Education

With more than 20 universities, Puebla is second only to Mexico City in the number of universities within its borders. Many of the top universities in the country are located in its metropolitan area, including the state university, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)and the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla (UDLA) . Both UDLA and ITESM are usually ranked among the highest in the country and both belong to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in the United States. (Other important academic institutions in Puebla include the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Puebla Campus ,Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) Puebla Campus, Universidad Anáhuac Puebla Campus, Universidad del Valle de México (UVM) Puebla Campus and the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), a private university founded three decades ago by a group of seceding students and professors from the BUAP.

 

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