History
Brief historical sketch of the UAEH
The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo is the oldest educational institution in the state of Hidalgo. oldest educational institution in the state of Hidalgo. The campus was born with the state; its different stages of development reflect the corresponding periods of Hidalgo's history. of the history of Hidalgo.
At a brief historical synthesis, we can distinguish four stages in the life of the University. the life of the University. During the first, from 1869 to 1911, the following events to 1911, the following events took place: The school was founded in in the city of Pachuca in February 1869 under the name of Instituto Literario Literary Institute and School of Arts and Crafts, and at the initiative of a group of professionals of professionals headed by Don Agustín Cárdenas, Dr. Miguel Varela and Dr. Marcelino Miguel Varela and Dr. Marcelino Guerrero. A few days later, Governor Juan C. Doria Juan C. Doria turned it into an official organism and inaugurated it on March 3. March 3rd.
Its issued in 1872, was inspired by the ideas of positivist philosophy and the motto "Love, Love, Love, Love, Love". the ideas of the positivist philosophy and from then dates the motto "Love, Order and Progress " , which today identifies the University of Hidalgo , Order and Progress", which today identifies the University of Hidalgo. In 1875, the school, which was located in a rented house on Allende Street, moved to a new building in Allende Street, moved to the building that was once the San Juan de Dios Hospital hospital of San Juan de Dios, founded in the west of Pachuca in 1725 and abandoned by the Juaninos in 1836. abandoned by the Juaninos in 1836, which today is the Central Building on Abasolo Street.
At the second stage, from 1911 to 1925, the institute suffered the consequences of the civil war. the consequences of the civil war, and on two occasions it was almost was on the verge of being closed on two occasions. After the Mexican Revolution underwent several changes: in 1921 other schools were incorporated, in 1921, it was renamed Universidad de Hidalgo, until 1925, when it was renamed the Instituto the name of Instituto Científico y Literario (Scientific and Literary Institute).
From that moment on, a long period of maturation began. At In the 1940s, professional studies were opened for the careers of Medicine, Law and Engineering, in their first two years. years. In 1948 the institute acquired autonomy.
During the government of Adolfo López Mateos, universities were created in several states of Mexico. universities in several states of the republic. In Hidalgo, the student population population demanding higher education was increasing, so the circumstances were propitious for the circumstances were propitious so that, on February 24, 1961, the XLIII Legislature 1961, the XLIII Local Legislature enacted decree number 23, which created the current Autonomous University of Hidalgo. which created the current Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo.
The University has undergone multiple and important changes characterized by rapid growth and expansion of each of its functions. by rapid growth and expansion of each of its substantive functions. substantive functions.
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The old building that since 1875 occupied the Instituto Científico
Scientific and Literary Institute and later the Universidad Autónoma
of the State of Hidalgo, was built by the Juaninos friars in 1725, next to the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe
in 1725, next to the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
of which there is news from the end of the XVI century. |
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