Universidad del Mar
The Universidad del Mar «UMAR» is a public institution of higher education and scientific research of the Government of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, with the support and recognition of the Federal Government, it belongs to the Oaxaca State University System (OSUS), it has three university campuses: Puerto Angel, Puerto Escondido and Huatulco and a Center of Tourist Training (CECAT). Its main functions are: teaching, research, cultural diffusion and promoting development. UMAR was founded in 1992 at the request of the governor of Oaxaca, Heladio Ramírez López. It was designed and executed by Dr. Modesto Seara Vázquez , rector of the university. The Universidad del Mar has positioned itself as one of the best universities in the country and proof of this has been the results achieved in the last thirteen years, where the bachelor's degrees in Tourism Administration and International Relations have obtained the first places in the CENEVAL knowledge test. Objectives of this university model. To decentralize higher education: To avoid the concentration of academic and scientific resources in areas that are becoming disproportionately strong and increasingly differentiated from the rest of the country. To prevent the human decapitalization of the most disadvantaged regions, which  due to the lack of educational opportunities, the communities see young generations leave at an early age that facilitates their permanent uprooting, due to the emotional and sentimental ties and interests that are produced in the place of residence, and which makes their recovery practically impossible. To improve knowledge of the economic resources of the concerned region, in order to lay the foundations for sound economic and social development. To train social leaders in the public and private spheres. To introduce a professional elite into a society that lacks one, to serve as a catalyst for transformation. To improve the  cultural competitiveness of the area of influence of the respective university, by combining the reception of ideas and modernizing concepts, with the conservation and reinforcement of the own values. To contribute, in a globalized world, to the competitiveness of the economy of Oaxaca and Mexico, seeking the highest standards of quality in teaching and research, without any kind of absurd inferiority complex. Motto. The motto "Mare Nostrum Veritabile Faciendum" (written in Latin) means "Let us truly make the sea ours". Academics. UMAR offers 16 undergraduate programs in addition to 11 postgraduate studies. Bachelor's degrees Postgraduate Studies Masters Doctorates Infraestructure . UMAR has forty laboratories, for example: Research. UMAR has 9 Research Institutes Publications. Books "The Decisive Hour". Seara Vázquez, Modesto. 2018. 330pp. "Corporaciones Multinacionales. Una mirada a Oaxaca." Lozano Vázquez, Alberto, Marco Antonio Guadarrama Vega, Saúl Mendoza Palacios, Carlos Gabriel Argüelles Arredondo (Coord.). 2017. 330 pp. "La Vuelta al Mundo en 80 años." Seara Vázquez, Modesto. 2016. 433pp. "Los puertos de España y México." González Laxe, Fernando and Ojeda Cárdenas, Juan N. (Coord.). 2013. 318pp. "Después de la Tragedia. A 70 años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial." Seara Vázquez, Modesto and Lozano Vázquez, Alberto (Coord.). 2015. 806pp. "DDT Mitos y  Realidades." Hernández Carlo, Beatriz and Martha E. Alcántara Garduño. 2012. 230pp. "Aves del Jardín Botánico." Bojorges B. José C. 2012. 92pp. "La Sociedad Internacional Amorfa. Soluciones inadecuadas para problemas complejos." Seara Vázquez, Modesto (coord.). 2011. 654pp. "La iguana negra. Fundamentos de reproducción, nutrición y su manejo en cautiverio." Arcos García, José Luis and Roberto López Pozos.  2009. 164pp. "Diagnóstico de los Recursos Naturales de la Bahía y Micro-cuenca de Cacaluta." Domínguez Licona, Juan Manuel (Ed.). 2008. 453pp. "Rusia hacia la Cuenca del Pacífico." 2007. Roldán, Eduardo (Ed.). 355pp. "La política exterior de México durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial." Velázquez  Flores, Rafael. 2007. 205pp. "Atlas de corales pétreos (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) del Pacífico mexicano." Reyes Bonilla, Héctor, et al. 2005. 124pp. "Factores, bases y fundamentos de la política exterior de México". Velázquez Flores, Rafael. 2005. 332pp. "Estudio de Ordenamiento Ecológico para la Zona Costera del Istmo de Tehuantepec." Serrano Guzmán, Saúl J. (coord.). 2004. 159pp. "Mujeres Empresarias y Turismo en la Costa Oaxaqueña. Informe Diagnóstico y Directorio." Fernández Aldecua, María José and Pascal Barradas Salas. 2001. 81pp. "Biología y aprovechamiento del camarón Duende Streptocephalus (Crustacea-branchiopoda)." Castrejón Ocampo, Laura. 1993. 72pp. "Diagramas prácticos para la acuicultura." Porras Díaz, Demetrio and Laura  Castrejón Ocampo. Cuadernos 1. 1993. 111pp. "Mezcal." Moctezuma, Isidro. 2018. 113pp. Journal Ciencia y Mar"." Published quarterly since 1997 External links. Official page of the university: http://www.umar.mx/nuestrauniversidad_eng.html