Welcome - Anáhuac Mérida University

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Welcome

Anáhuac Mérida University

Miguel Pérez Gómez

Rector

Anáhuac Mérida University

40th Anniversary

We honor our history by shaping the future

Four decades ago the history of Anáhuac Mérida University began to be written, an innovative university, leader in the Mexican Southeast for its academic excellence with international vision and for its professionals with global impact.

Thanks to a group of visionary entrepreneurs in August 1984, Anáhuac Mérida University was born with the firm purpose of contributing to the formation of men and women who, with a genuine social commitment, contribute to positive social transformation.

Throughout our history we have reaped important achievements in academics, research, entrepreneurship and innovation and we have accompanied the dream of thousands of students who learn, develop and share technology, science and humanities; who live with passion art, culture and sports as catalysts of their integral formation, who put all their talents at the service of others through Anáhuac Mérida University social action.

Today we celebrate our achievements by expressing our deepest gratitude to our founders who gave life to our history, to our professors who have accompanied and inspired many generations, to our students and their families for choosing us to build their personal life projects, to our collaborators for their daily commitment to overcome evil with good, and to our thousands of graduates - leaders of positive action - for being the greatest testimony to the fulfillment of our mission.

Anáhuac Mérida University

With an educational model focused on the integral development of the person, Anáhuac Mérida University was founded in 1984 as the first private university in the Southeast of México. Its international leadership with more than 168 exchange options in +30 countries, as well as its promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship through the tecniA Park, are part of the competitive advantages that this institution offers to its more than 8,000 students in 30 degree programs. It is a member of the International Network of Anáhuac Universities and has international affiliations and alliances with organizations such as Universia, edX, Holberton School, International Association of Science Parks, among others.

CAMPUS

Our campus in figures

de los alumnos de licenciatura 35% cuenta con algún tipo de apoyo financiero.

Of undergraduate students 35% have some type of scholarship or financial support

+8,000

Alumnos de +30 países

+17,000

Licenciatura y posgrado

+17,000

Undergraduate and graduate degrees

9 veces en el Top 10 +8,000

Licenciatura / Posgrado

students from +30 countries (undergraduate and graduate degrees)

de la Universiada Nacional. Líderes deportivos en la región

of the National Universiade. Sports leaders in the region

2023

en la categoría “Transformación de las prácticas educativas mediante las TICs”

2023

in the category “Transformation of educational practices through ICTs”

9 times Top 10 Technology

Technology and Innovation Park, region. Headquarters of Holberton, founded in Silicon Valley and a leader in technology education

Docentes (planta y por hora)

Professors

Collaborators

Profesores investigadores de los cuales: 10 son miembros del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores del CONACYT

Research professors. 10 members of the National Researchers Systems

Especialidades

Maestrías Doctorados

opciones de intercambio 168 +30 países

4 4 academic exchange opportunities in

+30 countries

Premios CENEVAL

CENEVAL awards

cursa programas de calidad acreditados ante el (Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior). de la matrícula de licenciatura

in quality programs accredited by COPAES (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) 95% of undergraduate enrollment

bachelor’s degree programs on the EGEL Excellence Standard (4 Level 1 Plus)

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Academic programs

Our campus offers 30 undergraduate degrees with an Anáhuac Educational Model that integrates competitive advantages such as: Professional Minors, Internationalization Route, Entrepreneurship Route, Accompaniment Route, Digital Competencies Program, Double Degree, languages, among others.

School of Architecture

Architecture

School of Communication

Communication

Entertainment Business Management

School of Design

Fashion Production and Design

Graphic Design

Industrial Design

Multimedia Design

School of Health Sciences

Biotechnology

Dental Surgeon

Medical Surgeon

Nutrition

Psychopedagogy

Psychology

School of Law and Social Sciences

International Relations

Law

School of Business

Accounting and Finance

Business Management

International Business Administration

Sports Management

Strategic Marketing

Tourism and Gastronomy - Le Cordon Bleu

Gastronomy

International Tourism

School of Engineering and Exact Sciences

Biomedical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Engineering in Computer Science and Digital Business

Engineering in Digital Animation and Design

Environmental Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Mechatronics

Engineering in Sustainable Energies

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Graduate Programs

Become a global professional

Master’s Degrees

Master in Sustainable Interior Design

Master in Fiscal Law and Tax Administration

Masters in Corporate Law

Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

Masters in Business Innovation (MBI)

Masters in Education

Master in Finance

Master in Integral Marketing

Masters in Human Capital Development

Doctorates

Doctorate in Law

Doctorate in Strategic Analysis and Sustainable Development

Doctorate in Educational Sciences

Advanced Graduate Education Programs

Specialization in Endodontics

Specialization in Orthodontics

Specialization in Pediatric Dentistry

Specialization in Oral Rehabilitation

Anáhuac Leadership and Excellence Programs

In response to the concerns and personal and professional vocation of our students, Anáhuac Mérida University offers various leadership and excellence programs that respond to the needs and expectations of our students.

These programs favor the personal and professional development of our students, while promoting the encounter between students from different careers and the promotion of initiatives of service to others:

Social commitment

Social Action of Anáhuac University (ASUA) is a student organization that promotes the development of a genuine social conscience based on universal values and encourages student leadership to improve the living conditions of people with material, human or spiritual needs, thus enriching the integral formation of our students and generating true leaders of positive action.

Arts, culture and sports

The integral formation and university life are greatly enriched through the experience that our students live in activities, projects and events aimed at the practice, promotion and dissemination of art, culture and sports through various expressions and manifestations that involve the entire university community.

Faith Formation Group

The campus ministry area offers the service of spiritual care, with different activities and programs of personal and community type, which seek to create awareness about the transcendent reality of every person in the search for the ultimate meaning of their life, as well as the commitment to our fellow peers, particularly with the most needy. It seeks the development of the person through the mission and service offered in its various apostolates and activities.

In our university we cultivate a favorable environment for the convinced living of our own faith, in respectful and fruitful dialogue with science and with other religious traditions, which coexist in harmony and unity under the common purpose of the search for truth and goodness.

Accompaniment

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

tecniA is Anáhuac Mérida University´s technology and innovation park which fosters and encourages our community and its surroundings to be positive action leaders through creation and enhancement of business ideas that contribute to our society and regions development.

tecniA offers integral accompaniment services and an innovation ecosystem, mainly to 3 groups:

Companies and institutions

tecniA programs:

Incubating Companies

Starting-Up program

Based on lean startup methodology.

tecniA talks

Experts share new trends in entrepreneurship and the industry.

Business incubation

Provides specialized and consulting services for new business creations as well as assistance through Anáhuac Mérida University Mentoring program - Accompaniment to entrepreneurs by mentors based on MIT-VMS technology (successful business owners and entrepreneurs).

Business Accelerators

Company building

Specialized services to structure your company: legal, financial, marketing, sales, etc.

Open Innovation

Acceleration business program based on open innovation methodology.

Digital transformation

Develops digital capacities for processes, products and assets to improve efficiency, risk management and to discover income generation opportunities.

Learning Transfer

Intellectual property

It is a consulting space specialized in intellectual property, where services related to the procedure of evaluating and registering patents, trademarks, copyrights and others, are offered.

Tech transfer

To help entrepreneurs to achieve their IP management, knowledge and technology commercialization goals.

Anáhuac Mérida community
Entrepreneurs

Research and Development

This area is responsible for contributing to the integral formation of all participants in research and development activities, ensuring an environment of intellectual honesty and rigorous search for truth, guaranteeing the generation and application of relevant and ethical knowledge, experimental and technological development, as well as the transfer of knowledge in favor of human dignity.

It carries out research and development activities in its academic divisions to understand the current and future reality of mankind, to meet and solve the most relevant needs of humanity and transcend generating positive changes and high impact on our own community, in the regional, national and global environment, generating relevant and innovative knowledge.

The lines of research being developed are:

Derecho -Ciencias Sociales

LawSocial Sciences

Engineering and Exact Sciences Architecture

Design

Economics and Business

Health Sciences

Facilities

Anáhuac Mérida University has the best university infrastructure in the southeast of México. Its leadership in educational tech nology provides immersive lear ning experiences and is commi tted to collaborative spaces that promote innovation, creativity and multidisciplinarity.

• Coworking areas

• Smart classrooms

• Library

• Fashion Lab

• Television Studio

• Motion Capture Lab

• Technological and Innovation Park, tecniA

+70 smart classrooms

+60 laboratories and workshops

• Simulation Centers (Medicine)

• Hacienda Mayab - Le Cordon Bleu

• Libraries

“Alejandro Gomory Aguilar”

International

For Anáhuac Mérida University an important element in professional training is through the international perspective that students develop. To achieve this, the university relates to the world in various ways: through collaboration agreements, academic exchange programs, short courses and international summers, research stays, visiting professors, and master classes, as well as through virtual exchanges and COIL courses.

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Croatia

Denmark

Dominican

Republic

Ecuador

El

Salvador

Finland

France

Germany

Honduras

Italy

Japan

México

Nicaragua

Peru

Portugal

South

Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

The Netherlands

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Exchange programs

Choose the program that best fits your bachelor degree and future career plans. At Anáhuac Mérida University, we will take care of your application and registration while helping you organize the validation of credits with your home university.

For those international students interested on making an exchange with Anáhuac Mérida University, we offer three exchange options:

Bilateral Exchange - Anáhuac Mérida University has many partner institutions in the world. Students at these partner institutions remain registered there while studying at Anáhuac Mérida University and receive academic credit from their institution.

Study Abroad - Students from institutions that do not have an exchange agreement with Anáhuac Mérida University, are invited to come through the Study Abroad program attending for a summer, a semester or the full academic year.

