Traditionally, it includes several more academic credits than does a B.A.

Licenciatura degree (Licentiate): in most of Latin America, the degree most commonly awarded to undergraduate students is the licenciatura. Following secondary school, students are admitted to a particular school or department and, beginning the first year, they follow a prescribed program leading to a degree. In Guatemala, as in most of the rest of Latin America, the educational system concentrates students in their academic or professional discipline from the time of admission. The philosophy statement says that 'universities need to place themselves beyond the conflicts of their time so that science and academic freedom – which humankind will need at all times – may be preserved.' Degrees Started by members of Center for Economic and Social Studies with $40,000 and 125 students, UFM counted 2700 undergraduate students and 1500 graduate students as of 2009. Its namesake is Francisco Marroquín, an early bishop of Guatemala and translator of Central American languages, but the university does not follow any of his teachings or philosophies. It describes its mission as 'to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal, and overall economic principles of a society of free and responsible persons.'Īccording to Milton Friedman, it is 'one of the leading universities in Latin America.' History

Ayau, Zona 10įrancisco Marroquín University ( Spanish: Universidad Francisco Marroquín), also known by the abbreviation UFM, is a private, secular university in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

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