Editing Oaxaca (section)

===Higher education===
[[File:UABJO Campus Pano.jpg|thumb|200px|The Cultural Universitario & Rectoria on the main campus of the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca]]
Higher-level education in Oaxaca has traditionally been limited to a few schools, although this is changing.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} The largest university in the state is the [[Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca]] (UABJO), located in the capital city of Oaxaca de Juarez.<ref>"[http://espanol-idiomas.uabjo.mx Spanish for Foreigners Department] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805172442/http://espanol-idiomas.uabjo.mx/ |date=August 5, 2008 }}." [[Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca]]. Retrieved on March 6, 2011.</ref> Founded in 1827 as the Oaxacan Institute for Arts and Sciences, today UABJO offers the widest range of curricula in the state. In addition standard undergraduate studies, specialized schools such as the UABJO School of Medicine and UABJO School of Law offer advanced [[academic degree]]s (i.e. [[Juris Doctor]], [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], PhD) in their respective fields.<ref name=FacultadMedicina>{{cite web |url=http://www.fmc.uabjo.mx/ |title=UABJO Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía: Oferta Académica |work=Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía |access-date=September 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905132739/http://www.fmc.uabjo.mx/ |archive-date=September 5, 2010}}</ref><ref name=FacultadDerecho>{{cite web |url=http://www.uabjo.mx/facultades/derecho/ |title=Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales: Cuerpos Academicos |work=Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la UABJO |access-date=September 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701132512/http://www.uabjo.mx/facultades/derecho/ |archive-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> Other universities the [[Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca]], which offers several undergraduate and graduate level programs, and the [[Universidad de la Sierra Juárez]], which was opened in 2005 to help provide higher education to underserved rural areas in the Sierra Juarez mountains.<ref name=UNSIJ>{{cite web |url=http://www.unsij.edu.mx/nuestrauniversidad.html |title=Nuestra Universidad |work=Universidad de la Sierra Juárez |access-date=September 10, 2010}}</ref> The [[UABJO]] has expanded its educational offerings, in coordination with the [[UNAM]] offers the type of open and distance education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cecad.uabjo.mx/ |title=Centro de Educación Continua Abierta y a Distancia |website= |access-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529032550/http://www.cecad.uabjo.mx/ |archive-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In addition there is the SUNEO university system. Two of the largest institutions of this system are the [[Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca]] (UTM) and the [[Universidad del Mar]] (UMAR). The first offers bachelor's, master's and postgraduate courses in the areas of computing, electronics, design and business studies, while the second offers undergraduate and master's degrees in the areas of social sciences and marine sciences.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}