Universidad La Salle

About Universidad La Salle

Universidad La Salle opened on 15 February 1962 and became the first Lasallian university in Latin America. Its early professional schools included accounting and administration, followed by engineering, architecture and law. The institution now operates as Universidad La Salle, A.C., a private Mexican higher-education institution whose authority to issue officially valid credentials and academic degrees is documented by the federal government and ANUIES. The university’s identity combines professional education with the humanistic and Christian educational tradition of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Prospective students should understand that this institutional approach extends beyond classroom instruction: undergraduate study includes structured formation activities in cultural, sporting, social and personal-development areas. Applicants who prefer a strictly secular institutional culture may wish to examine the curriculum and campus experience closely, although the university serves a broad contemporary student community. The university has several Mexico City units rather than a single self-contained site. Condesa is the principal location, while Santa Teresa hosts a number of health-related programs and other units support particular activities. This makes program-level verification important: the relevant campus, commute and facilities can differ by course of study. The current academic catalogue includes undergraduate degrees, specializations, master’s programs, doctorates, courses and diplomas. Official August 2026 admissions information and semester 27-1 student-formation schedules confirm active operation in the 2026/27 cycle.

For August 2026 undergraduate entry, Universidad La Salle uses a formal application and admission-examination process. Applicants must have passed all subjects, complete the online examination application and provide grades from the final three years of upper-secondary education, including current studies. The university says it does not accept simple grade attestations in place of the requested records. Required materials also include a birth certificate and a recent child-size photograph. The published undergraduate admission-process charge is MXN 800. After the application and documents are uploaded as PDF files, admissions staff validate the file and send examination-registration confirmation by email. Examination instructions are also delivered to the registered email address, making an accurate email address and regular inbox and spam-folder checks important. Applicants from qualifying Lasallian or direct-entry schools may have distinct procedures, and eligible Lasallian-school applicants do not pay the admission-processing charge. International undergraduate applicants must additionally provide evidence of immigration status and an equivalency decision for their upper-secondary studies. This is an explicit Mexico-specific requirement, not merely a translation request. International candidates should contact admissions early because document recognition and migration processes may take additional time. Requirements differ for postgraduate study, and admission to one level should not be generalized to another. Applicants should use the current calendar for their intended intake and program; the cited page specifically advertises the August 2026 licenciatura cycle. Since individual programs may impose additional selection steps or capacity limits, candidates should obtain confirmation from the relevant faculty before paying or making travel arrangements.

Universidad La Salle’s official catalogue spans undergraduate and postgraduate education. At licenciatura level, listed options include actuarial science, business administration and innovation, architecture, sport sciences, international business, communication, accounting and finance, and law, among other fields. The catalogue also filters programs across biological and health sciences, engineering and mathematical fields, social sciences, humanities and arts. Postgraduate options include specializations, master’s programs and doctorates. Academic organization is distributed across faculties and schools, and location matters. The university’s 2026 mobility information identifies seven academic areas available to visiting undergraduates: business; humanities and social sciences; law; chemistry; engineering; architecture, design and communication; and health programs at Santa Teresa. It specifically places nursing, physiotherapy, dental medicine and sport sciences at Santa Teresa. Students should therefore confirm the delivery site and timetable for their exact program rather than assuming every course is taught in Condesa. Spanish is the database-recorded language of instruction and should be treated as the working assumption unless an individual program states otherwise. International or exchange students need to check course availability and language expectations directly. For 2026 mobility students, course registration occurs during orientation, and the university states that undergraduate visitors normally take four to nine subjects per semester; postgraduate availability requires faculty review. These mobility rules do not automatically apply to regular degree candidates. The breadth of the catalogue gives students opportunities to combine professional study with institution-wide formation, but requirements, schedules and recognition details remain program-specific. Applicants should review the current study plan attached to the desired degree and verify any professional licensing implications in Mexico or their intended country of practice.

