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Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)
Central Campus UVG, Guatemala City Guatemala
# 30Latin America and the Caribbean Rankings - Central America
47Undergraduate programs
36Postgraduate programs
97International students
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About Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)
Our mission is to develop agents of change that impact society through educational and research experiences focused on science and technology.
We have three campuses : The Main Campus in Guatemala City, the Highlands Campus in Sololá, and the South Campus in Escuintla.
UVG is the number one university in Guatemala and the number one private university in Central America, according to QS World University Rankings for the 5th consecutive year. It's also the first Guatemalan university to receive the international Hcéres institutional accreditation .
UVG was founded in 1966 . Since then, it has been focused on offering high-quality academic programs in engineering, sciences, education, creativity, and business, cutting-edge laboratories and facilities, and innovation and research experiences through learning by doing.
We are proud of our students and researchers' accomplishments, such as developing and launching the first Guatemalan satellite, Quetzal-1 —named after Guatemala National Bird— built by around 100 UVG members. UVG has been the leader of aerospace research in Guatemala, which has led us to participate in other space missions such as Artemis 1 and Space Biofilms .
Our teams also contribute to environmental research, discovering new plants and animal species like the salamander Bolitoglossa Qeqom , promoting biofuel production, and innovation in different areas.
¡We believe that the best innovation contributions to society come from diverse teams and from turning great ideas into reality!
Our Research Institute has ten study centers focused on environment and biodiversity, health, food and agriculture, biotechnology, informatics, archaeology and anthropology, biochemistry, education, industrial process, economic growth, and the multidisciplinary Center for Lake Atitlán Studies. UVG is the private university with the highest scientific production in Central America.
In 2020, we opened the Center for Innovation and Technology (CIT) on the Main Campus. CIT is a 50,000-square-meter facility with laboratories, libraries, makerspaces, and classrooms, set to be an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem where different key actors interact to create local solutions to problems based on society's demands.
Recently, UVG started the Sustainable Alliances for Innovation, Investigation, and Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) . The project focuses on developing a world-class, replicable model for higher education institutions to address local and regional development priorities through a co-creative, community-engaged approach to research, teaching, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
About Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)
Our mission is to develop agents of change that impact society through educational and research experiences focused on science and technology.
We have three campuses : The Main Campus in Guatemala City, the Highlands Campus in Sololá, and the South Campus in Escuintla.
UVG is the number one university in Guatemala and the number one private university in Central America, according to QS World University Rankings for the 5th consecutive year. It's also the first Guatemalan university to receive the international Hcéres institutional accreditation .
UVG was founded in 1966 . Since then, it has been focused on offering high-quality academic programs in engineering, sciences, education, creativity, and business, cutting-edge laboratories and facilities, and innovation and research experiences through learning by doing.
We are proud of our students and researchers' accomplishments, such as developing and launching the first Guatemalan satellite, Quetzal-1 —named after Guatemala National Bird— built by around 100 UVG members. UVG has been the leader of aerospace research in Guatemala, which has led us to participate in other space missions such as Artemis 1 and Space Biofilms .
Our teams also contribute to environmental research, discovering new plants and animal species like the salamander Bolitoglossa Qeqom , promoting biofuel production, and innovation in different areas.
¡We believe that the best innovation contributions to society come from diverse teams and from turning great ideas into reality!
Our Research Institute has ten study centers focused on environment and biodiversity, health, food and agriculture, biotechnology, informatics, archaeology and anthropology, biochemistry, education, industrial process, economic growth, and the multidisciplinary Center for Lake Atitlán Studies. UVG is the private university with the highest scientific production in Central America.
In 2020, we opened the Center for Innovation and Technology (CIT) on the Main Campus. CIT is a 50,000-square-meter facility with laboratories, libraries, makerspaces, and classrooms, set to be an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem where different key actors interact to create local solutions to problems based on society's demands.
