Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca
university in Mexico
The Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (Spanish: Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, UABJO) is a public university located in the city of Oaxaca de Juárez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
The university was founded on January 8, 1827, as the Institute of Sciences and Arts of Oaxaca. Initially courses were offered in Medicine, Surgery, Civil and Natural Law, Public Law, Canon Law and Ecclesiastical History, Political Economy, Statistics, Geography and Physics, Mathematics, Logic, Ethics, English, and French.
History
Its first antecedent dates from August 26, 1825, as the Institute of Sciences and Arts of Oaxaca under the decree of the then governor Ignacio Morales, with the protection of the local congress, but it was not until January 1827 that it opened its doors on San Nicolás street, today Independencia Avenue, being Fray Francisco de Aparicio, a priest of liberal ideas, its first rector.
In 1845 the institute stopped offering the ecclesiastical career and favored that of law and medicine, later creating that of Political Economy. In 1852, the careers of Pharmacy and Political Economy were added. In 1862, the Lithography and Typography classes were founded and it is in 1874 when the Administration career is established.
At the end of 1931, the institute obtained its autonomy and ceases to depend on the education section of the government. However, it only acquired complete autonomy until December 1943. The word "Autonomous" would not be part of the university's name until later.
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