Since its founding in 1960, Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), has become a leader in higher education and today is one of Mexico’s leading universities. More than 106,000 students pursue a wide variety of degrees on campuses located throughout Mexico.
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Across UVM’s 35 campuses, academic areas include the Arts and Humanities, Economics/Business Administration, Engineering, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences. Students earn degrees and certificates in high school, undergraduate (traditional and working adult), graduate, and Master’s degree programs.
Of special note are UVM’s seven medical schools and its wide-ranging working-adult executive undergraduate and master’s programs. UVM students can enroll in dual degree programs with Laureate International Universities partner institutions including École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur (France), Glion Institute of Higher Education (Switzerland), Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain), and Walden University (United States).
UVM has earned accreditation from the Secretary of Public Education, Federation of Mexican Private Institutions of Higher Education, National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education, and the Council for Accreditation of Higher Education.
Social responsibility is embedded within the culture of the UVM community and is visible in the José Ortega Romero Foundation, the Institutional Center for Values, and the UVM Award for Social Development for social entrepreneurs in partnership with the Sylvan/Laureate Foundation and the International Youth Foundation. Citizens across Mexico benefit directly from UVM’s health, psychology, special education, legal, and economic services delivered at the campus level. This year, UVM received distinction as a “Socially Responsible Company” from CEMEFI, El Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía.
View the institution’s corporate social responsibility report:
Universidad del Valle de México’s 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Universidad del Valle de México is ranked one of the top 10 private universities in Mexico according to the 2008 Reader’s Digest survey, as it has been since 2003. Many UVM campuses are ranked among the best in their local markets.