Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

The Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (UAG), Mexico’s oldest private university, was founded in 1935. UAG is coeducational, nondenominational, and nonprofit. It is independent, autonomous, and not affiliated with or dependent on any government, church or political party.

The University is proudly one hundred percent Mexican but also able to emphasize its focus on international education. UAG is a prestigious comprehensive university and has some of the best educational facilities in the country, covering an area of 1000 acres distributed among 4 campuses: the Central Campus (CU), the Biological Sciences Institute, the Health Sciences Campus, Continuing Education, plus the four campuses of the University in the Community (UNICO) as well as two hospitals, an Experimental Agriculture Center, the Chapala Ecology Station, a Marine Sciences Station, besides University hotels and the Convention Center.

UAG has a current enrollment of 15,000 students, 85% of whom are Mexican while 15% come from 25 different countries. The institution employs 780 full-time and 640 part-time faculty with excellent credentials. The University offers 50 undergraduate majors, 33 areas of graduate level specialization, 20 master’s programs and 3 doctorates.