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The degrees offered at the National Autonomous University of Mexico are listed below according to the number of years required in the plan of studies leading to the degree. Unless otherwise stated, the number of years is based on the bachillerato for admission. The sample programs of study included in the present bulletin are indicated by a note referring to the table by number.

Table R.-Degrees offered at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Anuario General, 1954)

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The Graduate School of the University was organized in 1946 to give specialized courses not available in the Faculty of Sciences or in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. There are 7 divisions: Nursing, Geology and Geodesy, Engineering, Medicine, Music, Odontology, and Chemistry. Graduates of universities and scientific schools, professors, research institute scholars, and others wishing to do research in these fields are eligible for admission.

A Summer School for Foreign Students was founded in 1921 to acquaint non-Mexican students with the language, history, art, and other aspects of Mexican civilization. There are four departments administered by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters: Spanish Language; Spanish and Ibero-American Literature, History and Social Sciences, and Plastic Arts. When the Summer School was approved by the United States Veterans Administration for study under the terms of Public Law 246 and Public Law 550, the studies were extended to fall, winter, and spring sessions. The credit system has been adapted to that of United States colleges and universities in order to facilitate the transfer of credits. For students with a United States college degree, work is offered toward a Master of

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FACULTY OF MEDICINE, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, MEXICO, D. F.

Arts degree with requirements approximately equivalent to those for the Master's degree in a graduate school in the United States.

The research activities of the University would seem to Justo Sierra like a dream fulfilled if he could witness the progress now being made in all branches of science and the humanities. While the National Astronomical Observatory and the Comisión Geológica (now the Institute of Geology) and a few other research activities have been in continuous operation since the 1880's, most of the institutes have come into being since 1929 and in the last decade particularly. These institutes carry out extensive programs of research and publication, make scholarships available to students, cooperate with many national and international institutions, and serve as valuable adjuncts to the various teaching faculties. and schools of the University. Some of the important periodicals edited in the institutes are the Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana, Revista Mexicana de Física, Anales del Instituto de Biología, Boletín del Instituto de Química, Boletín del Instituto de Estudios Médicos y Biológicos, Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Boletín del Instituto de Derecho Comparado, Investigación Económica, and Boletín de los Observatorios de Tonantzintla y Tacubaya. The Periodical Library (Hemeroteca Nacional), which has been independent of the National Library since 1944, has an extensive collection of newspapers and magazines dating from the Gazeta de México in 1728.

The National University is a member of the Union of Latin American Universities, with headquarters in Mexico, D. F., where its official organ, Universidades de Latinoamérica, is published. The University is represented on the Administrative Council of the International Association of Universities. It asserted leadership nationally in 1950 in the formation of the National Association of Universities and Institutes of Higher Education in the Mexican Republic to facilitate collaboration on problems of unifying programs of study and financing higher education.

Other Institutions of Higher Education

STATE UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES

Fourteen of the States of Mexico support a university and Jalisco maintains two. Although the offering in the State institutions is limited. in comparison with that of the National University, the programs of study and the degrees correspond closely to those of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Preparatory schools are annexed to the universities, as at the National University, and many also provide normal school departments, extension courses, and various types of subprofessional training for workers. The professional schools nearly always include

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UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS ON ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP TO TEMPLE OF QUETZALCOATL, TEOTIHUACAN.

law and medicine. The following list indicates the principal fields of study available in the State universities.

Table S.-Professional fields of study in the State universities

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University of Chihuahua, Chihua- Pharmacy, Nursing, Obstetrics, Music, Medicine.
hua, Chihuahua.
Engineering, Law
Popular University, Colima, Co- Pharmacy, Commerce, Nursing

lima.

University of Guanajuato, Guana- Law, Engineering, Chemical Sciences, Economics juato, Guanajuato. and Commerce; in Celaya: Nursing and Ob. stetrics; in León: Medicine, Nursing and Obstetrics

University of Guadalajara, Gua- Law, Medicine, Engineering and Architecture. dalajara, Jalisco.

Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

University Michoacana of St.
Nicholas of Hidalgo, Morelia,
Michoacán.

University of Morelos, Cuernavaca,
Morelos.

University of Nuevo León, Mon-
terrey, Nuevo León.

Chemical Sciences, Dentistry, Economics and
Commerce

Law and Social Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry,
Engineering, Architecture, Economics and
Commerce, Chemical Sciences, Nursing and
Obstretics

Law, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineer-
ing, Commerce, Fine Arts

Commerce and Administration, Nursing and
Obstetrics

Law and Social Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry,
Chemical Sciences, Engineering and Architec-
ture, Plastic Arts, Music, Nursing

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