Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, commonly known as UAM Iztapalapa, is one of the five academic units of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Mexico City. It is located in the eastern part of the capital and forms part of UAM’s decentralized institutional structure, in which individual units combine teaching, research, academic administration, laboratories, libraries, and cultural or support facilities. The unit began operations on September 30, 1974. Alonso Fernández González served as its first rector. UAM Iztapalapa was also the first UAM unit to enter the construction process. Its physical development was organized in several stages, beginning with classroom buildings, a rectory building, and laboratory facilities. Subsequent construction added facilities for the social sciences and humanities, health sciences, maintenance, basic sciences and engineering, teaching, library services, storage, and audiovisual activities. A major expansion began in 1982 with the fifth construction phase. This phase added the Basic Sciences and Engineering building, another classroom building, the library, storage facilities, and Sala Cuicacalli. It expanded the unit’s built area by approximately 29,000 square metres. Further additions during the 1980s included classroom and audiovisual-service spaces. The 1990s brought annexes to several existing buildings, while construction in the 2000s added Building W and the central laboratory building. These successive projects brought the unit’s total built environment to approximately 100,000 square metres according to the referenced institutional history. UAM Iztapalapa’s academic offering includes 26 undergraduate degrees and 27 graduate degrees. Its facilities and organizational history reflect a broad academic scope spanning social sciences and humanities, health sciences, basic sciences, and engineering. The unit also hosts one of the five transmitters of UAM Radio, connecting the campus to the university’s broadcasting activities. As a university unit rather than an independent commercial company, UAM Iztapalapa does not have a conventional consumer product portfolio, public stock listing, or commercial parent company. Its principal institutional outputs are educational programs, research activity, academic services, and participation in the wider UAM system. The unit’s identity is therefore tied to the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and to its role as a major academic center in eastern Mexico City.

UAM Iztapalapa began operations on September 30, 1974, as one of the academic units of the newly established Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Alonso Fernández González was its first rector. The unit was located in the eastern portion of Mexico City and became the first UAM unit to begin construction of its permanent facilities. The initial construction plan was divided into six phases. The first two phases produced the principal early academic and administrative buildings, including classroom Buildings C and D, the rectory Building A, and laboratory Building R. A third phase followed in 1975 with the construction of Building H for social sciences and humanities. The fourth phase added Building S for health sciences and Building Q for maintenance activities. Construction resumed on a substantial scale in 1982 with the fifth phase. This development included Building T for basic sciences and engineering, classroom Building B, Library L, storage facilities O and U, and Sala Cuicacalli, identified as Building G. The phase added roughly 29,000 square metres to the unit’s built environment. Additional classroom space and audiovisual-service facilities were developed later in the 1980s, including classroom Building E and the audiovisual portion of Building C. The 1990s brought another period of physical expansion. Annexes were added to Buildings F, H, S, and T, extending facilities used by the unit’s academic areas. During the 2000s, Building W and central laboratory Building I were added. These projects brought the campus’s buildings and associated spaces to approximately 100,000 square metres. The unit developed as a multidisciplinary center within UAM. Its academic scope includes undergraduate and graduate education, with 26 undergraduate degrees and 27 graduate degrees reported in the referenced account. Its buildings and laboratories support work in social sciences and humanities, health sciences, basic sciences, and engineering. UAM Iztapalapa also houses one of the five transmitters of UAM Radio, giving it a role in the university’s broadcasting infrastructure as well as in teaching and research. UAM Iztapalapa remains an academic unit of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana rather than a separately incorporated commercial institution. Its history is consequently defined by the development of its educational facilities, the expansion of its academic infrastructure, and its continuing participation in the wider UAM system.

• 2000

  New buildings and laboratories

  [1]UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org

  During the 2000s, Building W and central laboratory Building I were added, expanding the unit’s facilities.

• 1990

  Further campus expansion

  [1]UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org

  During the 1990s, annexes were added to Buildings F, H, S, and T.

• 1982

  Major fifth construction phase begins

  [1]UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org

  Construction began on facilities for basic sciences and engineering, classrooms, library services, storage, and Sala Cuicacalli.

• 1975

  Social sciences and humanities facilities added

  [1]UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org

  The third construction phase added Building H for social sciences and humanities.

• 1974

  Operations begin

  [1]UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org

  UAM Iztapalapa began operations on September 30, 1974, with Alonso Fernández González identified as its first rector.

• 1974

  Initial campus construction

  [1]UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org

  The unit became the first UAM academic unit to begin construction, starting a planned multi-phase development program.

A multidisciplinary academic unit of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana serving higher-education and research functions in eastern Mexico City.

• Higher education

  Undergraduate degree programs

  UAM Iztapalapa offers 26 undergraduate degree programs. The unit’s facilities indicate coverage across several broad academic areas, including social sciences and humanities, health sciences, basic sciences, and engineering. These programs constitute one of the campus’s principal educational functions within the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

• Graduate education

  Graduate degree programs

  The unit offers 27 graduate degree programs, supported by specialized academic buildings, laboratories, library resources, and research infrastructure. The available reference identifies the total number of programs but does not provide a complete program-by-program listing.

• Academic research

  Research and laboratory services

  Research and teaching infrastructure includes laboratory facilities developed from the unit’s earliest construction phases and later expanded through central laboratory Building I. The campus supports academic work associated with sciences, engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

• Educational broadcasting

  UAM Radio transmission

  UAM Iztapalapa hosts one of the five transmitters of UAM Radio. This gives the academic unit a supporting role in the university’s radio and broadcasting infrastructure.

1. 1UAM Iztapalapaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2UAM Iztapalapa official websitemat.izt.uam.mx