University of Guadalajara

The University of Guadalajara () is a public research university located in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. Created in 1586, and officially founded on February 12, 1791. It was established as the Royal and Pontifical University of Guadalajara, and it has evolved significantly since then, becoming a major educational institution in Mexico.The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distributed all over the state of Jalisco. It is regarded as the most significant university in the state. Chronologically, based on its foundation, it is the second oldest university in Mexico, the seventeenth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America.

Since 1994, the university works through a network model to organize its academic activities. This university network is integrated by 15 university centers, the Virtual University System, the High School Education System and the general administrative body of the university. During 2014–2015 the total number of enrolled students is 255,944 of which 116,424 belong to graduate and undergraduate students and 139,520 to high school students. Provided by Wikipedia