Universidad Azteca is located in Chalco, Mexico

Mexico

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 (a community in Mexico State

Mexico (state)

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 in the greater Mexico City

Greater Mexico City

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 area). Universidad Azteca de Chalco is affiliated with the Centro de Estudios Superiores Azteca. The private university

Private university

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 was established in 1994 and recognized by the federal Secretary of Public Education (SEP) of the United States of Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 in 1997. The university is accredited by the Reconocimiento de Validez Oficial de Estudios (RVOE) by the Secretary of Public Education (SEP) to award graduate and postgraduate degrees, including the following fields: International Commerce

Commerce

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, Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

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, Information Systems

Management information system

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 and Data Processing

Data Processor

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 (IT), Law

Law

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, Psychology

Psychology

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 (including neurolinguistic psychotherapy and coaching), Accounting (including financial management) and Educational Science.

The university offers on-campus classroom instruction, distance education

Distance education

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 and e-learning

E-learning

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 programs and awards degrees in a variety of specialties in the above-mentioned study areas. It is listed with the official Mexican government cultural and scientific information exchange network as an accredited university. Universidad Azteca de Chalco is also listed with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO

UNESCO

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)'s International Association of Universities

IAU Universities List

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.

Statistics

• Founded 1994
• 1,200 students (2009) on-campus
• 14,000 graduates
• 5 campuses nationwide (including Chalco, Cancun
  Cancún
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   and Zaragoza)
• 150 faculty members; 15 international faculty
• Undergraduate and graduate-degree programs
• Two academic systems: open and traditional
• International collaboration

See also

• Scientific criticism of neuro-linguistic programming