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Universidad de Monterrey | |||
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Other name | UDEM | ||
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| Motto | Homo Hominis In Ministerio Perficitur | ||
Motto in English | The man is only realized at the service of the man | ||
| Type | Private Catholic secondary and higher education institution | ||
| Established | July 8, 1969 | ||
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic | ||
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| President | Mario Páez González | ||
| Vice-president | List
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| Students | 16,000 (2020)[1] | ||
| Undergraduates | 9,523[1] | ||
| Postgraduates | 728[1] | ||
Other students | 1,533 (Medical Specialties)[1] 3,780 (High School Students)[1] 7 (Doctorate)[1] | ||
| Location | San Pedro Garza Garcia , Nuevo León , Mexico 25°39′39″N 100°25′13″W / 25.66096760°N 100.42035870°W | ||
| Campus | Urban, 350,000 m²[2] | ||
| Colors | Yellow and Black | ||
| Nickname | Troyanos (Trojans) | ||
| Website | www | ||
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The University of Monterrey (Spanish: Universidad de Monterrey, acronym "UDEM") is a private Catholic secondary and higher education institution in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, belonging to the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Founded in 1969, it is open to all creeds and conditions.
UDEM was founded by the Daughters of the Immaculate Mary of Guadalupe, the nuns of the Sacred Heart, the Marist Brothers and the La Salle Brothers, supported by an association of Catholic citizens. The university originated from a recommendation given by the Second Vatican Council to use educational activities in favor of teaching the principles of the Catholic doctrine.
The Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus had been working in Monterrey since 1908, and the Sisters of Immaculate Mary of Guadalupe founded Labastida University in 1951, and had been running Labastida College, an all-girls school, since 1919. Additionally, the Marist Brothers had been working in Monterrey since 1905, and the La Salle Brothers, who had left Mexico during the Revolutionary war, returned in 1942 to Monterrey to found the Instituto Regiomontano.
On July 8, 1969, the university was recognized by the state of Nuevo Leon and on September 8 of the same year, began operating as an educational institution housed in 5 different facilities.
Philanthropist Roberto Garza Sada started searching for educators and for land and then bought the campus property and gave money to start building the university. Later, in honoring her father, his daughter Margarita Garza Sada, and Japanese Architect Tadao Ando, gave the money to build the Centro Roberto Garza Sada for Architecture and Design.
UDEM is home to over 16,000 students, including high school students, undergraduates and postgraduates. The school offers 4 high school modes, 46 majors, 13 bachelor's degrees and 37 medical specialties and doctorates. It offers a number of choices to study abroad; UDEM has established bilateral, reciprocal and unilateral agreements, as well as arrangements through academic exchange agencies. In 2002, UDEM signed 26 new bilateral agreements with universities in the United States – such as the University of California, Berkeley and other universities in Spain, Italy, Belgium, England (such as University College, London), Germany and France (such as the Lycée Bossuet-Notre Dame, in Paris).[citation needed]
- ^ a b c d e f "Un vistazo a la UDEM" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Acerca UDEM-Historia". Archived from the original on 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-07.