Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León — Transcript

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1. 0:09The Autonomous University of Nuevo
2. 0:11León, founded in 1933 under the motto
3. 0:13"My race as a standard, humanity as a
4. 0:15horizon" and autonomous since 1971, is
5. 0:17located in San Nicolás de los Garza,
6. 0:19Nuevo León, one of the most important
7. 0:21industrial municipalities in Mexico and
8. 0:23part of the Monterrey metropolitan area
9. 0:25, and is considered the third-largest
10. 0:27university in the country. As the most
11. 0:31important public higher education
12. 0:33institution with the largest academic
13. 0:35offering in northern Mexico, it
14. 0:36fulfills the mission of training high
15. 0:38school students, technicians,
16. 0:40professionals, university teachers, and
17. 0:42researchers capable of performing
18. 0:43efficiently in the knowledge society.
19. 0:46The state of Nuevo León, home to the
20. 0:48university, is located in the
21. 0:49northeastern part of the country. It
22. 0:52borders the states of Coahuila, San
23. 0:53Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and the state
24. 0:55of Texas in the neighboring country.
25. 0:57The state capital, Monterrey, and its
26. 1:00metropolitan area, considered the third
27. 1:02largest in Mexico, is made up of nine
28. 1:04municipalities and extends along a
29. 1:06valley surrounded by the majestic
30. 1:08mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental
31. 1:11and the Cerro de la Silla, covering an
32. 1:13area of 6,680 km². This metropolitan
33. 1:17area is considered one of the most
34. 1:19important centers for economic,
35. 1:21commercial, and technological exchange
36. 1:23in Latin America due to its modern
37. 1:25infrastructure and its significant beer
38. 1:28, cement, glass, steel, and food
39. 1:30industries, which provide jobs for
40. 1:32thousands of professionals trained with
41. 1:34university principles and values.
42. 1:37Likewise, the academic, cultural, and
43. 1:40tourist diversity, along with sporting,
44. 1:42gastronomic, and musical events, make
45. 1:45the Monterrey metropolitan area, where
46. 1:47four of the six university campuses are
47. 1:50located, the most important business
48. 1:52center and industrial capital with
49. 1:54international reach in the country.
50. 1:57Currently, the university has more than
51. 2:00164,000 students who are served by
52. 2:026,394 faculty members. It has a
53. 2:05presence in almost the entire state.
54. 2:07Among its locations, six university
55. 2:09campuses stand out:
56. 2:10University City, Health Sciences,
57. 2:12Mederos, Agricultural Sciences, Sabinas
58. 2:15Hidalgo, and Linares. For the
59. 2:17development of academic excellence, the
60. 2:20UANL consists of 26 faculties and 25
61. 2:22graduate divisions, an Institute for
62. 2:25Social Research, a Center for Research
63. 2:28and Development of Bilingual Education,
64. 2:3025 high schools, three technical high
65. 2:33schools, 31 general, technical, and
66. 2:36bilingual high school programs, 31
67. 2:38terminal technical degrees, two
68. 2:40university technical programs, one
69. 2:43associate professional program, 75
70. 2:46bachelor's degrees, 50 specializations,
71. 2:4861 master's degrees, and 34 doctorates.
72. 2:51Committed to the generation of
73. 2:53knowledge and new technologies, the
74. 2:56UANL has promoted the creation of 38
75. 2:58research and development centers and
76. 3:01institutes for science, culture, and
77. 3:03art, where hundreds of researchers work
78. 3:06, 532 of whom are recognized by the
79. 3:08National System of Researchers. Within
80. 3:11its educational infrastructure, there
81. 3:14are 84 libraries that house more than
82. 3:172,238,000 reference volumes. Thanks to
83. 3:21the Vision 2020, which aims to
84. 3:23transform UANL into a world-class
85. 3:25institution, one of the university's
86. 3:27strategies to achieve this is
87. 3:29internationalization. The university
88. 3:33seeks the opportunity to cross borders
89. 3:35and establish collaborative agreements
90. 3:37with foreign universities and
91. 3:38international organizations that will
92. 3:40raise our university's prestige
93. 3:42globally. Today, our university has 80
94. 3:46years of fruitful work as a hub for
95. 3:48development in northern Mexico, having
96. 3:50contributed to social progress through
97. 3:53its leadership in research, outreach,
98. 3:55art and culture, and student life. With
99. 3:59the formulation and implementation of
100. 4:01our university social responsibility
101. 4:04model, our institution reaffirms its
102. 4:06commitment to consolidate as an
103. 4:07inclusive university that shows society
104. 4:10its achievements, establishes standards
105. 4:12to ensure ethical behavior, and makes
106. 4:14university members aware of the
107. 4:16internal and external impacts resulting
108. 4:18from good practices that influence the
109. 4:20construction of schools of thought and
110. 4:22responsible societies, committed to
111. 4:24development and the common good.