Editing Guadalajara (section)

== Education ==

[[File:Fachada del Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The [[University of Guadalajara]], founded in 1791, is one of the highest ranking universities in Latin America.]]
[[File:Biblioteca Pública del Estado de Jalisco "Juan José Arreola" (cropped).jpg|thumb|State Library of [[Jalisco]]]]
Guadalajara is an important hub for [[higher education]] in both Mexico and Latin America, as the home to numerous nationally and internationally ranked universities and research centers.

The most important is the [[University of Guadalajara]], which was established on October 12, 1791, by royal decree.<ref name="realuni">{{cite web |url= http://www.udg.mx/content.php?id_categoria=116&page=2#periodosHistoricos01 |title=Real Universidad de Guadalajara |publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara. |location=Guadalajara, Mexico |language=es |trans-title=Royal University of Guadalajara |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091028165045/http://www.udg.mx/content.php?id_categoria=116&page=2#periodosHistoricos01 |archive-date=October 28, 2009 }}</ref> The entity underwent a number of reorganizations since then, but the modern university as it exists today was established in 1925, when the governor of Jalisco convened professors, students and others to re-establish the university. These precepts were organized into a law called the Organic Law (Ley Orgánica).<ref name="uniguad">{{cite web |url= http://www.udg.mx/content.php?id_categoria=116&page=7#periodosHistoricos06 |title=Real Universidad de Guadalajara |publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara |location=Guadalajara, Mexico |language=es |trans-title=University of Guadalajara |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090602082959/http://www.udg.mx/content.php?id_categoria=116&page=7#periodosHistoricos06 |archive-date=June 2, 2009 }}</ref> It was ranked fifth among the best Mexican universities in 2012.<ref>Ranking Iberoamericano "SIR 2012"</ref>

[[File:Patio principal del Ex Claustro de Santa María de Gracia (CUAAD ARTES PLÁSTICAS) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[CUAAD|Guadalajara University Center of Art, Architecture and Design]]]]
Guadalajara is home to {{lang|es|[[Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara]]|italic=no}} (UAG), which was founded in 1935 and is the oldest private university in Mexico,<ref name="test2">{{cite web |url= http://websolutions.clt.cwu.edu/studyabroad/ProgramPages/Mexico/uagsumprg.php |title=Central Washington University – Study Abroad & Exchange Programs |publisher=Central Washington University |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060909170708/http://websolutions.clt.cwu.edu/studyabroad/ProgramPages/Mexico/uagsumprg.php |archive-date=September 9, 2006}}</ref> and [[Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA)]], and the [[Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education]].
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The city hosts campuses of several private schools, including:

* [[Universidad La Salle]]
* [[Universidad Panamericana]]
* [[Universidad UNIVER]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Universidad Univer: Student status, enrollment and graduation |url=https://www.economia.gob.mx/datamexico/en/profile/institution/universidad-univer |website=Data México |access-date=29 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[ITESO|ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara]]
* [[Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education]]
* {{Ill|Guadalajara Metropolitan Technological University|es|Universidad Tecnológica de la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara}}
* [[Universidad del Valle de México]]
* {{Ill|Universidad Marista de Guadalajara|es}}
* {{Ill|Universidad Tecnológica de Guadalajara|es}}
* [[Universidad del Valle de Atemajac]]

In addition, the city hosts numerous [[international schools]], including:

* [[American School Foundation of Guadalajara]] (ASFG)<ref name="asfg">{{cite web|url= http://www.asfg.mx/about/index.php |title=The ASFG |publisher=ASFG |location=Guadalajara, Mexico |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100127140908/http://www.asfg.mx/about/index.php |archive-date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Lycée Français de Guadalajara]]
* [[Colegio Alemán de Guadalajara]]