Universidad Azteca
(formerly Universidad Azteca de Chalco) (UA), represented
by Sr. Dr. Mtro. Agustin Lopez Gonzalez
Pacheco, Rector Magnificus (Chancellor), of the Universidad
Azteca, a Private University with Recognition of the Official Validity
of Studies awarded by the federal Secretary of Education (Institución
Particular, con Reconocimiento de Validez Oficial de Estudios (RVOE) ante la
Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos),
accredited by the Federal Ministry of Education of the Republic and recognized
by the Federal Government (SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION PUBLICA, SEP) to issue
University Degrees, listed on the international level with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International
Association of Universities under the list of universities of México in the
International Handbook of official directory of accredited universities
published by the United Nations (http://www.unesco.org/iau), with legal
domicile where to receive notifications in the city of Chalco, Palma No. 61, Barrio
de San Antonio, Chalco C.P. 56600, México.
With main campus and satellite
extensions in Mexico Universidad Azteca is a recognised private university
incorporated and recognised by Secretary of Public Education (SEP), meeting the
legal requirements for name and status of “Universidad” as well as counting on
various programmatic accreditations (RVOE) by the federal government Secretary
of Public Education (SEP). Universidad Azteca is subject to supervision and
quality assurance by SEP in accordance to Mexican higher education laws.
Universidad Azteca offers programmes and awards degrees with RVOE and
university own programs and degrees, collaborates internationally with
universities abroad, offers dual and multiple degree programmes, and may obtain
international accreditation or validation in addition to national RVOE for
international programmes.
Universidad Azteca is recognised
by the Federal Secretary of Public Education (SEP) of the United States of
Mexico, as a private university.
Universidad Azteca is officially
recognised with Reconocimiento de Validez Oficial de Estudios (RVOE) to award
graduate and postgraduate degrees in the following study areas:
The university offers two
Academic Systems: traditional (on-campus), and virtual e-learning (online) and
awards degrees in a variety of specializations in the above mentioned study
areas.
Universidad Azteca on the
international level, is listed with the WHED World Higher Education Database,
and the International Association of Universities under the list of
universities of Mexico and the International Handbook of official directory
Universities of recognised universities.
According to the Mexican Higher
Education laws Universidad Azteca is authorised to award degrees with RVOE and
own academic and professional higher degrees of the university (grados
propios).
Official notification of the
Registry of Educational Establishments, 9 April 1999, No. 15-00084: registered
in the first section of the Book 71-VIII of Educational Institutions, on page
129, as a Private Institution with Recognition of the Official Validity of
Studies, awarded by the General Directorate of Higher Education of the
Sub-Secretary of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Secretary of
Public Education SEP.
Decree of the Registry of
Educational Establishments, 9 April 1999, No. 15-00084: that the Educational
Institution has an authorization to conduct studies of the type “Superior”;
that the Educational Centre can award titles and degrees in conformity with
those established in Article 60 of the General Law of Education and 18 of the
Law for the Coordination of Higher Education.
Due to national recognition
status as private university in Mexico of Universidad Azteca the recognised
university is listed in the IAU International Handbook of Universities.
Universidad Azteca demonstrates
overall commitment to quality by the Global Excellence Certificate for the
applied Quality Management System awarded by LAQI Latin American Quality
Institute.
Universidad Azteca is a member
of ODAEE ORGANIZACIÓN DE LAS AMÉRICAS PARA LA EXCELENCIA EDUCATIVA. ODAEE
awarded the Universidad Azteca Rector Dr. Agustín López González Pacheco in
2013 for his achievements in Education Management.
Universidad Azteca was
internationally accredited by ASIC Accreditation Service for International
Colleges and Universities, with “Premier University” status for the period 2013
– 2017.
The late strategic focus,
however, was on legal compliance in the countries where Universidad Azteca
operated a Branch Campus, e.g. in Austria, and on meeting quality management
system certification standards and pursue CONIES programmatic accreditation of
the international university own programmes offered by Universidad Azteca.
The Branch Campus of European
Programmes was based in Austria until 2022, where all programmes provided in
Austria were duly approved and registered by the Austrian Federal Ministry of
Science and Research as comparable to Austrian university programs and degrees
in accordance with the requirements of the Austrian Act on Quality Assurance in
Higher Education, for the period 2012-2015.
The new legal framework in
Austria empowers the Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance Austria for
approval and registration of foreign university programmes. All programmes
provided in Austria were duly approved by Board of AQ Austria for registration
acc. § 27 Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the period until
2022, when the last approvals expired.
Therefore, Universidad Azteca
has closed the Deanship of European Programmes in Austria, and Prof. Dr.
Berchtold has resigned as Dean of European Programmes in Austria, once the Ausrian
branch campus has been dissolved.
Students enrolled, however, can
complete their degree programmes online via Universidad Azteca e-learning
platform and not physically provided in Austria.
An International
University System
Today, Universidad Azteca is a
multi-campus university system with academic centers in different regions of
the country and branch campuses and representatives in other countries.
The coverage of Universidad
Azteca´s International Programs extends to various regions worldwide. Using
learning networks and advanced information technologies, the Virtual University
offers graduate academic programs; continuing education programs.
Universidad Azteca is dedicated
in the traditions of the quality and excellence in teaching and to concern for
both ultimate values and for the individual values of its students, is a
private University committed to providing a liberal education of both general and
specialized studies.
As a dynamic university,
Universidad Azteca strives to offer, through effective teaching, quality
education founded on the idea that one’s intellectual and personal development
go hand in hand, complementing and fulfilling each other. The University has,
as its basic purpose, the free search for truth by teaching its students the
basic skills, knowledge, and values that they will need for a life of human
dignity. The programs of the University also aim at preparing students for
informed service and progressive leadership in their communities and to
fulfilling the immediate and final goals of their lives.
The objective of the Universidad
Azteca International Programs is to offer flexible, country- and
company-specific individualised degree-opportunities to busy professionals by
means of e-learning and long-distance education.
The Universidad Azteca
International Programs is the professional and scientific education provider
for students globally. The Universidad Azteca International Programs provides
the professional educational degree programmes for individuals working in
professional academic sectors.