Recently, UVG started the Sustainable Alliances for Innovation, Investigation, and Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) . The project focuses on developing a world-class, replicable model for higher education institutions to address local and regional development priorities through a co-creative, community-engaged approach to research, teaching, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Available programs
Bachelor UG
Master PG
MBA
Arts and Humanities (6)
Bachelor Degree in Music Production and Composition
Bachelor Degree in Product Design and Innovation
Bachelor of Archaeology
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture
Degree in Education and Teaching
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in English Language Teaching
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Inclusive Education
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Learning Disabilities
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Music
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Primary Teaching
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Psychopedagogy
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Social Sciences
Business and Management (6)
Bachelor in International Marketing and Business Analytics
Bachelor of Business Administration with specialization in Digital Transformation
Data Science Engineering
Engineering and Technology (6)
Bachelor Program in Architectural Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Civil Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Biotechnology Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Civil Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Food Science Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Management Science Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics Engineering
Bachelor's Program in Civil Architectural Engineering
Bachelor's Program in Civil Engineering
Engineering Degree in Computer Science and Information Technology
Life Sciences and Medicine (6)
BA in Anthropology
Bachelor of Psychology
Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry and Microbiology
Bachelor's Degree in Biology
Bachelor's Degree in Molecular Biotechnology
Bachelor's Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Natural Sciences (6)
Bachelor Degree in Physics
Bachelor of Nutrition
Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics
Degree in Chemistry
Social Sciences and Management (6)
Bachelor in Strategic Communication
Bachelor's Degree in International Relations
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Biological and Chemical Sciences
Degree in Education and Teaching: Specializing in Communication and Language
Arts and Humanities (6)
Master's Degree in Heritage Studies
Business and Management (6)
MA in Advanced Finances
Master in Business Intelligence and Analytics
Master in Energy Business Management
Master in Project Direction and Management
Master in Strategy and Corporate Compliance
Master's Degree in Human Talent Management
Postgraduate in BIM Modeling
Postgraduate in Concrete Structures
Engineering and Technology (6)
Postgraduate in BIM Project Management and Administration
Postgraduate in Steel Structures
Postgraduate in Sustainable Buildings
Life Sciences and Medicine (6)
MA in Applied Neuropsychology
MA in Epidemiology
Master's Degree in Non-Verbal Behavior and Deception Detection
Master's Degree in Personality Profiling, Negotiation and Mediation
Master's Degree in Psychological Counselling and Mental Health
Postgraduate in Interventions with Expressive Arts
Postgraduate in Neuropsychology
Postgraduate in Psychological Counselling
Postgraduate in Psychological Interventions and Health
Natural Sciences (6)
Master in Environmental Management and Sustainability
Master in Food Innovation and Global Management
Master in Nutrition, Health Coaching for Wellness
Master's Degree in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Sport
Social Sciences and Management (6)
Master in Criminal Profiling
Master in Supply Chain, Operations and Logistics
Master's Degree in Development
Master's Degree in Global Affairs
Master's Degree in Higher Education and Innovation
Master's Degree in Leadership and Educational Coaching
Master's Degree in Measurement, Evaluation and Educational Research
Master's Degree in Sustainable Tourism
Postgraduate in Curriculum
Postgraduate in Educational Technology
Full-Time MBA (1)
MBA+
University information
We have more than 45 undergraduate majors that our future students can choose from through an on-site or online admissions process that starts with an Academic Aptitude Test (PAA). In addition, through our UVG Master's program, the students can apply to more than 40 post-graduate and master's degrees .
Our admissions process focuses on integrating a student body that achieves academic excellence, leadership, and knowledge at the service of society through inclusive teams who can work collaboratively. To start your admission process to UVG, visit www.uvg.edu.gt/admisiones/aplica-nuestros-programas or write to [email protected] .
We believe in talented people and providing them with opportunities that enable them to achieve meaningful contributions to society. Our commitment is that any talented student can accomplish their goals without limitations and positively change the world. Upon admission, our future students can apply to various financial aid options to study one of our careers.
¡Today, 6 out of 10 students have at least one type of financial aid! This allows them to access quality education, specialized laboratories, and opportunities to participate in projects and international exchanges. But most importantly, to follow their vocations in careers of their interest in science and technology without financial limitations.
Within our scholarship programs, we created the Science Leadership Scholarships to promote the study of sciences in Guatemala. These scholarships is available to all of our students in Mathematics, Chemistry, Anthropology, and Archaeology majors. Recently, we introduced the Business Leadership Scholarship for students who want to create an impact through innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership in business within administration and marketing majors.
Our Potencia-T Scholarship is a financial aid option for students who have excelled in academic excellence and human qualities. The scholarship is awarded to students from a pre-selected group of schools that work collaboratively with UVG.
We constantly work to improve our financial aid program to expand the benefits to the young population in all areas of Guatemala.
One of our goals is that our students can learn by exploring, testing, prototyping, and more. Our specialized laboratories, makerspaces, and collaborative spaces are essential to accomplishing it.
In Main Campus, the Center for Innovation and Technology (CIT) has 22 collaborative spaces, 61 classrooms, 21 laboratories, and a capacity for 4,000 people. It integrates makerspaces, laboratories, Socratic classrooms, and collaborative spaces for networking, research, technology transfer, creative production, etc.
