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Puebla American School Foundation was founded by Anne Jenkins de Buntzler on September 1, 1942, with the support of Dr. Feland Meadows, Jr., to meet the needs of the American families living in Puebla. The school opened formally on February 1, 1943, in a rented house on Avenue 17 Poniente 901 with an enrollment of 75 students. Puebla American School Foundation is a space where minds grow in an atmosphere of freedom. Our students learn to be critical thinkers, creative problem-solvers, skilled users of technology, and clear communicators in both Spanish and English. Respect, responsibility, and integrity are the essential values that shape our students as citizens of the world who will make positive contributions to their community and make the world a better place. We respect human diversity and individuality, gender, age, nationality, race, creed, religion, physical and socioeconomic condition, political belief, sexual orientation, and ethnic and cultural origin. We form students who are responsible for and accept the consequences of their actions, understand different realities, and create opportunities to contribute solutions to social and environmental problems. We aim to strengthen integrity through a culture of truthfulness and honesty. Our culture of truth and honesty aims to strengthen integrity and shape behaviors that are in keeping with the values of the School and the individual. Our commitment to education transmits enthusiasm for life-long learning, and we accept the challenge of working towards excellence. A great deal of the success of our mission, vision, and values is due to our community of supportive and cooperative parents. We foster understanding and communication with them in the academic, psychological, physical, social, and ethical aspects that are vital to their students’ formation. Our students become aware of their commitment to society through participation in several projects and campaigns. In the lower grades, home and school are the focus in the upper grades, the focus shifts to a more personal commitment to particular communities. We use a variety of learning strategies to provide our students with the tools they need to develop behavioral habits and attitudes to take care of themselves. During the school year, we offer talks and information on a variety of health topics for all ages. Our students gain an awareness of environmental issues to use natural resources wisely, have a better quality of life, and promote strategies for sustainable development within their sphere of influence. The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (PYP)accredits our bilingual program. The program focuses on the development of the whole child, taking care of his physical, emotional, and cultural needs. At the same time, it offers the student a solid ground in the main areas of knowledge: Mathematics, Social Science, Theater, Language, Music, Visual Arts, Science and Technology, and personal, social, and physical education. We offer a relevant and meaningful curriculum with both a local and a global focus. The philosophy of the PYP program is expressed in a series of attributes that characterize the students with an international-mindedness that allows them to take awareness in the points of view of people from other parts of the world. This program develops our students’ skills in inquiry, effective communication, and critical and creative thinking while fostering such attitudes as tolerance, respect, and responsibility. Together these attributes form the PYP learner profile. Our Junior High School is incorporated into the Secretary of Public Education (SEP) and was approved to teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) on April 3, 2006. The MYP program is designed by the International Baccalaureate for students ages 11 to 16. The MYP follows the Primary Years Program (PYP) and lays a solid foundation for the Diploma Program. It is a complete and coherent program that offers a challenging framework of age- and level-appropriate academics and life skills. In our school, MYP goes from the 1st year of Junior High School through the 1st year of High School and fosters in the students a responsible attitude through a combination of educational experiences and, the development of academic, social, and critical thinking skills. Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and refer to the world they know. They “learn how to learn” and they apply classroom learnings to daily life situations. Our programs provide them with discipline and challenges to foster their growth. Our goal for our students is for them to lead-free and responsible lives starting in adolescence. This program is offered by the College Board and is geared towards students with an international perspective, especially those who either do their high school studies or plan to do their undergraduate work, outside of the United States. This program’s standard of excellence spans the globe AP International Diploma students are awarded scholarships and admission to colleges and universities around the world. To develop skill, coordination, character, and teamwork through artistic and sports activities, and to foster good habits, attitudes, and values that promote self-discipline. Students from Kinder 2 through High School are welcome to take part in these activities at no additional cost. View full school

