Universidad Autónoma de Durango

Autonomous University of Durango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango
Motto	Una opción a la excelencia
Motto in English	An option to excellence
Type	Private
Established	11 February 1992
Rector	Martin Soriano Sariñana
Students	16,036 (2021)
Location	Durango City, Durango, Mexico
Colors	Red, black and gray
Mascot	Lobos
Website	uad.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

Campus	City	State
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes City	Aguascalientes
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Ensenada	Ensenada	Baja California
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Mexicali	Mexicali	Baja California
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Tijuana	Tijuana	Baja California
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Chihuahua	Chihuahua City	Chihuahua
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Chihuahua
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Monclova	Monclova	Coahuila
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Torreón	Torreón	Coahuila
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Saltillo	Saltillo	Coahuila
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Durango	Durango City	Durango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Laguna	Gómez Palacio	Durango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Santiago Papasquiaro	Santiago Papasquiaro	Durango
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Pachuca	Pachuca	Hidalgo
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Mexico City	Mexico City	Mexico City
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Morelia	Morelia	Michoacán
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Monterrey	Monterrey	Nuevo León
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Querétaro	Querétaro City	Querétaro
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Culiacán	Culiacán	Sinaloa
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Guasave	Guasave	Sinaloa
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Los Mochis	Los Mochis	Sinaloa
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Mazatlán	Mazatlán	Sinaloa
Universidad Durango Santander Campus Ciudad Obregón	Ciudad Obregón	Sonora
Universidad Durango Santander Campus Hermosillo	Hermosillo	Sonora
Universidad Durango Santander Campus Nogales	Nogales	Sonora
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Fresnillo	Fresnillo	Zacatecas
Universidad Autónoma de Durango Campus Zacatecas	Zacatecas City	Zacatecas

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

^ a b DataMÉXICO - Universidad Autónoma de Durango (in Spanish)
^ UAD About Us (in Spanish)
^ UAD Virtual (in Spanish)
^ UAD Colegio de Inglés (in Spanish)
^ UAD campuses (in Spanish)

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[Stats-1] DataMÉXICO - Universidad Autónoma de Durango (in Spanish)

[2] UAD About Us (in Spanish)

[3] UAD Virtual (in Spanish)

[4] UAD Colegio de Inglés (in Spanish)

[Campus-5] UAD campuses (in Spanish)