Unach by the numbers 2021

This section contains data on relevant aspects of the Autonomous University of

Chiapas (UNACH), the largest university in the state. These data are grouped into
the following categories: Academic Competitiveness; Academic Capacity; Liaison;
Student Exchange and Mobility; University Services; and Institutional Management.

The University offers all areas of knowledge according to the classification of the
National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES).
In addition, it has a presence in the 15 socioeconomic regions of the State of
Chiapas, in order to offer quality education to students.

It is important to emphasize that, in accordance with the policy of promoting gender

equality and having an inclusive and violence-free environment, the information
presented was formulated using inclusive, non-sexist language.

Academic Competitiveness

The Autonomous University of Chiapas is made up of 41 academic units, with a

presence in 15 socioeconomic regions in the state of Chiapas:

• 03 Institutes
• 18 Post-graduate Schools
• 11 Colleges
• 07 Centers
• 02 Coordinations

The University offers:

Intramural Extramural

78 Bachelor degree programs 70 8

58 Quality educational programs 54 4
Educational subject by area of knowledge:

Engineering and Technology 7

Education and Humanities 14

Social Sciences 6

Natural and Exact Sciences 5

Health Sciences 5

Agricultural Sciences 18

Management Sciences 23
0 5 10 15 20 25

Applicants and accepted students

14,119 undergraduate applicants

Female Male

12,401 For Intramural courses 6,680 5,721

1,718 For Extramural courses 928 790

10,946 Accepted undergraduate students

Female Male

9,384 For Intramural courses 4,783 4,601

1,562 For Extramural courses 842 720
26,741 Enrolled undergraduate students

Female Male

24,622 Intramural courses 12,149 12,473

2,119 Extramural courses 1,154 965

Enrollment in educational programs:

Female Male

Quality 21,400 10,930 10,470

Assessable 3,081 1,382 1,699
Not assessable 2,260 992 1,268

1,397 Enrolled students who speak an indigenous language

1,356 Enrolled students who belong to an ethnic group

112 Enrolled students with disabilities

The University offers 35 postgraduate programs:

Intramural Extramural

Doctorates 5 0
Masters 20 1
Specialties 9 0
14 Programs with National Recognition of Postgraduate Quality (PNPC):

Intramural

Doctorates 3
Masters 9
Specialties 2

514 Postgraduate enrollment

Female Male

507 Intramural 257 250

7 Extramural 2 5
 204 Enrollment in PNPC Programs

Intramural Female Male

Doctorates 40 31
Masters 62 52
Specialties 13 6
Academic Capacity

2,241 Academic staff according to academic rank and degree

593 Full Time Professors (PTC)
172 Part Time Professors (PMT)
1,277 Adjunct Professors (PA)
199 Academic Technicians (TA)
Note: Includes teachers attached to central areas
 
593 Full Time Professors with:

282 Doctorates
242 Masters degrees
09 Specialties
60 Bachelor's degrees

Full Time Professors Recognized by:

Female Male

148 National System of Researchers (SNI) 44 104

195 State System of Researchers (SEI) 65 130
Note: SEI, includes two professors attached to central areas
358 Professors Qualifying for the Program for the Professional
Development of Professors in Higher Education (PRODEP)
Female Male

87 Masters degrees 36 51
271 Doctorate 114 157

76 Academic Clusters (AC):

14 In training
38 In Consolidation
24 Consolidated

144 Lines of the Generation and Application of Knowledge

239 Current Institutional Research Projects

Outreach

4,185 Students performed Social Service:

 Internal:
        1,660 Intra-university

 External:
1,087 Governmental agencies
883 Productive sector
414 Community
141 Municipal

Social service by sector and area of knowledge

Internal   External
Area of knowledge   Total
Intrauniversity Public Productive Community Municipal Subtotal
 

Agricultural Sciences 248 77 173 0 21 271 519

Health Sciences 69 91 69 400 0 560 629

Natural and Exact Sciences 16 7 0 0 0 7 23

Social and Administrative

611 557 394 4 81 1,036 1647
Sciences

Education and Humanities 409 195 81 10 18 304 713

Engineering and Technology 307 160 166 0 21 347 654

Total 1,660   1,087 883 414 141 2,525 4,185

Note: Classification of the areas of knowledge according to ANUIES.          
Student Exchange and Mobility

71 Student mobility
Female Male

5 National institutions 2 3
66 International institutions 42 24
 
7 Student Exchange

3 National institutions 1 2
4 International institutions 3 1

University Services

The University has a Bibliographic Collection:

Títles 185,357
Volumes 325,620

23,924 Students with Optional Insurance

Female Male

11,996 11,928
 
The University has:

Female Male

16,976 Scholarship students 8,630 8,346

8,878 Students assisted by the Department of Languages

Female Male

6,147 Tuxtla Gutiérrez 1,354 4,793

1,333 San Cristóbal de Las Casas 229 1,104
1,398 Tapachula 396 1,002

Courses: German, French, English, Italian, Tsotsil, Tseltal and Mandarin

Chinese.
 
 2,588 Physical infrastructure, includes :

  579 classrooms
  137 laboratories
  32 workshops
1,840 annexes *
* Includes central areas, remote headquarters, administrative offices, libraries,
auditoriums, audiovisual rooms, bathroom modules, cubicles, SITE, multipurpose
rooms and others.
Institutional management

Updated regulations: Consult

Educational and academic model: Consult

Average cost per student: $47,596.43

Assigned budget:

Ordinary: $1,724,161,689.33
Extraordinary: $ 960,804,193.93
Own income: $ 120,456,519.26

Source: Central Administration Units, 2021.

Translated by: Claribel Gómez Mendez

Jannette Dolly Carrion Rodriguez
Antonio Bolaños Gutiérrez
Liliana Espinosa Rios
Luís Alberto Abarca Grajales