Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)
Overview
Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) is a public and autonomous university system in the Mexican state of Jalisco that combines an international scope and vision with a strong commitment to society.
A tradition of constant innovation and quality has made of UdeG one of Mexico’s leading institutions of higher education. The university’s undergraduate, graduate and research programmes are designed to promote a sustainable and inclusive social development.
Universidad de Guadalajara is a fundamental institution in the formation of human resources and in the production of scientific and technological knowledge, both regionally and nationally, with 1,427 members of the National System of Researchers, 201 postgraduate programmes recognised by the National Science Council and 37 undergraduate programmes with international recognition.
Over 120,000 students are part of the undergraduate and graduate academic programmes offered in our 16 campuses and the online university system, which are located within the state of Jalisco. Its extension programmes make Mexican culture, arts, sports and our unique heritage more accessible to the citizens of Mexico and the rest of the world.
Academic areas of study at Universidad de Guadalajara
Health Sciences
Economic and Management Sciences
Exact Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Arts, Architecture and Design
Biological and Agricultural Sciences
As an exchange student, you will have the same rights and obligations as any student of the University of Guadalajara, details of which can be found by reading the Institutional regulations of the University of Guadalajara.
Also, the Department of Scholarships and Exchanges in the University Centre that you will attend is the first port of call during your academic stay at the University of Guadalajara. The staff will help you with the integration process, they will assist in orientating you in regard to the classrooms and services that the University Centre provides, and they will be there to help you with whatever you may need.
It is important that you obtain the student credential; besides serving as an official identification during your stay in Mexico, with it you can obtain special benefits, such as free or reduced-price access to museums and some cinemas, and discounts on local and nationwide transport.
As a student of any institution of higher education in the world, you can choose to study at the University of Guadalajara; if you are part of one of the partner institutions your academic stay at UdeG will be in the form of an exchange. If not, it will be as an independent student.
Exchange students come from a partner institution and benefit from not paying tuition fees at the University of Guadalajara.
Independent students do not receive this benefit and must pay for the tuition fees that the University stipulates.
There are three types of academic stay according to their desired aim: to study predetermined subjects, to participate in research projects or to carry out internships.
Programs available
Undergraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Arts, Architecture and Design
- Degree in Architecture
- Degree in Art History
- Degree in Crafts Design
- Degree in Cultural Management
- Degree in Design for Graphic Communication
- Degree in Fashion Design
- Degree in Industrial Design
- Degree in Interior Design and Ambientation
- Degree in Music
- Degree in Performing Arts for Theatrical Expression
- Degree in Scenic Arts for Dance Expression
- Degree in Sciences and Culinary Arts
- Degree in Urbanism and Environment
- Degree in Visual Arts for Photographic Expression
- Degree in Visual Arts for Plastic Expression
Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Economic and Management Sciences
- Degree in Administration
- Degree in Administration of Organizations
- Degree in Business Administration
- Degree in Economics
- Degree in Financial Administration and Systems
- Degree in Gastronomic Business Management
- Degree in Government Administration and Public Policies
- Degree in Human Resources
- Degree in Industrial Administration Engineering
- Degree in International Business
- Degree in Management and Environmental Economy
- Degree in Public Accounting
- Degree in Sustainable Tourism Development
- Degree in Tourism
- Marketing Degree
Exact Sciences and Engineering
- Agroindustrial Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Communications and Electronics Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Degree in Biochemical Engineering
- Degree in Chemistry
- Degree in Engineering in Multimedia Communication
- Degree in Engineering in Teleinformation
- Degree in Engineering in Works and Services
- Degree in Food Engineering and Biotechnology
- Degree in Food Science
- Degree in Information Technologies
- Degree in Mathematics
- Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry Biology
- Degree in Physics
- Degree in Process Engineering and International Trade
- Degree in Science of Materials
- Electric Mechanic Engineering
- Energy Engineering
- Engineer in Electronics and Computing
- Engineering in Computational Sciences
- Engineering in Electronic Instrumentation and Nanosensors
- Engineering in Geomatic Topography
- Engineering in Geophysics
- Engineering in Livestock Systems
- Engineering in Logistics and Transport
- Engineering in Mechatronics
- Engineering in Molecular Design of Materials
- Engineering in Nanotechnology
- Industrial Engineer
- Informatics Engineering
- Photonic Engineering
- Robotic Engineering
- Telematic Engineering
Health Sciences
Social Sciences and Humanities
- Attorney
- Degree in Anthropology
- Degree in Bibliotechology and Knowledge Management
- Degree in Citizen Security
- Degree in Creative Writing
- Degree in Criminology
- Degree in Digital Journalism
- Degree in Education
- Degree in Educational Development
- Degree in Forensic Science
- Degree in Geography
- Degree in Hispanic Letters
- Degree in History
- Degree in Humanities
- Degree in International Relations
- Degree in Journalism
- Degree in Liberal Studies
- Degree in Philosophy
- Degree in Political Studies and Government
- Degree in Public Relations and Communication
- Degree in Social Work
- Degree in Social Work (Leveling)
- Degree in Sociology
- Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Degree in Teaching French as a Foreign Language
- Degree in Work Safety Civil Protection and Emergencies
Summer programmes
Postgraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Arts, Architecture and Design
- Doctorate in Art and Culture (Interinstitutional)
- Doctorate in City, Territory and Sustainability
- Doctorate in Urban Mobility, Transportation and Territory
- Master's Degree in Architecture Sciences
- Master's Degree in Cinematographic Studies
- Master's Degree in Cultural Management and Development
- Master's Degree in Design and Development of New Products
- Master's Degree in Education and Expression for Arts
- Master's Degree in Ergonomics
- Master's Degree in Etnomusicology
- Master's Degree in Industrial Design and Innovation
- Master's Degree in Processes and Graphical Expression in The Architectural-Urban Project
- Master's Degree in Urban Mobility, Transportation and Territory
- Master's Degree in Urbanism and Territory
Biological and Agricultural Sciences
- Doctorate in Biosciences
- Doctorate in Sciences in Biosistematics, Ecology and Management of Natural and Agricultural Resources
- Doctorate in Sciences in Biotechnological Processes
- Interinstitutional Master's Degree in Livestock Production
- Master's Degree in Biosystem Science and Management of Natural and Agricultural Resources
- Master's Degree in Protected Agriculture
- Master's Degree in Science in Ecology and Handling of Coastal and Marine Resources
- Master's Degree in Sciences in Biotechnological Processes
- Master's Degree in Sustainable Animal Production
- Master's in Science in Natural Resources Management
Economic and Management Sciences
- Doctorate in Economic Studies
- Doctorate in Fiscal Studies
- Doctorate in Sciences for Development, Sustainability and Tourism
- Doctorate in Sciences of the Administration
- Master in Business Administration
- Master's Degree in Administration and Regional Management
- Master's Degree in Business and Economic Studies
- Master's Degree in Economy
- Master's Degree in Finances
- Master's Degree in Human Capital Management and Organizational Development
- Master's Degree in International Business
- Master's Degree in International Economic Relations and Cooperation (with Emphasis in Latin America and The European Union)
- Master's Degree in Local Government Management
- Master's Degree in Management of Marketing
- Master's Degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Master's Degree in Public Policies
- Master's Degree in Science for Development, Sustainability and Tourism
- Master's Degree in Tax Analysis
- Master's Degree in Tourism Studies
- Master's Degree in Valuation
Exact Sciences and Engineering
- Doctorate in Electronics and Computer Sciences
- Doctorate in Information Technologies
- Doctorate in Physical Sciences
- Doctorate in Physical-Mathematical Sciences
- Doctorate in Science and Technology
- Doctorate in Science of Materials
- Doctorate in Sciences in Chemical Engineering
- Doctorate in Sciences in Chemistry
- Doctorate in Water and Energy
- Master in Science
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering Sciences
- Master's Degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
- Master's Degree in Generation and Management of Innovation
- Master's Degree in Information Technologies
- Master's Degree in Learning Management in Virtual Environments
- Master's Degree in Mechatronic Engineering
- Master's Degree in Physical Science
