Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero

What Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero does

Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (UAGro) is a public autonomous university headquartered in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico, founded in 1960 and recognized as the maximum house of studies of the State of Guerrero. It operates as a state-funded institution with no private ownership, governed by the H. Consejo Universitario and led by Rector Dr. Javier Saldaña Almazán (2023–2027 term). UAGro delivers educational services across the full lifecycle — bachillerato (high school), técnico bachiller universitario, licenciatura (undergraduate), and posgrado (graduate) — using in-person, virtual, and mixed modalities, supported by the UAGro Virtual learning platform and the Sistema Integral de Información Administrativa (SIIA) back-office system. Tuition is set per academic level and Academic Unit, with payments processed through an online platform that are final and irrevocable.

Beyond teaching, UAGro runs research and university-community linkage functions (Vinculación Universitaria), including participatory action research with Indigenous communities in the Montaña region via the SAPIGro Network. The 2024 publication of the Territorialised Collective Brand Model (TCBM) in an MDPI journal demonstrates an active, methodology-driven research output in agroecological systems analysis. UAGro also administers social oversight (Contraloría Social) committees across federal programs (PFCE, PRODEP, PIEE, and federal scholarship streams), in coordination with the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) and the Secretaría de la Función Pública (SFP).

Despite operating with one of the lowest per-student investment levels in Mexico, UAGro achieved rank 37 out of 3,392 Mexican universities in the 2025 MEXTUDIA ranking, a substantial improvement from rank 199 in 2013. Its customer base is broadly distributed across general, marginalized, and Indigenous populations in Guerrero; revenue and headcount are not publicly disclosed. The institution markets primarily through organic social channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) and its institutional website (uagro.mx).

Name

Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero

Legal name

Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero

Website

https://uagro.mx

Company type

Public

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (UAGro) is a public autonomous university in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, delivering educational services from high school through graduate level — plus research and community engagement — to students across Guerrero, with particular focus on marginalized and Indigenous populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Cooperative Education (Co-op) Technical Universities (EDAHAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Higher Education SIS & Campus Management Systems (EDAFAEAB), Compliance, State Reporting & Education Data Exchange (Ed-Fi/SIF) (EDAFAEAO), Professional & Executive Short Courses (Non-Degree, International) (EDAIAIAH)

Keywords

• Public higher education
• Undergraduate degree programs
• Graduate academic programs
• Distance learning programs
• University research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chilpancingo De Los Bravos

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero provides comprehensive higher education services spanning high school (Bachillerato), technical baccalaureate (Técnico Bachiller Universitario), academic improvement (PSU), undergraduate degrees (Licenciaturas), and graduate programs (Posgrados). Courses are delivered in face-to-face, virtual, and mixed modalities across multiple academic units in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, augmented by research, community engagement, and administrative support services.

Product overview

Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero is a public higher education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational services including high school (Bachillerato), technical programs (Técnico Bachiller Universitario), undergraduate degrees (Licenciaturas), and graduate programs (Posgrados). The university delivers education through traditional, virtual, and mixed modalities. Supporting services include research programs, community engagement (Vinculación Universitaria), an online learning platform (UAGro Virtual), and an integrated administrative information system (SIIA). The institution operates under the leadership of Rector Dr. Javier Saldaña Almazán for the 2023-2027 term.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachillerato High school level educational program offered by the university to students at the secondary education level in Guerrero.
• Técnico Bachiller Universitario Technical university preparatory program combining technical training with university-level preparation for students in Guerrero.
• PSU (Programa de Superación Académica) Academic improvement program offered by the university for students seeking to strengthen their academic preparation.
• Licenciaturas (Undergraduate Programs) University-level undergraduate degree programs offered across multiple disciplines for students in Guerrero.
• Posgrados (Graduate Programs) Graduate-level degree programs including master's and doctoral degrees offered for advanced study.
• Modalidad Virtual y Mixta Virtual and mixed-modality education programs offering online and hybrid learning options across the educational offering.
• Investigación (Research Programs) University research programs and activities across various disciplines, including participatory action research with Indigenous communities in the Montaña region of Guerrero.
• Vinculación Universitaria University-community linkage programs and social engagement initiatives connecting UAGro with communities, accessible through sivu.uagro.mx.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SAPIGro Network (Red de Agroecología)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Researchers from UAGro conducted participatory action research in 2024 with 18 families from seven Indigenous communities in the Montaña region of Guerrero, members of the SAPIGro Network, to develop a territorialised collective brand model for agroecological products.
• Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP)coreOthersSEP develops social comptrollership (Contraloría Social) through Higher Education Institutions (IES) as part of federal educational programs including PRODEP and PIEE.
• Secretaría de la Función Pública (SFP)coreOthersSFP provides guidance on social comptrollership matters to entities exercising public resources, working with beneficiaries of federal programs.
• MEXTUDIAminorOthersMEXTUDIA produces the national university ranking where UAGro achieved position 37 out of 3,392 institutions.
• CenevalminorOthersNational assessment organization that grants the EGEL Excellence Award, won by UAGro Faculty of Medicine graduate Esmeralda Loeza Reséndiz.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): Mexico's flagship public autonomous university and largest higher education institution. Both UNAM and UAGro are public autonomous universities under Mexican federal/state frameworks offering comprehensive programs from undergraduate to doctoral; UNAM operates as the national benchmark that UAGro's MEXTUDIA ranking trajectory is measured against.
• Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN): Federal public institution focused on technical and engineering higher education across Mexico. UAGro's Técnico Bachiller Universitario program and applied research positioning make IPN a relevant broad-incumbent comparable for technical education offerings.

Direct peers

• Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG): Public state autonomous university in Jalisco, comparable in mission and structure to UAGro: regional public university offering comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and high school programs with research and community engagement. Both compete in the MEXTUDIA national ranking and serve as anchors of their respective state higher education systems.
• Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP): Public autonomous state university in Puebla with similar comprehensive offerings (bachillerato through posgrado), public governance model, and regional anchoring role. Directly comparable in size, mission, and ranking-tier to UAGro among Mexican state universities.
• Universidad Veracruzana (UV): Public autonomous state university serving Veracruz with multi-campus, multi-modality delivery and comprehensive academic offerings. Shares UAGro's structure of regional public university with state-wide distributed operations and PRODEP/PFCE participation.
• Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEMéx): Public autonomous state university in Estado de México offering comprehensive programs and operating a multi-campus, multi-modality model similar to UAGro. Comparable in governance type, federal-program participation, and ranking-tier positioning.
• Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL): Large public autonomous state university in northern Mexico with comprehensive programs and significant research output. A higher-resourced comparable in the same Mexican public autonomous university peer set as UAGro.
• Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM): Federal public autonomous university in Mexico City with a distinctive multi-campus model and strong research focus. Comparable to UAGro as a Mexican public autonomous university serving diverse student populations with structured academic models.
• Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH): Public autonomous state university in Michoacán, similar in size, governance, and regional anchor role to UAGro. Both serve states with significant socioeconomic challenges and compete in the same MEXTUDIA national ranking tier.

Others

• Tecnológico de Monterrey: Mexico's largest private university with strong multi-modality delivery and industry-aligned programs. Relevant as a benchmark for virtual education scale and faculty development practices, though operating under a private rather than public-autonomous model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uagro_mx
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@UAGroMx1
• Facebookfacebook.com/UAGro.MX.Oficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/uagro_mx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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