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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Variant(s)National University of México
UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
U.N.A.M. (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Mexico. National Autonomous University
Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México
Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autónoma
Universidad Autónoma (Mexico)
Mexican University
National Autonomous University of Mexico
See alsoPredecessor: Universidad Nacional de México
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Beginning date1929
Associated countryMexico
LocatedMexico City (Mexico)
Field of activityEducation, Higher
Found inMuseos de la Ciudad de México, 1980: p. 102 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ciudad Universitaria, México 20, D.F.)
Préstamos de lenguas indígenas ... 1980: t.p. (Universidad Nacional Autónama de México) cover (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
The Mexican Univ. & the state, c1982: CIP t.p. (Mexican University) jkt. (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Dicc. Porrúa, 1971: v. 2, p. 2197 (In 1929 the Universidad Nacional de México became the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Physiological ecology of plants of the wet tropics, 1984: CIP introd. (National University of México)
Introducción al derecho mexicano, 1983: t.p. (Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México)
Wikipedia, May 23, 2013: (The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous University of Mexico); founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. UNAM's autonomy, granted in 1929, has given it the freedom to define its own curriculum and manage its own budget without interference from the government. Among its alumni are Nobel Prize laureates: Alfonso García Robles (Peace), Octavio Paz (Literature), and Mario Molina (Chemistry))