- Master's Degree in Physical-Mathematical Sciences
- Master's Degree in Public Services Management in Virtual Environments
- Master's Degree in Science and Technology
- Master's Degree in Science in Geophysics
- Master's Degree in Science in Water and Energy Engineering
- Master's Degree in Science of Forest Products
- Master's Degree in Science of Materials
- Master's Degree in Sciences in Chemical Engineering
- Master's Degree in Sciences in Chemistry
- Master's Degree in Sciences in Hydrometeology
- Master's Degree in Software Engineering
- Master's Degree in Teaching Mathematics
- Master's Degree in Technological Development Engineering
- Master's Degree in Technological Projects
- Master's Degree in Transparency and Protection of Personal Data
- Master's Degree in Water and Energy Engineering
Health Sciences
- Doctorate in Behavioral Science Orientation in Food and Nutrition
- Doctorate in Behavioral Science, Analysis of Behavior
- Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences
- Doctorate in Human Genetics
- Doctorate in Occupational Health Sciences
- Doctorate in Pharmacology
- Doctorate in Psychology with Orientation in Quality of Life and Health
- Doctorate in Public Health Sciences
- Doctorate in Science of Translational Nutrition
- Doctorate in Sciences in Ecophisiology and Genetic Resources
- Doctorate in Sciences in Molecular Biology in Medicine
- Doctorate in Socio-Medical Sciences
- Interinstitutional Doctorate in Psychology
- Master's Degree in Behavioral Science Orientation in Food and Nutrition
- Master's Degree in Behavioral Science, Neurosciences
- Master's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
- Master's Degree in Educational Psychology
- Master's Degree in Environmental Health Sciences
- Master's Degree in Family Therapy
- Master's Degree in Gerontology
- Master's Degree in Health and Safety Management at Work
- Master's Degree in Health Sciences of Adolescence and Youth
- Master's Degree in Health Services Management
- Master's Degree in Human Genetics
- Master's Degree in Human Nutrition, Maternal-Child Orientation
- Master's Degree in Management Nursing
- Master's Degree in Molecular Biology in Medicine
- Master's Degree in Neuropsychology
- Master's Degree in Pathology and Buccal Medicine
- Master's Degree in Pharmacology
- Master's Degree in Physical Education and Sports
- Master's Degree in Psychology of Health
- Master's Degree in Psychology with Orientation in Quality of Life and Health
- Master's Degree in Public Health
- Master's Degree in Quality Management and Security in Health Services
- Master's Degree in Social Psychology
- Master's Degree in Socio-Medical Sciences
- Master's in Health Sciences at Work
Social Sciences and Humanities
- Doctorate in Educational Systems and Environments
- Doctorate in Geography and Territorial Ordination
- Doctorate in Higher Education Management
- Doctorate in History
- Doctorate in Human Rights
- Doctorate in Humanities
- Doctorate in Law
- Doctorate in Political Science
- Doctorate in Public Policies and Development
- Doctorate in Social Sciences
- Interinstitutional Master's Degree in Deutsch Als Fremdsprache: Intercultural Studies of German Language, Literature and Culture
- Master in Communication
- Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics
- Master's Degree in Behavioral Science, Analysis of Behavior
- Master's Degree in Bioethics
- Master's Degree in Comparative Literature
- Master's Degree in Digital Journalism
- Master's Degree in Educational Research
- Master's Degree in English Language and Culture Studies
- Master's Degree in Environmental Education
- Master's Degree in Global Politics and Transpacific Studies
- Master's Degree in History of Mexico
- Master's Degree in Innovative Processes in Learning
- Master's Degree in International Relations of Local Governments and Actors
- Master's Degree in Law
- Master's Degree in Literacy
- Master's Degree in Local Development and Territory
- Master's Degree in Management and Higher Education Policies
- Master's Degree in Management and Social Development
- Master's Degree in Mexican Literature Studies
- Master's Degree in Philosophical Studies
- Master's Degree in Political Science
- Master's Degree in Regional Studies
- Master's Degree in Social Sciences
- Master's Degree in Socioterritorial Studies
- Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Master's in Technologies for Learning
- Master's Teaching for Upper Middle Education
- PHD in Education
Summer programmes
University Highlights
Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG) is one of the top Public universities in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is ranked #751-800 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021.
Total students - 130,243
Total faculty staff - 11,715
Total students - 130,243
Total faculty staff - 11,715
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