For Sigmund Freud there are three impossible commitments: educate, govern and psychoanalyze. From this postulate there will be those who pack their bags and leave before the challenge that any of these three activities entails. For his part, for the writer Eduardo Galeano, utopias are like unattainable horizons that drive the path forward, instead of always staying in the same place.
Education may be a kind of impossible or a utopia, in any case, hope and budget continue to be placed on it. In this same commitment to development and social progress, 60 years ago, the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) was founded with a clear educational horizon, oriented towards research, science teaching and comprehensive training. of consciences, under the motto Saber more, for To be further.
UNIVA, as a service instrument, has been articulated in the dynamics of the transformation of reality from its research, teaching, outreach and extension functions, seeking to privilege the common good and equitable development for all. Currently, UNIVA participates with 29 business organizations and 37 civil society organizations, while, internationally, it accumulates a total of 106 academic collaboration agreements in 20 countries on 5 continents and 15,000 places to take courses online. with foreign universities. With the above, UNIVA provides the university community with experiences, educational and professional practices, national and international, in innovation, research, entrepreneurship and sustainability, which allow students to adapt to a changing, global and competitive environment.
The new trends have also oriented UNIVA to develop more flexible curricula and more effective pedagogies that promote training based on self-management and the development of skills directed towards productivity and the appropriate use of new technologies, as is the case of the Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality.
Although it is true that betting on education and pursuing a degree is an investment of time, money and effort, according to the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness (IMCO), people who have a bachelor’s degree earn 78% more than those who have only with the baccalaureate, they have a 51% higher formality rate, as well as three times more likely to continue growing within organizations. Being a university student is profitable and allows access to higher income and better jobs.
Looking to the future, UNIVA encourages educational innovation through experiential, active and interactive learning centered on the student and integrates scientific and technological training with universal values, encouraging its educational model to contribute to the training of authentic agents of change. , who are competent in the face of the digital revolution and promote urgent elements such as equity, social justice and environmental care.
The UNIVA System offers 88 academic programs in different areas of knowledge, and is made up of an Online campus, 8 physical campuses located in Colima, Guadalajara, Lagos de Moreno, La Piedad, León, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro and Zamora, as well as a Training and Professionalization Center (CCP) in the city of Tepic. Find out about its educational offer at www.univa.mx
