The Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo is a public and secular institution of high school and higher education, heir to the humanism of Vasco de Quiroga, the ideals of Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Melchor Ocampo; and on the initiative of Pascual Ortiz Rubio, the first autonomous university in the Americas, whose mission is: To contribute to the social, economic, political, scientific, technological, artistic and cultural development of Michoacán, Mexico and the world, forming upright, competent and leading human beings who generate change in their environment, guided by the ethical values of our University, through relevant and quality educational programs; carrying out research linked to social needs, which promotes scientific and technological progress and artistic creation; establishing activities that rescue, conserve, increase and disseminate universal values, democratic practices and sustainable development through university dissemination and extension.
