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Simón Bolívar University^[1] (Spanish: Universidad Simón Bolívar or USBMéxico) is a private Roman Catholic university in Mixcoac, Benito Juárez, Mexico City. Currently, it teaches 15 bachelor's programmes, 8 master's degree programmes and one specialty. It is named after Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar.

History

The university began in 1944 when the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception started an education project beginning from the basic levels of learning; with the creation of the preschool and primary levels, the Colegio Simón Bolívar (Simón Bolívar College) was founded. In 1952, they opened the Escuela Normal de Educación Primaria (Normal School – that is, a teacher's college – of Primary Education), this being the first programme for professional training. In 1981, Simón Bolívar University as it is known today arose, conferring bachelor's degrees in graphic design and biology, thus becoming the only private university in the Mexico City metropolitan area to award the latter even now. Nowadays, Simón Bolívar University offers 25 bachelor's and master's programmes.

Bachelor's degrees

Accountacy
Biology
Biological and pharmaceutical Chemistry
Biotechnology
Business Information Technology
Business Administration
Clinical Biochemistry
Communication and Multimedia
Food Engineering
International Trade and Customs Management
Law
Marketing and Commercial Relations
Pedadogy
Telecommunications Engineering
Visual Communication Design

Master's degrees

Administrative Sciences
Communication for Political and Social Action
Computer Science and Technology Administration
Environmental Science
Multimedia Project Design
Productivity and Quality Systems Administration
University-level Teaching
Visual Communication

Specialty

Specialty in Web Design

Campus

The main building, housing the rector's office along with some administrative offices, dates from the 18th century, and is one of the zone's protected residences.

Library

The university's library can be found in a big house that dates from colonial times in which, later, General José Joaquín de Herrera installed his provisional government in 1848, during the Mexican–American War, thus making the building into a national historic monument.