Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa

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Popular University of Chontalpa
Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa
MottoUniversidad del pueblo y para el pueblo "University of the people and for the people"
TypePublic
EstablishedAugust 24, 1995
PresidentJose Victor Zarate Aguilera
Undergraduates3,289 (2005)
Location, ,
Websitewww.upch.edu.mx

The Popular University of Chontalpa (in Spanish: Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa), popularly known as UPCh, is a public, coeducational university located in the city of Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico. It was founded on August 24, 1995, by the municipal government of the city of Cárdenas, thus becoming the first municipal university of the country.[citation needed] On November 17, 1998, the university becomes registered as a national institution of higher level education.

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