Key Highlights

• Founded in Mexico City in 1962 and identified by the university as Latin America’s first Lasallian university.
• ANUIES records Universidad La Salle, A.C. as a private higher-education institution with officially recognized studies.
• The institution is operating in 2026, with active August 2026 admissions and semester 27-1 student activities.
• Facilities are distributed among Condesa, Santa Teresa, San Fernando and Santa Lucía units in Mexico City.

Student Life & Environment

Student life includes organized cultural, sporting, social-service and personal-development activities. For undergraduate students, the university’s August 2026 guidance describes 12 formation programs across the degree: three cultural, three sporting, three social and three personal-development activities. Some named workshops are compulsory, while participation in representative sports, cultural, missionary and student-leadership groups can count toward part of the requirement. Students should verify how these rules apply to their specific curriculum and entry cohort. Campus facilities support both study and recreation. The university lists auditoriums, a theatre, multipurpose rooms, computer rooms, specialized laboratories and wireless internet. Sporting facilities include football, tennis, volleyball and basketball courts, a wood-floor gymnasium, weights facilities and a swimming pool. Food and retail services are also available on campus, although offerings can change. The university provides orientation, tutoring and psychological support through its student-development structure. Its student-life page describes academic tutors, psychologists providing emotional and educational guidance, and first-year plan-of-life support. Social programs connect participants with organizations and communities, reflecting the institution’s service-oriented identity. Housing should be investigated independently before enrollment. A university exchange guide has described accommodation options in the past, but no sufficiently current 2026/27 housing terms, availability or prices were verified. Students relocating to Mexico City should request current housing guidance and assess commute time to the unit where their program is actually delivered.

Location & Surroundings

The main university facilities are in Condesa, a central Mexico City neighborhood. The official campus page gives the principal address as Benjamín Franklin 45, Colonia Condesa, Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, postal code 06140. The university describes the main units as accessible by Metro, Metrobús and Ecobici, which can be useful for students commuting without a car. Not every program or activity is based at the central site. The university also lists Santa Teresa at Camino a Santa Teresa 811 and San Fernando at Avenida de las Fuentes 17, both in Tlalpan, plus Santa Lucía on Avenida Tamaulipas in Álvaro Obregón. These locations are separated across a large metropolitan area, so travel time can be a significant part of daily planning. Health-related programs identified in the 2026 mobility material are concentrated at Santa Teresa. Prospective students should confirm the exact unit for classes, laboratories, clinical activities and administrative services before choosing accommodation. Condesa provides a dense urban setting with extensive public transport and nearby services, whereas the southern units create different commuting patterns. No single campus description should be assumed to apply to every degree.

Costs & Career Outcomes

Universidad La Salle does not publish one universal tuition figure applicable to every student. Charges vary by program, intake and academic load, and applicants should request the official fee circular for their exact degree and semester. One official February–July 2026 circular for first-semester Preschool Education listed a MXN 6,806 initial payment plus four MXN 6,806 tuition payments, before third-party insurance-related charges. This is a program-specific illustration only and must not be treated as the price of other degrees or later cycles. The university publishes several scholarship routes with different eligibility rules. Examples include continuity awards for graduates of Lasallian institutions, family-support scholarships, direct-entry awards, employer-agreement benefits, and competitive institutional or SEP scholarship calls. Published percentages and minimum averages vary by award, level and program, while exclusions apply in some cases. An application does not guarantee funding. Students should check the current call, whether support covers tuition only or also the initial payment, and whether awards can be combined. Students should budget separately for insurance-related charges, books, transportation, housing and any program-specific materials. No current comprehensive 2026/27 living-cost estimate or institution-wide international tuition schedule was verified. For career preparation, the university operates an employment portal for students and alumni with internship and job vacancies. Its career service also advertises recruitment events, faculty-specific vacancy channels, professional-development events and help validating an independently found internship company. These services provide access to opportunities but do not establish any particular employment rate, salary or placement outcome; no current outcomes data were verified.