at facilities in the town of Tenosique. This Extension Program includes a distance learning program amongst its various other academic offerings. In 2007, the Extension Program became the College of Multidisciplinary Studies at Los Rios.

Location

The University facilities are located in mostly urban areas and follow primarily a decentralized model. The facilities are distributed over nine campuses - six in the capital city of Villahermosa and three in the town of Cunduacán. There is also an Extension Program (formally, the Multidisciplinary College of los Ríos) that operates from the town of Tenosique. The central offices of the University, as well as its main campus, are located on Avenida Universidad, Villahermosa, and it hosts the College of Education and Arts, and the College of Economics and Management. The Colleges of Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Agricultural and Fish Sciences are located at various other campuses in the city of Villahermosa. The College of Systems and Informatics, the College of Basic Sciences, and the College of Engineering and Architecture are located in Cunduacán.

Accreditation

The University is accredited at the national level by the "Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior" (ANUIES). The nursing, psychology, economics, management, public accounting, and labor relations programs are accredited at the national level by the "Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior" (COPAES). The program on dental surgery is accredited at the national level by the "Comité de Acreditación del Consejo Nacional de Educación Odontológica" CONAEDO). The medical surgeon program is accredited at the national level by the "Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica" (COMAEM). While the University as a whole is accredited by ANUIES, program-specific accreditation, when available, is sought by the academic divisions. An example is the Academic Division of Basic Sciences which is currently (2008) seeking accreditation for each one of its program offerings. [Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, [http://www.ujat.mx/publicaciones/gaceta_juchiman/2007/index.html La DACB Avanza Hacia la Acreditacion de sus Carreras] ,"Gaceta Juchiman," Año 4, Numero 63, pag. 8, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, November 15, 2007.] Encouraged by the recent accreditation of a number of academic programs at the University, on January 22, 2008, the Rectory pledged to obtain accreditation for each and "all" of the remaining academic offering in the university. [Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, [http://www.ujat.mx/al_dia/2008/enero_08/22_toma_protesta_candita_gil.html Eventos Universitarios, Boletines Universitarios, La Mtra. Candita Victoria Gil Jiménez rindió protesta como Rectora de la UJAT] ,Eventos Universitarios, "Boletines Universitarios", Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, January 22, 2008.]

Institutional quality

On August 28, 2007, the University was recognized as one of the 13 best in Mexico by the Mexican Secretary of Public Education (SEP). [Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, [http://www.ujat.mx/publicaciones/gaceta_juchiman/2007/index.html La UJAT se Ubica Entre la 13 Universidades Con Mayor Prestigio Academico] ,"Gaceta Juchiman," Año 4, Numero 59, pag. 4, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, August 31, 2007.] Just a year earlier, during the 2006-2007 academic year, the University had been recognized as one of the 16 best by the same entity. In an "ATEI Informa" newsbrief dated October 12, 2006, the "Asociacion de Television Educativa Iberoamericana", reported that "UJAT was among the 16 best universities in the country when it received an acknowledgement to that effect granted by the Secretary for Public Education." Juan G. Castro, PresATEI, [http://www.ateiamerica.com/pages/noticias/12oct06juarez.htm Reconocen a la Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco entre las 16 mejores universidades de México] . October 12, 2006. Retrieved: February 15, 2008. ] This recognition was made "for offering 22 educational programs to 79 percent of its student body that ranked at Level 1 of the "Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior" [http://www.ciees.edu.mx/ (CIEES)] , plus two other granted by national-level accrediting entities."

