Veracruzana University

It is distributed throughout the state of Veracruz in 5 regional campuses, offering postgraduate and undergraduate degree programs to over 70,000 students in the academic areas of Arts, Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Economics and Business Studies, Humanities, and Technical Sciences and Engineering. This university outstands in social vocation. The university community works closely with public and productive sectors and carries out outreach work in disadvantaged communities throughout the state. UV provides higher education to indigenous students that respects their linguistic and cultural identities. The UV fosters sustainable development, civic participation and quality in its services. UV is home to Research Centers and Technology Laboratories in various fields with scientific, technological and cultural innovation in areas such as nanotechnology, neuroethology, public health, tropical research and, since its foundation, in fine and performing arts and humanities. UV's outstanding Anthropology Museum (MAX) houses over 25,000 masterpieces of Pre-Hispanic art from the Olmeca, Huasteca and Totonaca cultures.