División de Educación Continua FCA UNAM

What División de Educación Continua FCA UNAM does

División de Educación Continua (DEC) is the continuing education unit of the Facultad de Contadur\u00eda y Administraci\u00f3n (FCA) at Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico (UNAM), operating from Mexico City since 1974. It delivers a Spanish-language catalog of diplomados (120\u2013160 hours), short courses (12\u201328 hours), and MOOCs targeting Mexican working professionals in accounting, taxation, finance, human resources, auditing, leadership, fintech, and applied AI/marketing. It also serves corporate and government clients through bespoke workforce training programs.

The technology stack is standard for higher-education continuing programs rather than proprietary: Moodle serves self-paced online delivery (including the 160-hour NIA Diplomado with IMCP), Zoom provides synchronous virtual classrooms (live, not recorded), Google Forms handles registration, and Coursera distributes free MOOCs alongside the catalogs of Harvard, Stanford, and Cambridge. The unit has no public APIs, mobile app, or proprietary AI/ML systems; AI appears only as curriculum content covering third-party tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Runway ML.

Revenue is generated through two streams: open-enrollment tuition for individual professionals (one-time payments, with UNAM community discounts of ~10%, early-bird pricing, and 2/4 installment plans), and custom institutional contracts for corporate and government clients. Programs are priced $3,600\u2013$36,000 MXN; the Coursera MOOCs are free for UNAM community members. GTM is sales-led with dual motions\u2014direct-to-individual via the public oferta acad\u00e9mica and direct-institutional sales for bespoke programs. As a division of a publicly funded federal autonomous university, DEC does not publish revenue and operates without external investors.

Name

División de Educación Continua FCA UNAM

Legal name

División de Educación Continua, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Website

https://dec.fca.unam.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

División de Educación Continua (DEC) of UNAM's Faculty of Accounting and Administration delivers continuing education diplomados, courses, and MOOCs in accounting, taxation, finance, HR, and applied AI to Mexican working professionals and corporate clients via in-person, Zoom, Moodle, and Coursera.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Education Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs (EDAAAEAA)

Keywords

• Continuing education programs
• Professional development courses
• Corporate training services
• Accounting and finance education
• Diplomados and certifications

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de México, Juárez

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and registration fees from open enrollment programs: Individual participants pay tuition fees to enroll in open-enrollment courses, diplomados, and seminars offered through the public academic catalog. Fees vary by program duration and content area, with discounts for UNAM community members.
2. Custom corporate and institutional training programs: Organizations (public and private) commission bespoke training programs tailored to their workforce development needs. UNAM DEC designs and delivers these programs at client sites or DEC facilities, generating revenue through institutional contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

DEC delivers continuing education programs (courses, diplomados, seminars, MOOCs) for working professionals and organizations in Spanish, covering accounting, taxation, finance, payroll, HR, auditing, fintech, and management. Programs are sold individually through open enrollment to professionals or commissioned by public and private organizations as bespoke corporate training, delivered in-person at UNAM's Mexico City campus, live via Zoom, or self-paced through Moodle and Coursera.

Product overview

División de Educación Continua (DEC) of UNAM's Faculty of Accounting and Administration offers a diverse portfolio of continuing education programs primarily in Spanish, focused on accounting, finance, taxation, human resources, administration, and technology. The portfolio includes: (1) Programas Abiertos for the general public covering courses, seminars, and diplomados; (2) Self-paced online (autogestivos) programs delivered via Moodle including the NIA diplomado; (3) MOOCs through Coursera partnership; (4) Custom corporate training programs for institutions and enterprises; and (5) Virtual courses via Zoom. Key products include diplomados in Fintech Strategy, Alta Dirección, Gestión del Talento Humano, and International Auditing Standards, alongside specialized courses in payroll management (SUA, IDSE, Contpaq), marketing with AI tools, design thinking, corporate finance, and tax compliance. Programs are delivered in multiple modalities: in-person, distance learning via Zoom, and fully online self-paced or tutor-assisted formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programas Abiertos (Open Programs)
• Estrategia Fintech y Transformaci\u00f3n Digital Financiera (Fintech Strategy and Digital Financial Transformation)
• Alta Direcci\u00f3n para Negocios (Executive Management for Business)
• Gesti\u00f3n del Talento Humano (Human Talent Management)
• Diplomado en Normas Internacionales de Auditor\u00eda (International Auditing Standards Diploma)
• MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
• Programas para Instituciones y Empresas (Custom Corporate and Institutional Programs)
• N\u00f3minas para Principiantes (Payroll for Beginners)
• N\u00f3minas Empresariales, Nivel Intermedio-Avanzado (Business Payroll, Intermediate-Advanced)
• Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada al Marketing Estrat\u00e9gico (AI Applied to Strategic Marketing)
• Design Thinking
• Liderazgo y Desarrollo de Habilidades Gerenciales (Leadership and Management Skills Development)
• Finanzas para no Financieros (Finance for Non-Financial Professionals)
• Introducci\u00f3n al Mercado de Valores (Introduction to the Stock Market)
• Contabilidad Electr\u00f3nica (Electronic Accounting)
• Contabilidad Fiscal para No Contadores (Tax Accounting for Non-Accountants) 20-hour course covering accounting records for tax purposes, income/expense accounting, IVA handling, and fiscal compliance obligations including electronic accounting.

Quantifiable outcome

• 160 DPC (Desarrollo Profesional Continuo) points awarded upon completion of the NIA Diplomado, recognized for professional certification in Mexico
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability7 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos (IMCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNAM's Faculty of Accounting and Administration (FCA) collaborates with the Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos (IMCP) to co-develop and co-deliver the Diplomado en Normas Internacionales de Auditoría. The program carries dual recognition from both institutions and awards 160 DPC (Desarrollo Profesional Continuo) points valid for professional certification under IMCP.
• CourseracoreTechnology or IntegrationDEC FCA UNAM partners with Coursera, the international online learning platform, to offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). UNAM joins a network of globally prestigious universities (Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, Berkeley) on the Coursera platform. UNAM community members access these courses for free.
• REDEC UNAM (Red de Educación Continua)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDEC FCA is part of the REDEC UNAM network (Red de Educación Continua), UNAM's system of continuing education divisions across faculties, working collaboratively under Institutional Development Axis 5 for national and international linkage and knowledge transfer.
• UNAM faculties, national and international institutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDEC FCA pursues institutional linkage and collaboration agreements with UNAM's own faculties, national educational institutions, international universities, and public and private sector organizations to facilitate knowledge exchange and cooperation for societal benefit.
• BitsominorOthersChristian Pérez Carreto, a DEC instructor, previously worked as an accountant at Bitso (the largest virtual asset exchange in Mexico with 2M+ users and presence in Europe, Canada, Argentina, and Brazil). This is a professional background reference rather than an active partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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