Alejandro Murat and the rector of UNAM Enrique Graue inaugurate a new high-level academic campus

Oaxaca de Juarez, Oax., September 9, Thanks to the combined efforts of Governor Alejandro Murat Hinojosa and the rector of the Autonomous University of Mexico, Enrique Graue Wiecher, as of today Oaxaca has an educational extension of the Country’s Highest House of Studies, which will house the Multidisciplinary Unit of Scientific and Humanistic Research.

The State President and the Rector led the unveiling of the plaque of this building that, since its construction in the 18th century, has been the archbishop’s palace, later the seat of the State Judicial Power and now, after its reconstruction, the UNAM academic campus.

Murat Hinojosa thanked the union of efforts with the Highest House of Studies of the Country to expand in the entity the educational offer of high national and international prestige. “I have to thank the rector for believing in Oaxaca, for recognizing our value and importance. I am sure that the wealth of knowledge that all the researchers will bring will grow with how much Oaxaca has to offer them and them”, he pointed out.

He added that as a result of this effort between the Government of Oaxaca and UNAM, next year there will be five new faculties in the state, highlighting the Language Center, which will allow “strengthening our origins and identity.”

Meanwhile, the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Enrique Graue Wiechers, said that the UNAM University Extension contributes to regional development with the generation of spaces that foster encounters between culture, academia and education.

“This headquarters seeks to increase closeness with all sectors of Oaxacan society, promote coexistence, inside and outside the academy with higher education institutions in the region, weave collaborative relationships, in which education and culture are the center of attention,” he said.

Likewise, he thanked Murat Hinojosa for the efforts that his government has made to achieve this first step in favor of public education since, in December 2018, the rector of UNAM received from the hands of the Governor of Oaxaca the deeds of the building that As of today, it houses the Multidisciplinary Unit for Scientific and Humanistic Research (UMICH) of this House of Studies in the entity; made up of the units of the Institutes of Geography, Mathematics, Aesthetic Research, Philological Research and Historical Research.

This new building aims to integrate the historical and urban context through a contemporary expression of spaces for academic and social encounters, combining the interaction of university students and Oaxacan society.

It will have a service capacity of 656 users and consists of three levels; on the ground floor it includes five dynamic rooms, a collaborative work area, media library, catering and coordination; in the second, three interactive classrooms, three study rooms, main hall, cafeteria and bookstore; and the basement, the parking lot, warehouses, hydraulic room and electrical substation are located.

The event was also attended by the Secretary of Institutional Development of the UNAM, Patricia Dolores Dávila Aranda; the Administrative Secretary of the UNAM, Luis Agustín Álvarez Icaza; the General Coordinator of Higher and Higher Secondary Education, Science and Technology of the State of Oaxaca, Manuel Francisco Márquez Méndez, the municipal president of Oaxaca de Juárez, Francisco Martínez Neri, as well as representatives of educational institutions and academics.