Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | |
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Other name | UATx |
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Motto | Por la cultura, a la justicia social. |
Type | Public university |
Established | 20 November 1976[1] |
Academic affiliations | ANUIES, CUMEX, CONAHEC |
Rector | Serafin Ortiz Ortiz [2] |
Students | 18,000 |
Address | Av. Universidad #1, Col. La Loma Xicohténcatl , , , Mexico 19°18′08″N 98°14′36″W / 19.3022°N 98.2434°W |
Campus | Apizaco, Contla, Huamantla, Ixtacuixtla, Tlaxco, Zacatelco, Calpulalpan, San Pablo del Monte, Teacalco, Amaxac |
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Affiliations | CUMEX, ANUIES, ECOSAD, CONACYT, SEP, CONAHEC |
Mascot | The heron |
Website | www |
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The Autonomous University of Tlaxcala (in Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, UATX) is a Mexican public university based in the state of Tlaxcala. It is currently ranked among the best universities in the United Mexican States and Latin America.
The Autonomous University of Tlaxcala was founded on November 20, 1976. The Congress of the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, through Decree No. 95. The then President of the Republic, Luis Echeverría Álvarez attended on November 29, 1976, to lay the first stone of the university's rectory building.
It is the Supreme Authority of the Institution, its resolutions are binding and may only be revoked, modified or added to by the Council itself. Its resolutions are recorded in the Minutes of the Council Session. It is headed by the rector of the University, who acts as president of the Honorable University Council.
The coat of arms was designed in 1977 by architect Donaciano Blanco Flores, according to the historical background of the state of Tlaxcala.
The Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala offers 42 bachelor's degrees, 2 specialties, 36 master's degrees and 11 doctorates.
CIISDER - Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Regional Development *CIJUREP - Center for Research in Environmental and Genetic Sciences
CTBC - Tlaxcala Center for Behavioral Biology *CTBC - Tlaxcala Behavioral Biology Center
Faculty of Agrobiology
Faculty of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Technology.
Faculty of Educational Sciences.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Sciences for Human Development
Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology
Faculty of Design, Art and Architecture
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Social Work, Sociology and Psychology.
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria campus Calpulalpan
Multidisciplinary Academic Unit Teacalco campus
School of Dentistry
Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Administrativas
Research Center in Genetics and Environment
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Regional Development'
Center for Legal-Political Research and Graduate Studies
Tlaxcala Center for Behavioral Biology
Faculty of Agrobiology
Faculty of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Faculty of Education Sciences.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Sciences for Human Development
School of Law, Political Science and Criminology
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters)
Faculty of Social Work, Sociology and Psychology
Multidisciplinary Academic Unit
Biological Sciences Research Center
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Regional Development
Center for Research in Administrative Sciences
Center for Research in Genetics and Environment
Center for Legal-Political Research and Graduate Studies
Tlaxcala Center for Behavioral Biology
Facultad de Ciencias Básicas Ingeniería y Tecnología
Faculty of Educational Sciences
Faculty of Sciences for Human Development
The university is divided by areas according to its geographical location, both in the city of Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl and in the rest of the state of Tlaxcala. The UATx is distributed throughout the following Tlaxcala municipalities:
The UATx Foundation is a non-profit organization established on August 3, 2006, with the intention of providing financial support to students of the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala in vulnerable situations.