Nov 22, 2018 | Study abroad
José Manuel, a Digital Design student, spent a semester in Medellín, Colombia.
When you entered Uni did you know there were international programs?
At the beginning of the semester when they sent us an email about the exchange programs.
Did you think you would go to live and study abroad?
If I was somehow accepted, I did get it.é to think.
Have you ever lived or studied outside of Mexico before?
Nunca.
What prompted or motivated you to study in another country?
To get to know things from another country.<b></b>
Why did you decide to study in that country?
Price, culture and locations.
¿Quhat did you feel when you arrived in the new country?
Excitement to see everything I didn't know about that country.
How have you been received at the university where you arrived?
Very good, explaining everything in detail and very attentive in case we needed help.
¿QuWhat is the most importants extras women in Mexico?
Food.
What about the Uni?
Friends and teachers.
¿Quhat is the most exciting thing you have experienced so far in this experience?
Meet people from different countries and visit places.
And the mosts diffdifficult?
Having to return to Mexico......
<b></b>¿Quhat do you expect as a person and as a professional from this program?
To be able to learn more by being in a different place and get to know as much as possible about the people who live here and gain new experiences.<b></b>
Do you recommend these opportunities provided by Uni to your colleagues?
One hundred percent recommended.
Nov 13, 2018 | Uni Culture, Academic Excellence Uni, Innovation
The University of Celaya in collaboration with Harvard University will initiate a program that will generate an innovation ecosystem in the region, so that young people, parents, entrepreneurs, leaders and the general population will be able to carry out their business ideas or innovation projects by obtaining the necessary advice to obtain the necessary funds to materialize these plans.
This will be a trigger for the whole of the Bajío region to exploit all the talent and human potential it has, and through collaboration networks, generate an ecosystem that will produce jobs, patents, new companies and, above all, promote sustainable development that will have a positive impact on future generations.
An evaluation has already been carried out and the results were presented to the educational community of the University of Celaya and some regional leaders and businessmen, which will be integrated into this work plan that will begin to yield results in the next five years.
Nov 6, 2018 | Study abroad
Guillermo, estudiante de Ingeniería Industrial, obtuvo la beca Uni y realizó un semestre en Guangdong University en China.
When you entered Uni did you know there were international programs?
Yes
¿Creíste que te irías a vivir y estudiar en el extranjero durante tu carrera?
Sabía que si me esforzaba podría ganarme una beca en el extranjero
Have you ever lived or studied outside of Mexico before?
No
What prompted or motivated you to study in another country?
Aprender otra cultura e idioma y vivir la experiencia de estar lejos de la comodidad.
Why did you decide to study in that country?
Porque China es una cultura totalmente distinta a las demás opciones y el idioma Chino mandarín es uno de los más importantes como también por su economía y su industria.
How did you feel when you arrived in the new country?
Nervios, ya que era mi primera vez viviendo en un país por mucho tiempo.
How have you been received at the university where you arrived?
Bien, nos recibieron con una comida, hicieron una reunión con los demás extranjeros para hacernos saber las normas de la escuela y algunos consejos de transporte.
¿Qué es lo que más extrañas de México?
Principalmente a mi familia, pero también la comida como los tacos y la comodidad de poderme mover en automóvil.
What about the Uni?
El ambiente estudiantil y por supuesto, a los profesores.
What is the most exciting thing you have experienced so far in this experience?
El poder convivir con personas con cultura muy diferente a la mía y las relaciones de amistad que hice.
And the hardest part?
Definitivamente la comida, no es muy de mi agrado, pero te acostumbras después de tiempo a comer determinadas cosas.
What do you expect as a person and as a professional from this program?
Llevarme experiencias que cambien mi manera de pensar y que me afecten positivamente en mi vida.
Estas oportunidades que ofrece la UNI ¿las recomiendas a tus compañeros?
Si, porque de alguna manera u otra te hacen cambiar tu manera de pensar y te sacan de tu zona de confort.
Oct 26, 2018 | Academic Excellence Uni, Innovation, Link
As part of the social commitment of the University of Celaya to solve problems in our environment and contribute to common progress, UNIChallenge starts again on Monday, October 29, a program where young people and teachers from various universities will test all their talent and knowledge to give a creative and innovative response to the following challenges:
- High rate of youth unemployment (encourage the increase of youth employment in the region). Topic chosen by Universidad La Salle Noroeste; Obregón, Sonora.
- Land mobility (to promote improvements in land mobility taking into account the logistic routes of the region). Topic chosen by the University of Celaya; Celaya, Guanajuato.
- Lack of access to decent housing (planning, design and implementation of low-income housing). Topic chosen by La Salle University, Bajío; León, Guanajuato.
