Autonomous University of Durango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango
Motto
Una opción a la excelencia
Motto in English
An option to excellence
TypePrivate
Established11 February 1992
RectorMartin Soriano Sariñana
Students16,036 (2021)[1]
Location
Durango City
,
Durango
,
Mexico
ColorsRed, black and gray
MascotLobos
Websiteuad.mx

The Universidad Autónoma de Durango (Autonomous University of Durango or Universidad Durango Santander or UAD) is a private university with its main campus located in Durango City, Durango and with campuses in multiple Mexican states. It was founded on 11 February 1992 and is operated by the Fomento Educativo y Cultural Francisco de Ibarra, A.C.[2]

The university serves some 16,000 students on its own at high school, undergraduate and postgraduate level and offers distance learning.[3][1] The university also offers bilingual (English and Spanish) education from kindergarten to high school with Colegio de Inglés.[4]

Programs

UAD offers full-time studies courses, part-time study courses, online distance learning and Saturday and evening courses. The degrees can be on a quarter or semester system. Postgraduate courses are on a semester system, and are offered only on the weekends.

The following are the undergraduate and graduate degrees taught by the university in its different campuses. The educational courses offered varies in each campus:[5]

Undergraduate Degrees

  • Architecture
  • Business
  • Business Management Administration
  • Certified Public Accountant Auditor
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Cinema and Audiovisual Production
  • Communication Sciences and Techniques
  • Cosmetology
  • Criminology
  • Digital Graphic Design
  • Fashion design
  • Financial administration
  • Gastronomy
  • International relations
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • Marketing
  • Media Design
  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition
  • Odontology
  • Physical education
  • Public Relations
  • Psychology
  • Psychopedagogy
  • Theology
  • Tourism Enterprise Management

Graduate Degrees

  • Finance
  • Geriatrics
  • Law
  • Judicial Public Speaking
  • Real Estate Valuation
  • Senior Management and Business Management
  • Tax Law

Doctorate Degrees

  • Constitutional, Criminal and Protection Law
  • Education
  • Management

List of campuses throughout Mexico

UAD Campus Laguna in Gómez Palacio, Durango
UAD Campus in Mazatlán, Sinaloa
CampusCityState
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus AguascalientesAguascalientes CityAguascalientes
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus EnsenadaEnsenadaBaja California
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus MexicaliMexicaliBaja California
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus TijuanaTijuanaBaja California
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus ChihuahuaChihuahua CityChihuahua
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Ciudad JuárezCiudad JuárezChihuahua
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus MonclovaMonclovaCoahuila
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus TorreónTorreónCoahuila
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus SaltilloSaltilloCoahuila
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus DurangoDurango CityDurango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus LagunaGómez PalacioDurango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Santiago PapasquiaroSantiago PapasquiaroDurango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus PachucaPachucaHidalgo
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus MoreliaMoreliaMichoacán
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus MonterreyMonterreyNuevo León
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus QuerétaroQuerétaro CityQuerétaro
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus CuliacánCuliacánSinaloa
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus GuasaveGuasaveSinaloa
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Los MochisLos MochisSinaloa
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus MazatlánMazatlánSinaloa
Universidad Durango Santander Campus Ciudad ObregónCiudad ObregónSonora
Universidad Durango Santander Campus HermosilloHermosilloSonora
Universidad Durango Santander Campus NogalesNogalesSonora
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus FresnilloFresnilloZacatecas
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus ZacatecasZacatecas CityZacatecas

Media

UAD operates the Lobos FM radio network, with stations at Durango, Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán, Hermosillo, Los Mochis, Zacatecas and Culiacán. In addition, UAD operates a television station in Durango, XHUAD-TDT channel 4.

References

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