Mexico City College was founded in 1940, as an English speaking junior college

Junior college

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 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

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In 1946 the college switched to a 4 year Bachelor of Arts

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 degree-awarding institution, then changed its name to University of the Americas in 1963 and in 1968 to Universidad de las Americas, beginning a transition to be a Spanish-speaking institution, culminating with its move to Cholula, Puebla, in 1971.

Because of internecine problems the campus then split into two separate institutions:

• UDLA - Universidad de las Americas, in Mexico City, Mexico.
• UDLAP- University of the Americas - Puebla, in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

Unfortunately the UDLAP websites about MCC exalumnos are usually offline, UDLA does not have an alumni website, but a Yahoo!

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group has a handful of former MCCers who frequently chat about MCC and are managing to keep its history alive.