UPAEP was born in 1973 as a project of Puebla's society. It was first led by a group of young people who decided to make a difference and undertake a new project that could favor freedom and university autonomy. This project has crystallized as an institution committed to the search and dissemination of the truth since it wants to be congruent with Christian humanism. Thus, today, as yesterday, we are committed to educating professionals who could be a factor of change and transformation to achieve the construction of the Common Good. Our university has understood since its foundation that in order to fulfill its mission, it is indispensable to develop an integrated educational model that is focused on the person, built on academic excellence, and permanently linked to the social issue. Thus, 96% of the enrollment in an undergraduate academic degree takes accredited programs of high quality. An Academic Council that ensures the programs' relevance with the environment's challenges and opportunities checks each program. Currently, all of UPAEP's undergraduate academic programs count on an entrepreneurial line. Our students can start to solidify their entrepreneurial project, either social or particular, to their profession. This project is shaped and strengthened at the university's incubator company called UNINCUBE. Our project's integrity is also enhanced through the multiple sportive and cultural activities as well as through the leadership and service, which are UPAEP's most essential features. In UPAEP, we consider that the Postgraduate programs and the Research projects are essential to contribute to the Innovation that requires a severe university proposal, which may generate concrete ideas and solutions to promote the societies' integral development. Thus, our university offers a wide range of flexible and interdisciplinary postgraduate courses in all modalities (face-to-face, online, open), which have led UPAEP to occupy a privileged place in the country: today, more than one out of every hundred students, who have studied or are studying postgraduate studies in Mexico, study at UPAEP. Our world requires university students who may act at a local level with a global perspective. UPAEP has been a pioneer in the internationalization of its university community through an intercultural vision that involves the appreciation of the national culture to share it and enrich it with other cultures. To fulfill this objective, UPAEP offers today several programs that promote student's mobility in different teaching and research programs, as well as in professional internships abroad, in addition to 84 double-degree programs at prestigious universities around the world. Finally, it is essential to highlight that the humanistic vocation UPAEP is based on seeks the person's reassessment as an individual who assumes his/her extraordinary dignity and exercises it in his/her relationship with his/her neighbor in order to create a community. Thus, he/she could find a sense of life, seeking transcendence. This is why UPAEP calls on everyone who feels challenged by this proposal to adopt what we know in UPAEP as the 'Eagle spirit,' and to make our institutional mission alive: "Create currents of thought and train leaders who transform the society in search of the Truth by integrating the faith, science, and life." View full university

One of the most prestigious higher education institutions in Mexico – Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) – is located in Cholula, the oldest city in Latin America, whose magic is the result of a combination of art, culture, history, traditions, and modernity. UDLAP is only a two-hour drive from Mexico City, one of the most cosmopolitan and populated cities globally, and 20 minutes from Puebla, a UNESCO world heritage city. Given its excellent geographic location, close to beaches, forests, and archeological centers, cultural, artistic, and recreational activities enhance students' university experience. UDLAP's history begins with the Mexico City College, founded in 1940, laying the foundations for an international university. With over 75 years of experience, it has become an excellent academic institution with over 70 Licenciatura and graduate study programs in diverse areas. It offers a multicultural experience to its students, including the 55 nationalities represented on campus due to its exchange agreements with close to 40 countries. Students from UDLAP receive a well-rounded education in which a faculty guarantees academic quality – 99% of whom have graduate degrees – that has ample knowledge and experience. UDLAP's faculty also devote time for research and artistic creation, and one of every three full-time professors belongs to Mexico's National Research System. UDLAP has only one campus that guarantees academic excellence and offers a necessary experience to its students. The labs, library, computer rooms, and classrooms have the latest technology, allowing students to transform their theoretical knowledge into practice, thus strengthening their abilities and competencies. Quality at UDLAP is backed by international accreditations, such as the one granted by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) since 1959. This accreditation has been ratified to its highest level, UDLAP being one of only two universities outside the United States to have a level 6, on a par with that country's quality standards. The International Accreditation Board accredits the Civil, Industrial, Mechanical, and Mechatronic Engineering programs for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Food Engineering program is accredited by the