Notable Universities in Mexico

A closer look at 20 universities in Mexico — founding, campus language, and academic strengths.

School	City	Type	Founded	Language	Notable Programs
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Pachuca de Soto	Public	1869	Spanish	Health SciencesEngineeringSocial Sciences
Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Industrial	Guadalajara	Public	1968	Spanish	Mechatronics EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringElectronic Engineering
Universidad Regiomontana	Monterrey	Private	1969	Spanish	Business AdministrationEngineeringLaw
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Public	1973	Spanish	EngineeringHealth SciencesSocial Sciences
Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey	Monterrey	Private	1996	Spanish	Business AdministrationEngineeringHealth Sciences
Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México	Mexico City	Public	2001	Spanish	Human RightsUrban StudiesEnvironmental Sciences
Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Puebla	Public	1578	Spanish	EngineeringNatural SciencesSocial Sciences
Universidad de Guanajuato	Guanajuato	Public	1732	Spanish	ArtsHumanitiesEngineering
Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus León	León	Public	1732	Spanish	MedicineNursingDentistry
Universidad de Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Public	1791	Spanish	MedicineArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences
Universidad Autónoma "Benito Juárez" de Oaxaca	Oaxaca de Juárez	Public	1827	Spanish	LawMedicineHumanities
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Toluca	Public	1828	Spanish	LawEngineeringSocial Sciences
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Public	1832	Spanish	LawMedicineEngineering
Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo	Texcoco	Public	1854	Spanish	AgronomyAgricultural EngineeringForestry Engineering
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango	Durango	Public	1856	Spanish	MedicineEngineeringLaw
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Culiacán	Public	1873	Spanish	MedicineNursingEngineering
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico City	Public	1910	Spanish	EngineeringMedicineLaw
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Morelia	Public	1917	Spanish	HumanitiesLawMedicine
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán	Mérida	Public	1922	Spanish	MedicineLawEngineering
Universidad Autónoma Agraria "Antonio Narro"	Saltillo	Public	1923	Spanish	AgronomyVeterinary MedicineForestry