| The National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has an enrollment of
nearly half a million students and a teaching staff of 25,000, making
this the single largest campus in the Americas.
Located in the southern part of the city, the university has amazing
mosaics, the Olympic Stadium and a campus built on top of a lava
field.
WORLD HERITAGE
In 2007 the National University in Mexico (UNAM) was elected by
the UNESCO as a World heritage site thanks to its great architectural
value.
Buildings include the Rector Tower which boasts exterior murals
by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siquieros, the Library, the
Medicine and Engineering Faculties and the Olympic Stadium which
was constructed in 1956 and hosted the Olympic Games in 1968.
Designed by the Mexican architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral,
the University Campus architectural features and urban plan remain
a vivid expression of the post-modernist revolutionary ideas of
the twentieth century and its harmonious blend with the pre-colonial
Mexican traditions. More than sixty engineers, architects and artists
worked together to create such an example of an excellent relationship
between art and architecture. Amongst them were two of the greatest
figures in the Latin-American muralist movement: David Alfaro Siquieros
and Diego Rivera.
UNAM is the second architectural site of the modern era designated
world heritage by UNESCO. In 2004 the studio and home of architect
Luis Barragan was registered as a World Heritage Site. The studio
was built in 1948 in a Tacubaya neighborhood.
CICLOPISTAS
The university promotes cycling through the use of the Bicipuma
program. The program has a 4-kilometer bike path and nine drop-off
stations located in the faculties of architecture, philosophy and
letters, law, medicine, engineering and chemistry as well as at
the engineering annex and the University Olympic stadium and the
Tapatío Méndez stadium.
Launched in March 2004, the program is free to UNAM students, professors
and employees. The next stage of the bike path will connect it to
the Universidad
metro station.
HISTORY
The university was founded in 1551 by special charter from the
king of Spain. Originally, the university was located downtown.
It moved to its present location in the 1950s.
The Mexico City campus is the flagship of a national system.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Many of the university's buildings have murals. The Rectory is
a city landmark thanks to its eye-catching mural by David Alfaro
Siquieros. The library boasts a mosaic by Juan O'Gorman.
GARDENS
Explore a comprehensive and well kept garden.
FUTBOL
Goya, Goya, Cachún, Cachún, Ra Ra, Cachún,
Cachún, Ra Ra, Goya ¡Universidad!'
The PUMAS futbol
team plays at Estadio Olimpico.
MAP
Don't get lost! Here's a campus map.
BEYOND THE UNIVERSITY
UNAM manages a number of museums
throughout the city and publishes Gaceta
En Linea and Revista
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