Teams will be working on the first in two phases from October 29 through November 23 and the winners will be announced on November 30, 2018.
Oct 24, 2018 | No category
Ana Laura, Jenny, Fatima and MaryFer, students of the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, were winners of the International Scholarship "International Talent Boost Program Montreal 2018″, a statewide scholarship to participate in projects of Integral and Multicultural Training in Montreal, Canada; with the aim of promoting training in values such as: active citizenship, empowerment, creativity, ability to coexist, peace and promotion of non-violence; social equity, democracy and openness to diversity and pluralism.
On the other hand, Frida Hernandez, from Nutrition, won the international scholarship "English4GTO" who will also visit Canada to develop her skills and competencies in an immersive English learning experience in accredited institutions.
Many congratulations
Oct 18, 2018 | Academic Excellence Uni, Innovation, Research, Link
"Within the framework of the III INTERNATIONAL Congress of Research in Competitiveness, Sustainability and International Relations of the Radar Network that took place in: Universidad EAN Bogotá, Colombia."
During the week of October 1 to 7, our Global Business students participated in the 3rd Radar Network's seedbed meeting, where they won 2nd place in the research poster contest and 1st place in the Market Place business simulator contest.
The students who participated belong to the different semesters of the Bachelor's Degree in Global Business and competed with the following research topics:
| Students |
Semester |
Research topic |
| Paola Contreras Arellano
Luis Andres Alvarez Gordillo |
3 semester |
Female business leadership in MSMEs in Celaya, Gto. |
| Pablo Andres Rojas Cuevas
Fernando Daniel Montoya Maldonado |
5th semester
|
Labor climate in MSMEs of the Laja Bajío region |
| Mario Alberto Aizcorbe Acevedo
Iván Tello Alvarado
Ricardo Adrián Alvarez Ramirez |
5th semester
7th semester |
Work climate, motivation and burnout syndrome in MSMEs in the city of Celaya, Gto. |
Paola Contreras Arellano and Luis Andres Alvarez Gordillo were the second place winners in the 3rd seedling meeting.
The students who won 1st place in the Market Place business simulator were Mario Alberto Aizcorbe Acevedo, Pablo Andres Rojas Cuevas and Fernando Daniel Montoya Maldonado.
Sep 17, 2018 | Innovation
A group of 14 students representing the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Celaya participated from July 27 to 29 in the international competition of Human Traction Vehicles organized by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
HPVC Human Powered Vehicle Challenge is a competition that tests the design and innovation capacity of engineering students, applied to the development of sustainable mobility alternatives such as human powered vehicles (HPVs). It is established by the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge Committee of ASME International.
2018 will be the third consecutive year that a team from the University of Celaya has participated in this competition, where young people must to conceive, design, manufacture and evaluate a human-powered vehicle, capable of running on different surfaces (rough, smooth, steep and wet), and that above all provides safety and comfort to the driver, always considering high standards of quality, reliability and innovation.
Sep 17, 2018 | Innovation
Jennifer Diaz Herrera, Montserrat Aboytes Cruz, Fernanda Sandoval Aranda, 3rd semester students of Biomedical Engineering were the 1st place winners in the first LinceHack tournament with the project "Speed Ambulance" an application for mobile devices that facilitates the care of a patient so that the ambulance arrives on time to attend the patient at the right place in an emergency, speeding up the process by having their basic data and exact location preloaded.
The tournament was held on September 1 and 2 at the Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, with the participation of students from the entire Laja-Bajío region. The students were advised by Professor Antonio Hernandez, a member of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Celaya.
Sep 17, 2018 | Link
Members of the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex) signed a collaboration agreement with the Universidad de Celaya to work together on projects that benefit both students and companies in areas such as innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, challenge solving, training, global vision, among others.
This agreement was signed on August 19 by Dr. Moisés Mendoza Escobar, Vice Rector of the University of Celaya and Juan Yúdico Herrasti, president of Coparmex Celaya Laja-Bajío during the Coparmex meeting with the elected councilors of the 2018-2021 City Council.
Sep 17, 2018 | Innovation
As part of the cutting-edge educational program that the University of Celaya offers to the regional community, the diploma course Industry 4.0 was held, a topic that currently presents many challenges for industry, education, work and in general the way in which the daily life of our society will be transformed due to the technological changes that are to come.
This diploma course was given by the University of Celaya in conjunction with 4X Metro, Centro de Motivación Industrial and PROSOFT, with the objective that young people, professionals and entrepreneurs begin to understand the new global reality and prepare themselves professionally for automation and data exchange within technologies, the internet of things, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, big data, collaborative robots and much more.
