UANL is the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, located in San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico. It is a public school that services the state of Nuevo León, and is among the most prestigious public schools in Latin America.

History

• Dr. José Eleuterio González , "Gonzalitos", founds the Civil School of Medicine of Monterrey on October 30, 1859. He then founded the Civil Hospital in 1860. They became the UANL's School of Medicine, and the University Hospital. The UANL's School of Medicine is the best public school of Medicine in the country.

• On October 29, 1932, the delegations of schools of law, medicine, the Civil School, the Teachers School, and the Pharmacy School of the State of Nuevo León, submitted to state congress a project to organize a state university to service the Greater Monterrey metropolitan area.

• On November 7, 1932, state congress ordered the comission of Justice and Public Instruction to proceed with the request.

• On September 25, 1933, the UANL started activities as such.

• By 1934, the University had 1864 students with 218 teachers

• On September 29, 1935, the UANL was closed by decree of state congress, only to reopen on September 13, 1943.

• From 1949 to 1961, the UANL had a "Golden Age"

• In 1967, the Estadio Universitario is finished.

• From 1968 to 1972, the University was hit by the global wave of student discomfort, and had some revolts and crisis

• In 1997, with the arrival of democracy to the State of Nuevo León, the University begins to implement higher quality standards.

Mission and Vision

According to the University's Organic Law, the UANL is 'an institution of superior culture, at the service of society, descentralized from the state, with full juridical capacity and personality, and has its end in creating, preserving, and promoting culture in benefit of society'.

Its Mission Statements says:

'The UANL has as objective to educate professionals, investigators, University teachers, and technicians, and to create and promote scientific investigation in its basic and applied forms, considering regional and national problems. Also, as the other higher education institutions in the country, it will organize, create and promote artistic creations in its diverse forms of expression, and make the community participants of culture, and contribute to the preservation of the national and universal cultural heritage'.

The Vision if the UANL is to be 'recognized as the best public school in Mexico by 2006'.

Faculties

• Agronomy
• Architecture
• Biological Sciences
• Chemical Sciences
• Civil Engineering
• Communication Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Economy
• Forestal Sciences
• Law and Criminology
• Mechanics and Electrical Engineering
• Nurse School
• Nutrition and Publich Health
• Odontology
• Philosophy and Letters
• Physics and Mathematical Sciences
• Political Sciences and Public Administration
• Public Accounting and Administration
• Psychology
• Scenic Arts
• School of Medicine
• School of Music
• Social Work
• Visual Arts
• Veterinarian and Zootechnian School of Medicine

Sources

• The UANL Web Page