Our Partners

The UMA project came about through the personal relationship of the faculty partners, who had long wanted to undertake collaborative studies and increase student exchange between their institutions. The economic support for the project is provided through the TIES (Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships) program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  TIES is a $50 million, eight-year collaborative program between the U.S. government, U.S. and Mexican educational institutions, and the private sector.

The TIES initiative facilitates pursuit of a common development agenda between the U.S. and Mexico by enhancing the capacity of higher education institutions of both nations to examine mutual development problems, work in strategic alliances to develop solutions, and create the basis for Mexico’s benefiting more fully from NAFTA and a planned Free Trade Area of the Americas. Training from these institutions will give Mexican participants the skills and the collaborative links necessary for them to respond more effectively to development challenges and opportunities.

Additional support is provided by the partner institutions.