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Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) | |
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| Motto | Piensa y Trabaja (Think and Work) |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | As Royal University of Guadalajara: November 3, 1792 As University of Guadalajara: October 12, 1925 |
| Affiliation | ANUIES CUMEX International Association of Universities College Board CONAHEC |
| Endowment | MXN $14,803,821,208.00 (2022)[1] |
| Rector | Ricardo Villanueva Lomelí |
| Vice-rector | Héctor Raúl Solís Gadea |
Academic staff | 15,229[2] |
| Students | 281,882 (August 2022)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 109,992 |
| Postgraduates | 6,432 |
Other students | 139,520 (high school) |
| Address | General Rectory, 976 Juárez Avenue, Zipcode 44100 , , , Mexico 20°40′30″N 103°21′32″W / 20.67500°N 103.35889°W |
| Campus | 15 university campuses, 60 high schools and a virtual university system |
| Nickname | Leones Negros (black lions) |
Sporting affiliations | Club Universidad de Guadalajara |
| Website | www |
The University of Guadalajara (Spanish: Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public research university located in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. It was created in 1586, and officially founded on February 12, 1791. It was established as the Royal and Pontifical University of Guadalajara, and it has evolved significantly since then, becoming a major educational institution in Mexico. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distributed all over the state of Jalisco. It is regarded as the most significant university in the state. Chronologically, based on its foundation, it is the second oldest university in Mexico, the seventeenth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America.
Since 1994, the university works through a network model to organize its academic activities. This university network is integrated by 15 university centers, the Virtual University System, the High School Education System and the general administrative body of the university. During 2014–2015 the total number of enrolled students is 255,944 of which 116,424 belong to graduate and undergraduate students and 139,520 to high school students.
- ^ "Aprueba CGU el presupuesto 2022 para la UdeG" Archived December 16, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. Universidad de Guadalajara.
- ^ Coordinación General de Planeación y Desarrollo Institucional (2015). "Numeralia Institucional" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ^ "Admite UdeG a 79 mil 615 jóvenes a bachillerato y licenciatura" Archived December 18, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. Universidad de Guadalajara.