page_title: University of Guadalajara
section_title: Scientific Research
hierarchical_section_title: University of Guadalajara / Scientific Research
caption_attribution_description: English: Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad
context_page_description: The University of Guadalajara is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The University has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distributed all over the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It is regarded as the most significant university in the state and the second in the country, only behind the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Chronologically, based on its foundation, is the second oldest in Mexico, the seventeenth in North America and the fourteenth in Latin America.
  Since 1994 the University works through a network model to organize its academic activities. This university network is integrated by 15 university centers, the Virtual University System, the High School Education System and the general administrative body of the University. During 2014–2015 the total number of enrolled students is 255, 944, of which 116, 424 belong to graduate and undergraduate students and 139, 520 to high school students.
context_section_description: During 2014–2015, the University holds 1,640 researchers of which 852 are members of the National System of Researchers. Besides, the University of Guadalajara has several research institutes and centers, some of them are presented in the following section, distributed according to the university campus they belong:
  CUAAD
  Center of Metropolitan Studies
  Institute of Studies about Historic Centers
  Institute of Aesthetics Studies
  CUCBA
  Center of Ground Ecosystems Studies
  Center of Molecular Genetics Studies
  Institute of Animal Biotechnology
  Institute of Botanics
  Institute of Seed's Science and Technology
  Institute of Cellular Physiology
  Institute of Limnology
  Institute of Management and Exploitation of Fitogenetic Resources
  Institute of Environment and Human Communities
  Institute of Neurobiology
  Institute of Neurosciences
  CUCEA
  Center of Social and Economic Studies
  Center for the Quality and Innovation of Higher Education
  Institute of Public Policies and Government Studies
  Institute for the Development of Innovation and Technology in Small and Medium Enterprises
  CUCEI
  Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology
  Institute of Seismic Engineering
  CUCS
  Institute of Chronic Degenerative Diseases
  Institute of Biomedical Sciences Studies
  Institute of Odontology Studies
  Institute of Translational Neurosciences
  CUCSH
  Center of Gender Studies
  Center of Strategic Studies for the Development
  Center of North America Studies
  Institute of Innovation and Governance Studies
  CUCiénega 
  Center of Design of the Business Incubator
  Center of Innovation, Incubation and Design
  Institute of Genetics
  CUCSur
  Manantlan Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity Preservation(IMECBIO)
  CUCosta
  Center of Western Seismology and Volcanology Studies
  CULagos
  Center of Psychological Support for the Community
  CUSur
  Center of Nourish Behavior and Nourishment Studies
  Research Center in Molecular Biology of Chronic Diseases (CIBIMEC)
  CUTonalá
  Institute of Water and Energy
  CUValles
  Center of Entrepreneurship and Incubation
  Center of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Studies
  VUS
  Institute for Management of Knowledge and Apprenticeship through Virtual Environments
caption: IMECBIO was originated from the Natural Laboratory "Las Joyas de la Sierra de Manatlan" created in 1985, whose objective was the preservation of the Manatlan Mountain Chain's biosphere. The Laboratory transferred its headquarters to El Grullo and then incorporated to CUCSur in 1995
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