Autonomous University of Baja California Sur
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The Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (in Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, UABCS) is a Mexican public university based in the state of Baja California Sur.
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur | |
| Motto | Spanish: SabidurÃa como meta, patria como destino [1] |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Wisdom as goal, fatherland as destiny |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 15 March 1976[2] |
| Location | , , 24.100874°N 110.315121°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | uabcs |
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Its library holds over 42,000 volumes.[1]
The university was created by Ãngel César Mendoza Arámburo, the Governor of Baja California Sur, whose bill was published into law on 31 December 1975.[3] Tomas Balarezo Cota was named the first rector by the university council on 2 February 1976.[3] He was replaced by Rubén Cardoza MacÃas in 1978.[4]
UABCS opened an extension campus in Guerrero Negro in 1995 under Jesús Druk González's term as rector, offering degrees in economics and agricultural engineering in its first year.[5]
