Acreditations


UDLAP seeks academic excellence in its alumni and high quality research from its faculty. To that end, UDLAP focuses its efforts on offering an excellent well-rounded education and a multicultural environment based on international respect and understanding.

UDLAP is legally constituted as a foundation. All academic programs have been duly accredited and validated by the Ministry of Public Education of Puebla. Furthermore, its academic programs are recognized by various universities in Latin America, Europe and the United States of America. UDLAP students may study part of their academic program or participate in an internship program overseas, thus broadening their knowledge of themselves, of their discipline and of the world. In this way the education offered by UDLAP is more extensive and varied than other institutions of higher learning in Mexico.

Institutional Accreditations

  1. SACS

    Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees. 


  2. FIMPES

    Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla is a fully accredited member of FIMPES the Federation of Private Mexican Institutions of Higher Education.

Academic Program Accreditations

  1. COUNCIL FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION (COPAES)
      Accredited Program
    Consejo de Acreditación en la Enseñanza de la Contaduría y Administración
    CACECA     		Undergraduate Program in Business Administration
    Undergraduate Program in Marketing
    Undergraduate Program in International Business Administration
    Undergraduate Program in Finanzas y Contaduría
    Undergraduate program in Business and Information Technologies
    National Accreditor for Architecture and Disciplines of Habitable Space
    ANPADEH     		Undergraduate Program in Architecture
    Undergraduate Program in Interior Architecture
    Accreditation Council for Teaching Engineering
    CACEI     		Undergraduate Programs in Food Engineering Industrial
    Engineering Electronic and Communication
    Engineering Chemical
    Engineering Mechanical
    Engineering Mechatronics
    Engineering Civil Engineering
    National Council for Teaching and Research in Psychology
    CNEIP     		Undergraduate Program in Psychology
    National Council for Teaching and Practice in the Chemical Sciences
    CONAECQ     		Undergraduate program in Chemistry
    Consejo de Acreditación de la Comunicación A.C.
    CONAC     		Undergraduate program in Communication
    Asociación para la Acreditación y Certificacióón en Ciencias Sociales
    ACCECISO     		Undergraduate program in Cultural Anthropology
    Undergraduate program in Archaeology
    Undergraduate program in Multicultural Relations
    Consejo Nacional para la Calidad de la Educación Turística
    CONAET     		Undergraduate program in Hotel and Restaurant Administration
    Culinary Arts
    Comité de Acreditación y Certificación de la Licenciatura en Biología, A. C.
    CACEB     		Undergraduate program in Biology
    Comité de Acreditación y Certificación de la Licenciatura en Biología, A. C.
    COMAEF     		Undergraduate program in Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de Programas de Diseño
    COMAPROD    		 Undergraduate program in Visual Information Design
    Consejo para la Acreditación de la Enseñanza del Derecho
    CONAED    		 Undergraduate program in Law


  2. POSITIVE OPINION

    Accredited Program
    Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica, A. C.
    COMAEM     		Medical Surgeon


  3. INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS


        Accredited Program
    Institute Food Technology
    IFT     		Food Engineering


  4. GRADUATE PROGRAMS ACCEPTED INTO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY’S (CONACYT)
    5. REGISTRY FOR QUALITY GRADUATE STUDIES (PNPC).

        Accredited Program
    The national council on science and technology
    CONACYT     		MS Biotechnology
    MS Food Science
    MS Industrial Engineering
    MS Computer Science
    MS Construction Project Management
    MS Chemical Engineering
    Doctorate in Food Science
    Doctorate in Computer Science
    Doctorate in Creation and Culture Theory

Each and every academic department is currently undertaking a self-study of all its undergraduate academic programs in order to obtain national accreditation from COPAES or CIEES (Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior, A.C.). Some programs will be accredited by internationally renowned agencies. 

For more information on institutional accreditations, please contact:

Mr. Enrique Silva Celma
Director of Institutional Accreditations
Oficina HA 116A
Telephone: +52 (222) 229 2000 ext. 2102
E-mail: enrique.silva@udlap.mx

Mtro. Juan Carlos Ley García
Head of International Accreditations
Oficina HA 116B
Telephone: +52 (222) 229 2000 ext. 4487
E-mail: carlos.ley@udlap.mx

Mtra. Laura Elizabeth León Velasco
National Accreditations
Oficina HA 202B
Telephone: +52 (222) 229 2000 ext. 2305
E-mail: elizabeth.leon@udlap.mx