Diapositiva 1

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Partnerships at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico A Students Perspective
Emmanuel Echeverría UNAM, Mexico
8th ASEE Global Colloquium Budapest, 2009
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Agenda

• Overview of UNAM
• Partnerships analysis
• Students point of view
• Analogy
• Closing remarks

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UNAM

• Established 1551
• 305,969 students
• 35,057 professors
• World Heritage since 2007
• 3 Nobel Laureates Octavio Paz, Mario Molina,
  Alfonso García Robles
• 2009 Prince of Asturias Award

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Types of Agreements

• General Any legal instrument aimed at the
  collaboration in the fields of teaching, research
  and dissemination of culture.
• Specific The legal instrument established to
  develop a specific program or project.
• Collaboration The legal instrument established
  between two or more institutions to carry out
  joint activities in one or more areas, but it is
  not a general or a specific agreement.

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Partnerships

• 75 universities from the 32 states in the country
• Over 250 agreements with institutions from all
  over the world
• Required social service inside the UNAM or in a
  government body
• Industry Telmex, ICA, CEMEX, CFE, Cisco
  Networking Academy

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2008 Statistics

• 12,453 engineering students
• 24 students participated in mobility program
  (0.19)
• 909 students with a scholarship (7.3)
• 34 student organizations
• 364 positions in job market, 723 graduates (50)
• 2 student members of the Facultys Council
• Annual budget 60M USD

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Students point of view

• Whats wrong with the numbers provided?
• Are they useful?
• Do they achieve their objectives?
• Are they well focused?
• What can be done?

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Internet Architecture
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Why does the Internet work?

• Protocols and standards
• Multiple access techniques
• Devices
• Interoperability
• Connectability to available resources
• Rich source of information
• Ensured delivery
• Layered approach

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EE Architecture
Engineering Education
NGOs
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If we have an interconnected world, lets have an
interconnected education!
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Questions?
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Gracias!
Emmanuel Echeverría emmanuel_at_estudioingenieria.org
521-55-1292-5818