Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Founded in 1922 on the initiative of Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto, under the name Universidad Nacional del Sureste, the university took its current name in 1984, when its autonomy was enshrined in law. It succeeded the Instituto Literario de Yucatán (1867) and originally comprised the schools of medicine, pharmacy and law.

Its headquarters are in Mérida; its faculties are grouped into campuses according to broad fields of study.