Benémerita Autonomous University of Puebla
4 Sur 104 Centro histórico de Puebla, Puebla 72000
Puebla, Mexico
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About
The Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) (Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla) is the oldest and largest university in Puebla, Mexico. Founded on 15 April 1578 as Colegio del Espíritu Santo, the school was sponsored by the Society of Jesus during most of the Spanish colonial era before turning into a public college in 1825 and eventually into a public university in 1937. BUAP has a number of campuses throughout the state of Puebla. Its four major zones in the city of Puebla include the University City – which houses the faculties of physical sciences – and the Health Area, where the Schools of Nursing and Medicine are based. BUAP also has nine regional sections, three near-autonomous ‘foreign academic units’, and six high schools.
Sustainability
The university was chosen as the 2019 finalist for the Sustainability Institution of the Year award for a series of actions and outcomes designed to promote environmental restoration and sustainability on campus. Some of these efforts include:
- founding a forest restoration area
- training student engineers in renewable energies
- collecting rainwater to supplement on campus water consumption
- planting more than 10,000 trees
- recycling more than 50 tons of carbon dioxide
To read more about the award and the university's sustainability-related actions, click here.
Mission of BUAP Sustainability Office
Make BUAO a sustainable university "a institution of higher education that directs, involves and promotes the minimization of negative effects generated through the use of its courses in fulfilling its substantive and administrative functions, the environment and health, as a way to help society in its transition to sustainable lifestyles"
Hacer de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla una Universidad Sustentable: “Una institución de educación superior, que dirige, involucra y promueve la minimización del efecto negativo generado por el uso de sus recursos al cumplir sus funciones sustantivas y administrativas, al medio ambiente y la salud, como una manera de ayudar a la sociedad en su transición a estilos de vida sustentables.”