Dr. José Matías Delgado University (,éMatí UJMD), is a private university located in Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador. Founded on September 15, 1977, it is one of the first private institutions of higher education established in the country.
History
Named in honor of Salvadoran priest, lawyer, politician and national hero José Matías Delgado, La Matías was conceived as a nonprofit institution by Salvadoran intellectuals, academics and businessmen, being its main objective forming professionals with the capability of improving and directing the business and judicial institutions of the time. Its intent from its foundation on 1977 has been to defend and develop free market principles.
By 1978 the University began its academic activities with three faculties: the "Dr. Isidro Menéndez" Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences; the "Dr. Santiago I. Barberena" Faculty of Economics and the "Francisco Gavidia" Faculty of General Culture and Fine Arts. Following the events of the Salvadoran Civil War, the University continued its activities despite the circumstances of the conflict, ingreasing the demand of higher education at the time where new faculties and careers developed. It was geographically decentralized during its early years in San Salvador, but was brought together on a single location (the current campus, in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlán) in 1986; in 1992 the faculties of Agriculture and Engineering were created and then in 1993 with the faculty of Health Sciences. Between 2004 and 2005 a second campus was opened, relocating the Economics and Jurisprudence faculties; in 2008 another campus was established in the municipality of Soyapango by an agreement with the Padre Arrupe Foundation, becoming a specialized nursing school.
Today, La Matías has a reputation for offering a high quality education without neglecting the principles of professional ethics, as expressed in its motto Omnia Cum Honore (Everything with Honor). It offers 27 undergraduate degrees, 11 postgraduate degrees and a large variety of diplomas and courses for continuing education, consisting of a faculty of more than 600 professors. Since its foundation until 2018, the University was administrated by well-known Salvadoran writer, dramatist and jurist, David Escobar Galindo.
Campus
The University currently has two campuses, with the following faculties and schools:
Main Campus
Faculty of Arts and Sciences "Francisco Gavidia" School of Architecture School of Design "Rosemarie Vázquez de Ángel" School of Communications School of Psychology School of Fine Arts Faculty of Health Sciences "Dr. Luis Edmundo Vásquez" Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Research "Julia Hill de O'Sullivan" Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Postgraduate and Continuing Education
Second Campus
Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences
Faculty of Economics, Enterprise and Business
The University has libraries in each campus, which possess a large quantity of digital and printed resources, including 19th century bibliographic accounts. Additionally, it has technical workshops, sports fields, computing centers, medical clinics with psychological assistance and laboratories for chemistry, physics, medicine and agricultural research, among others.
Academics
Undergraduate programs
José Matías Delgado University allows students to qualify for the following professional areas and degrees:
Medicine
Nursing
Food Engineering
Agroindustrial Engineering
Agricultural Biotechnology Engineering
Environmental Management Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Logistics and Distribution Engineering
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Architecture
Interior Architecture
Graphic Design
Craft Design
Communication Sciences
Psychology
Performing Arts
Music
Law
International Relations
Business Administration
Business Economics
Business Finance
Marketing
Accounting
Information Technology
Tourism
Postgraduate programs
Postgraduate studies at José Matías Delgado University consist of the following professional areas and degrees: