Universidad Quetzalcóatl

Universidad Quetzalcóatl en Irapuato (UQI) is a private higher-education institution located in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. It was founded on 4 October 1982 by Prof. Agustín Gasca Chávez and has since grown into a multi-level institution offering technological baccalaureate programmes, undergraduate degrees, specialities and master's degrees. Its academic identity is closely tied to the Bajío region of central Mexico, where it serves students from Irapuato and surrounding communities. The university's educational offer spans several faculties and disciplines. At the upper-secondary level it provides technological baccalaureate tracks in accounting, communication, social work, nursing and dental prosthetics. Its undergraduate portfolio includes business administration, architecture, accounting, communication, law, graphic design, psychology, dentistry, medicine, civil engineering, and information technology and business engineering. Postgraduate provision includes specialities in corporate law, civil law, criminal law, small and medium enterprise administration, endodontics and periodontics, as well as master's degrees in administration, civil law, criminal law and digital graphic design. Beyond teaching, UQI operates community-facing service units. Its dental clinic is open both to the university community and to the general public, offering a range of dental services delivered by dentistry students under the supervision of qualified professionals. The CAAPSI (Centro de Atención y Asistencia Psicopedagógica) provides psychological and psycho-pedagogical support to students, teaching staff and the wider community. The university also maintains the Biblioteca Quetzalcóatl, with weekday and Saturday opening hours, and publishes a research magazine dedicated to promoting quality scientific and academic knowledge with a commitment to ethics, transparency and positive social impact. UQI describes itself as the only educational institution in the state of Guanajuato recognised as an Empresa Socialmente Responsable (Socially Responsible Enterprise), a distinction it presents as evidence of its commitment to generating positive social and environmental impact. The university's public-facing identity emphasises social responsibility, ethical conduct and community service alongside its academic programmes.

Universidad Quetzalcóatl en Irapuato was founded on 4 October 1982 by Prof. Agustín Gasca Chávez in the city of Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. It was established as a private higher-education institution and has operated under that status throughout its existence. Over the decades it expanded its academic offer from an initial base into a multi-level institution that today includes technological baccalaureate programmes, undergraduate degrees, specialities and master's degrees. The university's development reflects the educational needs of the Bajío region, an area of central Mexico with significant agricultural, industrial and service activity. UQI built its reputation particularly in the health sciences, with dentistry and medicine among its flagship programmes, supported by a teaching dental clinic that serves both students and the general public. It also developed strengths in law, business administration, psychology, architecture, graphic design and engineering. Institutionally, UQI has emphasised social responsibility and community engagement. It operates the CAAPSI psycho-pedagogical support centre and the Biblioteca Quetzalcóatl, and it publishes a research magazine focused on scientific and academic knowledge. The university states that it is the only educational institution in the state of Guanajuato recognised as an Empresa Socialmente Responsable (ESR), a designation that forms part of its public identity. As of the available evidence, UQI remains an active private university based in Irapuato, offering programmes across upper-secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

• 1982

  Founded on 4 October 1982 by Prof. Agustín Gasca Chávez in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Private, socially responsible higher-education institution in Guanajuato offering health-sciences, legal, business and engineering programmes with community service units.

• Technological baccalaureate in Accounting

• Technological baccalaureate in Communication

• Technological baccalaureate in Social Work

• Technological baccalaureate in Nursing

• Technological baccalaureate in Dental Prosthetics

• Licenciatura in Business Administration

• Licenciatura in Architecture

• Licenciatura in Accounting

• Licenciatura in Communication

• Licenciatura in Law

• Licenciatura in Graphic Design

• Licenciatura in Psychology

• Licenciatura in Dentistry

• Licenciatura in Medicine

• Licenciatura in Civil Engineering

• Licenciatura in Information Technology and Business Engineering

• Speciality in Corporate Law

• Speciality in Civil Law

• Speciality in Criminal Law

• Speciality in Small and Medium Enterprise Administration

• Speciality in Endodontics

• Speciality in Periodontics

• Master's in Administration

• Master's in Civil Law

1. 1Universidad Quetzalcóatl en Irapuato – UQIuqi.edu.mx
2. 2Universidad Quetzalcóatl – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Universidad Quetzalcóatl – Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org