In engineering, our students can learn in laboratories specialized in chemical engineering, manufacturing, space engineering, computer sciences, mechanical systems, hydraulics and water quality, industrial automation, advanced telecommunications, robotics, biomedical instrumentation, micro and nano-electronics, quantitative physiology, food and nutritional innovation, virtual reality, process design, and advanced finances.
Our sciences area integrates laboratories specialized in social innovation, visual anthropology, archaeology, microbiology, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, physics, mathematics, and more. Other laboratories specialize in multimedia visualization, educational innovation, user experience, audiovisual recording, digital art and design, design thinking, and technology transfer.
Our Chemical Engineering Laboratory , for example, is the biggest in the region. It has around 80 machines to develop more than 20 industrial operations. Here, we manufacture biodiesel, hand sanitizer, and other products. We also have a Food and Nutrition Innovation Pilot Plant , the largest and most complete in Guatemala, and the first Space Engineering Laboratory in the country.
Besides our Main Campus D-Hive (designing and prototyping) and B-Hive (biotechnology investigation) makerspaces, in our Highlands and South Campus, our students can access on-campus makerspaces and laboratories.
UVG opened the South Campus in 1995, located in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla. This campus serves the South part of Guatemala and offers careers in agriculture, business, education, technology engineering, and information technologies.
Later, in 2000, the Highlands Campus started in Sololá. Originally a military base, it was transformed into a university as part of the 1996 Guatemala Peace Accords. This campus serves the Highlands region, which includes different ethnic groups. In the last twenty years, the campus has undergone a remarkable transformation and today educates the Mayan youth, offering programs in education, agroforestry, technology engineering, information technologies, and tourism.
The UVG Highlands Campus facilities include classrooms, a makerspace, and physics, chemistry, and computer labs. Also, collaborative areas such as the John R. Hamilton Library, inaugurated in 2004, the virtual classroom, the multipurpose room, and the Salón Mayor for academic events.
The campus is home to the Atitlán Studies Center , which has a laboratory to measure water quality and the development and evolution of cyanobacteria in Lake Atitlán. It also has an experimental agricultural farm used for agroforestry technicians' training.
Student life
We believe in an integrated student experience, which is why, besides their academic activities, our students can participate in several academic, arts, and sports clubs and groups . We have five groups and 25 clubs, like jazz, drama, chorus, dance, marimba (Guatemala’s national instrument), volleyball, soccer, chess, gaming, yoga, basketball, debate, astronomy, volunteering, and more.
A big part of our student life experience also includes participation in student associations which promotes leadership competencies. In addition, UVG promotes involvement in teams of volunteering and social impact projects and activities through specialized offices in areas like technology transfer, entrepreneurship, and research.
Through the internationalization office , UVG promotes academic exchanges in renowned institutions in North and South America and Europe for students, professors, and researchers, as well as internships, mobility, and postgraduate scholarships abroad. The office is also in charge of follow-up on academic cooperation agreements with international institutions and organizations.
To accompany students, our Student Wellness Unit is in charge of helping students to learn skills and improve their academic performance, discover their strengths, solve personal issues, or improve their interpersonal relationships through counseling, workshops, and support groups.
The unit also integrates various programs, like the First Year Success Program , which is responsible for the immersion process of first-year students. Its mission is to facilitate the transition from high school to university.
Another important program of our Student Wellness Unit helps students from rural areas transition to the Main Campus in Guatemala City . They may have more challenges adapting to the university because they must get used to a new environment, away from their family and social circle. Our goal is to identify and support them in their adaptation process. The program is coordinated by a counselor and led by senior students who act as group leaders.
Visit our news page Actualidad UVG to keep up with campus life and student projects.
UVG offers various degrees in Engineering, Sciences, Education, Creativity, and Business.
UVG’s main campus has five faculties and three schools:
Faculties:
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Science and Humanities
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Education
University College
Schools:
Business and Management School
Design, Innovation & Arts School
Architecture School
Tuition fee and scholarships
One of the important factors when considering a master's degree is the cost of study. Luckily, there are many options available to help students fund their master's programme. Download your copy of the Scholarship Guide to find out which scholarships from around the world could be available to you, and how to apply for them.
In this guide you will find:
Where to look for scholarship opportunities
How to apply to scholarships relevant to you
A list of available scholarships around the world
A scholarship application checklist
Rankings & ratings
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) is one of the top private universities in Solola, Guatemala. It is ranked #30 in Latin America and the Caribbean Rankings - Central America 2024.
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