Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Infobox University
name = Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán


motto = Luz,Ciencia y Verdad ("Light, Science, and Truth")
established = February 22 1922
former_names = Universidad de Yucatán, Universidad Nacional del Sureste
type = Public university
endowment =
colors = Gold & Blue color box|Goldcolor box|Blue
city = Mérida
state = Yucatán
country = flagcountry|Mexico
rector = Dr. Alfredo Dájer Abimerhi (2007–)
faculty = 925active in 2007; see "Primer informe 2007", p.62 (Secretaría General UADY, 2008).]
-710 tenured
-215 scholarship
students = 17,379For the period Sep. 2006 – Aug. 2007; see "Primer informe 2007", p.54 (Secretaría General UADY, 2008).]
other = 5,502 bacculaurate
undergrad = 10,538
postgrad = 1,339
campus =
free_label =
website = [http://www.uady.mx/indexf.html Official]

The Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán ("Autonomous University of Yucatan"), or UADY, is an autonomous public university in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, with its central campuses located in the state capital of Mérida. It is the largest tertiary educational institution ( _es. educación superior) in the state, offering some 39 different courses at the undergraduate or Bachelor's degree ("licenciatura") level, and 26 postgraduate Master's degrees ("maestrías"). The institution was established in 1922 as the "Universidad Nacional del Sureste", however its lineage may be traced back to a Spanish Empire royal decree promulgated in 1611, that allowed for the creation of the Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Mérida. ["Reseña Histórica de la UADY" (UADY n.d.).]

ee also

* Education in Mexico

Notes

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External links

* [http://www.uady.mx/indexf.html Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán] , official website