Universidad Veracruzana

Universidad Veracruzana
logo of the Universidad Veracruzana
MottoArt, Science, Light
TypeState
EstablishedSeptember 11, 1944
RectorMartín Gerardo Aguilar Sánchez
Academic staff
6,085[1]
Undergraduates73,273 (2006-2007)[2]
Location, ,
MascotLuzio and Lis
Websiteuv.mx
Universidad Veracruzana is located in Mexico
Universidad Veracruzana
Universidad Veracruzana

Universidad Veracruzana (Spanish for University of Veracruz) is a public autonomous university located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Established in 1944, the university is one of the most important in the southeast region of México.[3] Its academic organization is a structure based on academic areas, schools, education programs and research institutes. Due to geographic dispersing, academic activities are coordinated by the Academic Secretariat and four Vice-Rector's Offices. General Directions of the academic areas: Arts, Biology and Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, Liberal Arts and Technical coordinate as well each school and educational programs. The Department of Research coordinates the plans and activities of the research institutes, and the Direction of Art Dissemination operates the artistic groups and the cultural activities programs.[4]

In the region of Xalapa, the university has 32 schools, 22 institutes and research centers, one Children's Musical Induction Center, one Language Center, one Foreign Languages Department, two Self-access Language Learning Centers, two Arts Workshops, one Foreign Students School, one Advanced Technology Lab, one Analytic Resolution Support Services Unit, one School Hospital and one Library Services and Information Unit (USBI). In Veracruz, Veracruz: 13 schools, four institutes and research centers, one Children's Musical Induction Center, one Language Center, two Self-access Language Learning Centers, one Art Workshops and one USBI. In Orizaba-Córdoba, Veracruz: 8 schools, two Language Centers, two Self-access Language Learning Centers and an Advanced Technology Lab. In Poza Rica: 13 schools, one Language Center, a Self-access Language Learning Center, and two Art Workshops. And in Coatzacoalcos-Minatitlán, Veracruz, 8 schools, one Language Center, two Self-access Learning Centers and two USBIs. Furthermore, it is associated with the North American Mobility Project, a transnational academic program that links it to Georgia Southern University in the United States and Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.[5]

  1. ^ "Personal académico – Acerca de la UV – Universidad Veracruzana". Uv.mx. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. ^ "Población estudiantil – Acerca de la UV – Universidad Veracruzana". Uv.mx. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  3. ^ "Universidad Veracruzana". Archived from the original on August 29, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
  4. ^ "English UV". Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Projects funded under the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education". Archived from the original on November 20, 2005. Retrieved April 25, 2008.