Mexico City College was founded in 1940, as an English-speaking junior college in Mexico City, Mexico.
In 1946, the college became a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree-awarding institution, changing its name to University of the Americas in 1963. In 1968, the college became Universidad de las Americas, as it began the transition into a Spanish-speaking institution, culminating in its move to Cholula, Puebla, in 1971.
Because of internal problems, the campus split in 1985 into two separate institutions:
- UDLA – Universidad de las Américas, A.C., in Mexico City, Mexico.
- UDLAP – Universidad de las Américas Puebla, in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
Alumni
References
- Richard Wilkie, "Dangerous Journeys: Mexico City College Students and the Mexican Landscape, 1954-1962," in Bloom (2006), Adventures into Mexico: American Tourism beyond the Border.
- The Mexico City College Story:The History 1940-1963
- Yahoo! group of Mexico City College alumni (Wayback machine)
- University of the Americas - Puebla
- University of the Americas - Mexico City
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