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As of 2006, the following nine parameters were considered in bestowing the Academic Institutional Quality honor unto the University:

*All of its thirty-three (33) bachelor's degrees have been evaluated by the "Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior" (CIEES).fact|date=October 2008
*Twenty-two (22) of its academic programs ranked at the CIEES Level I; two other programs are accredited by the "Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior" (COPAES).fact|date=October 2008
*Sevety-nine (79) percent of its students are enrolled in one of its 24 bachelor's programs recognized for their academic quality.
*Forty-eight (48) of its faculty are part of the National Researchers Association and 144 more are part of the State of Tabasco Researchers Association.
*Fifty-five (55) of its students are enrolled in the "Movilidad Estudiantil" student exchange program.
*Nine-four (94) students are engaged in national research internship programs with other Mexican educational institutions, making UJAT the second largest participant in such "Programa del Verano Científico".
*Sixty (60) percent of its full-time faculty have a graduate degree in their discipline: 346 have the Master's degree while 103 have a Doctoral degree.
*The University runs 327 research projects -- 128 of them externally financed and 199 running on institutionally-based financing.
*The school's student services and the library system are certified by the ISO 9001:2000 norm standard.

Academics

The University is divided into nine separate academic divisions, roughly equivalent to the college or school subdivisions of other major universities and which denotes the granting of a certain level of autonomy to the internal affairs of the academic subdivision in question. Students choose entry into one of these nine academic divisions, though degrees are granted and titled by the University. Prospective students must possess a high school diploma, preferably from a college preparatory high school, and pass a university entrance exam to be admitted into the academic division of their choice. Moving from one academic division to another within the University is generally not possible without significant loss of earned academic credits. The University integrates intramural sports, physico-culture, fitness, band, and ballet teams amongst its extracurricular offerings.

Programs of Study

"Licenciaturas"

The University grants the degree of "Licenciatura" in the following 41 areas:

College of Life Sciences

• Biology• Ecology• Environmental Engineering

College of Education and Arts

• Education• Communications• Languages• Cultural Studies

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Civil Engineering• Electrical and Electronics Engineering• Mechanical Engineering• Chemical Engineering• Architecture

College of Health Sciences

• Medicine• Dental Surgery• Psychology• Nutrition• Nursing

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Law• History• Sociology

College of Informatics and Systems

• Management Information Systems• Computer Systems• Telematics• Information Technology

College of Economics and Administration

• Management• Public Accounting• Economics• Labor Relations

College of Basic Sciences

• Computer Science• Mathematics• Physics• Chemistry

College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences

• Agronomy• Aquaculture Engineering• Food Engineering• Veterinary Medicine and Zoology

College of Multidisciplinary Studies

• Aquaculture Engineering• Management• Food Engineering• Management Information Systems• Law

Master's degrees

The University grants master's degrees in the following 25 fields:

College of Life Sciences

• Environmental Sciences• Engineering and Environmental Protection

College of Education and Arts

• Teaching• Education• Communications

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Hydraulic Engineering

College of Health Sciences

• Medical Sciences• Social Gerontology• Primary Health Care• Basic Biomedical Sciences • Public Health Sciences

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Judiciary Management• Social Sciences• Civil Law• Criminal Law• Constitutional Human Rights Law• Law

College of Informatics and Systems

• Computer Systems• Information Technology Management

College of Economics and Administration

• Management• Public Management• Public Accounting

College of Basic Sciences

• Applied Mathematics

College of Agricultural and Fish Sciences

• Food Science• Animal Health Sciences

Doctorate degrees

The University grants doctorate degrees in the following two areas:

College of Life Sciences

• Ecology and Tropical Systems Management

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Law

Postgraduate diplomas

The University grants the postgraduate diplomas in the following 17 areas:

College of Economics and Administration

• Tax accounting

College of Engineering and Architecture

• Real Estate Assessment

College of Health Sciences

• Anesthesiology• General Surgery• Pediatric nursing • Surgical Nursing• Critical care nursing • Obstetrics and gynaecology• Public Health• Internal Medicine• Pediatric Odontology• Pediatrics• Psychiatry• Family Medicine• Neonatology• Radiology and Imaging• Orthopedics and Intensive Care

Prominent Alumni

* José Narciso Rovirosa, prominent biologist who categorized over a thousand species of flora in southern Mexico.

* Eduardo Alday Hernández, prominent lawyer and president of the Supreme Court of the state of Tabasco.

* Manuel Andrade Díaz, governor of Tabasco.

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