International Food Technology (IFT). In Mexico, the Mexican Federation for Private Higher Education Institutions (Federación de Instituciones Mexicanas Particulares de Educación Superior - FIMPES) has given an outright accreditation to UDLAP, the highest possible recognition. Also, close to 100% of study programs that can be accredited have been or are in the process of being accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior - COPIES). Excellence at UDLAP has also translated into recognition in national rankings, such as in the one made by "El Universal," a newspaper. It has been cataloged as one of the best private universities in Mexico since 2012. At an international level, UDLAP is the only one-campus university in Latin America to have five stars overall from QS Stars in 2017, earning five stars in teaching, internationalization, inclusion, infrastructure, and employability. UDLAP alumni's success is noticeable: 50% of them have started to work or started a business before graduation, and over 90% of graduates who choose to work have a job in the first six months. Art and culture are an essential part of UDLAP. The campus is on a former hacienda from the 18th century that houses a valuable art collection, part of the Google Art Project, thus becoming the only university in Latin America on this platform. On every given day of the year, a UDLAP student has access to various cultural events. The sum of knowledge and activities at UDLAP means that 93% of students rate their university experience as satisfactory or very satisfactory since university life allows them to form links with people of different ideologies, from different countries and cultures. Sports, integral wellbeing, art, and culture are critical elements at this institution. Likewise, this university's social commitment means that over 80% of students with an outstanding academic record have some form of scholarship. To participate in society's development by preparing critical, creative, and innovative professionals with the highest technical level and generating pertinent research. All this with a social conscience that demands a fair distribution of the benefits of globalization. To be a leading university in Latin America regarding study programs and scientific, cultural, sports, and public policy proposal programs to respond to globalization challenges. Universidad de las Américas Puebla was founded in 1940; it was known as Mexico City College in the nation's capital. To reflect the fraternity between the United States and Latin American countries, in the early 1960s, it changed its name to University of the Americas. By then, the prestige of its professors and research projects, such as the Oaxaca Archeology Program, positioned the university abroad and in Mexico as one of the best options for students who wanted an excellent education with a bicultural vision. In 1966, the Fundación Mary Street Jenkins assigned funds for the university to establish itself in the Cholula municipality, at the Santa Catarina Mártir hacienda, with over 80 hectares and located between the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes. Now known as Universidad de las Américas Puebla, its innovative education project included the School of Arts and Science and opening the School of Engineering and the School of Administration and Business. The university received approval and official recognition from the federal Secretary of Public Education, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges - SACSCOC, and the business sector and area governments. In 1985, the university became independent, both legally and ideologically, from the Civil Association in Mexico City, and was now known as Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla. Its philosophy was education with the human, scientific, and universal spirit, coupled with academic excellence and academic freedom. The university began to be considered as one of the most important private education institutions in the country. At UDLAP, history has taught us that an active conscience and community participation are essential to guarantee every member of the university's success. Therefore, each triumph and advance in the different disciplines and fields of knowledge positions it as a leader. In this sense, you cannot hear the name Universidad de las Américas Puebla without invoking, at the same time, the most significant victories of its Aztecas sports teams, which from the beginning have been outstanding in football, soccer, taekwondo, basketball, tennis, and athletics. Their participation has made the institution a leader in the CONADEIP Premiere League. Likewise, Aztecas have also excelled in the cultural area, presenting for society impeccable artistic shows: folkloric dance, dance, chamber music, opera, theater, cinema, and art exhibitions, to name a few of the most relevant activities the university has held on campus and in its cultural extensions, such the Capilla del Arte in downtown Puebla. Today, the classrooms of UDLAP's five Schools – Social Sciences, Humanities, Engineering, Science and Business, and Economics – have been modernized to meet the technological and scientific advances of our age. The modern laboratories, classrooms, sports facilities, library, IT, and university colleges have contributed to creating a favorable and privileged environment for students and faculty to learn and grow. Seventy-seven generations have studied at the university, excelling in research, scholarship, and consulting. View full university