The UDLA is a higher-education institution that adapts itself to the challenges of the globalized society of the twenty-first century. Both students and professors are part of the process of ongoing change.

It is the only private university in Mexico that offers such a wide array of academic programs that range from Law and Computer Systems, to Music and Arqueology. Nearly one hundred programs that are recognized around the world.

It is both a university and a city: a Univercity®. Its citizens are its students who, on becoming part of an institution with such a high reputation, not only interact in the classroom, but also live on the campus and learn a ethic life .