ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

The University´s urban campus offers 27 undergraduate programs to exchange students in six School or Faculties:

1. Faculty of Business:

• Accounting
• Actuary
• Business Administration
• Information Technology for Business
• International Business and Commerce
• Marketing

2. Faculty of Chemical Sciences:

• Chemical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Food Chemistry
• Pharmo-Chemical Biology

3. Faculty of Engineering:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Cybernetic Engineering and Computer Systems
• Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics/Robotics 

*Please note that classes available to exchange students in the School of Engineering are limited to the courses offered in semesters 5th through 10th.

4. Mexican School of Architecture, Design and Communication:

• Architecture
• Communications 
• Graphic Design

5. Faculty of Law:

• International Relations
• Law

6. Faculty of Social Sciences:

• Education
• Elementary  Education
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Religious Sciences

For graduate programs open to exchange students, please go to especialidades web page. See calendar here.

Universidad La Salle also has campuses all along the country. Please visit their websites for more information on location and academic offer available:

• Cancún, Quintana Roo
• Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas
• Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
• Cuernavaca, Morelos
• Chihuahua, Chihuahua
• Gómez Palacio, Durango
• León, Guanajuato
• Morelia, Michoacán
• Monterrey, Nuevo León
• Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• Pachuca, Hidalgo.
• Puebla, Puebla 
• Saltillo, Coahuila

In addition, Universidad La Salle is a member of the International Association of Lasallian Universities (IALU) which comprises over seventy institutions worldwide.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM GUIDELINES

All undergraduate academic programs adhere to the following guidelines: 

• Academic terms last 16 weeks. See current academic calendar here.
• Fall term starts in August and ends in December.
• Spring term starts in January and ends in June.
• Most regular courses total 60 hours of instruction. Courses requiring labs or practices have more hours of instruction.
• Grading system is on a scale of 1-10, in which 10 is excellent and less than 6 is failed.
• Classes are mostly offered in Spanish. An intermediate level of proficiency (B2) is required for foreign students.  

MEXICAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

Higher education in Mexico focuses on a profession after which an individual can fully exercise his/her particular career. In contrast to other North American examples, undergraduate curriculum is very concentrated in an academic area. The concept of a liberal arts education and postgraduate specialization is rare in Mexico. Due to its focus, Mexican undergraduate programs tend to be rigid, lock-step and with few or any options.  For foreign students entering the Mexican system, adaptation may be easier, due to the flexibilities of their own educational system. Nevertheless, attention should be given to course content, class hours, scope, and language proficiency if a class is taken as an equivalent to a required course at the student’s home university. 

• Academic Exchange

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• Additional Information

More Information (in Spanish)