Short or tailor-made programs - The opportunity to study in Mérida can also be done by short courses in the summer or winter periods, as well as by tailor-made programs for groups of students in a variety of subjects. More information on the following link: https://merida.anahuac.mx/en/international/bootcamps

International student services

Orientation course: During this course the Office of Internationalization will prepare students for their exchange and they will learn about all services they are able to use during their stay in the university. This course is mandatory and takes place a week before the first day of classes.

Academic Advisors: Academic Advisors are full time Faculty Members. They provide orientation to students on the selection of courses and support them in all academic matters during their stay.

International Mayab Buddy Program: Through this program, incoming international students are matched with current students prior to starting their exchange. Students who are matched before the semester starts, often connect with their buddy ahead of arriving on campus. Mayab Buddies organize cultural and recreational activities, facilitating the integration of exchange students to our university, community and our city.

Accomodation: Students have the option of living in student residences or homestay, renting houses or apartments (individually or on a shared basis). All strategically located in the best areas of the city and within reach of the Mayabus (University transportation service). The Office of Internationalization through the International Mayab Buddy Program guides international students to find accommodation according to their preferences and needs.

Transportation

Through our School Bus “Mayabus”, students can be transported to and from the University. It has stops in different parts of the city and with different schedules that adapt to class schedules. Students can purchase the semester pass, the weekly pass or the round-trip ticket.

Cost of living

The cost of living in the city of Mérida is approximately $790 USD per month. The cost includes shared rental housing, electricity, air conditioning, meals and transportation.

Visit and immigration procedures

Students who intend to do an exchange shorter than 180 days, generally do not require a student visa (exceptions may apply to citizens of certain countries). If the academic stay is longer than 180 days, a student visa must be applied for at the Mexican Embassy or Consulate in the student’s country of residence, prior to traveling to México.

Anáhuac Mérida University offers courses in Spanish and English for exchange students and visitors. Students can select courses from our different programs during their studies at the university.

Courses in English

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Learn about the experiences of international students at Anáhuac Mérida University

“This university is truly incredible. The activities it proposes, the services it offers and the staff that works here, everything is great. All very friendly, professional and available. I am grateful for my stay here” -Valentina Giorgetti - Università Europea di Roma, Italy - Psychology.

“This exchange allowed me to open myself to different cultures, besides European and French culture. I have improved my level of Spanish, which was one of the most important goals” -Pauline Camus - EDHEC Business School, France - International Business.

“The experience was incredible, the difference with the culture of Europe is something that can enrich you. Mérida is very pretty and safe. At the University you can get involved in many interesting activities” -Ettore Simone Tortora - Universitádegli studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy - Management and Finance.

“This exchange opened my mind, broadened my horizons. It made me meet new and beautiful people. And it allowed me to see other ways to solve problems’’ -Malena Soto Perez - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina - Design.

“I had the best experience of my life. I met so many great people and I made friends for life from all over the world! Yucatán is just an incredible place in the world. There are so many beautiful places to visit” -Valentin Boulanger - Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands - International Business.

“The Anáhuac Mérida University has enviable technology. All the teachers are prepared and the University Clinic has everything necessary for an efficient learning” -Joáo Vitor Rocha SilvaUniversidade Triadentes, Brazil -Dental Surgeon.

ces in the world to visit and the American Capital of Culture in 2000 and 2017.

This city is recognized for its calm and quiet lifestyle, bustling neighborhoods, rich cultural heritage and pollution-free environment. Mérida is surrounded by many spectacular attractions both natural and cultural, from the beautiful beaches of the relaxed towns of Progreso, to the world-famous Mayan ruins of Uxmal, Mayapán and Chichén Itzá, the options to discover great places near the capital are numerous.

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Perfect place to study

Mérida, Yucatán

Yucatán, located in the southeast of México, is considered one of the safest states in the country. It out-stands for its lifestyle, cultural flamboyance and excellent infrastructure in medical and educational services.

Mérida, the capital of the state of Yucatán, is the higher educational leader of southeastern México and one of the safest cities in Latin America.

This colonial city with a strong Mayan cultural presence has been named among the top pla-

Considered a pole of innovation; it holds one of the largest networks of entrepreneurs in México

Southeast Gastronomical and Architectural capital

Unique colonial architecture and diverse gastronomic choice.

Mayan World

Historic centers, cultural centers and archeological locations.

Hidden spots

Perfect hidden spots for trending getaways; nature tourism, among many others.

Enjoy Mérida

Tourism

Cenotes and Haciendas

There are approximately 3,000 cenotes (underground rivers) registered in Yucatán - only some of them open to the public - and 300 haciendas.

Cultural and artistic city

Theaters, dances and music (rock, pop, trova and classic) are only some of the most representative shows.

Yucatán, State of Peace World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Mérida is second place, after Quebec, as the safest city in the American continent.

Creative City in the Gastronomic categoryUNESCO. Ranks among the top 25 safest cities worldwide.

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