Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado

Key Highlights

• Independent private university founded on 15 September 1977
• Recognized in El Salvador’s official higher-education program listing
• One university operating across two Antiguo Cuscatlán campuses
• Official site shows active cycle 02.2026 schedules and cycle 01.2027 admissions

Student Life & Environment

Student life is organized around two campuses and a set of cultural, recreational, service, and career-related programs. Current extracurricular options include a university choir, orchestra, theatre club, sports, a reading club, humanitarian volunteering, and the student-led EcoMatías environmental initiative. Listed sports include futsal, basketball, volleyball, chess, table tennis, and athletics. Some cultural groups require an audition, a trial period, or a regular time commitment, so participation is not automatically open without a joining process. The library network maintains a library on each campus. It advertises print and digital resources, lending, study and reading space, portable-equipment loans, and training activities. Other official student services include medical and psychological clinics, vocational guidance, and student benefits. Career preparation is available through Intégrate, which serves students, graduates, and alumni with professional opportunities, employability workshops, networking, and assessment simulations. Entrepreneurship support is offered separately through c-emprende. UJMD does not present itself as a residential university, and no official housing or meal-plan provision was verified. Students relocating to Antiguo Cuscatlán should therefore investigate accommodation and commuting independently.

Location & Surroundings

Both UJMD campuses are in Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, immediately west of San Salvador. Campus 1 is listed at kilometre 8½ on the road to Santa Tecla. Campus 2 is on Calle El Pedregal and Avenida Finca El Espino, opposite the former military-school entrance. The locations form parts of the same university, with academic units and library services divided between them. This metropolitan setting can offer access to employers, services, and activities across the San Salvador area, but students should plan around the campus assigned to their program. Travel time cannot be inferred simply from the shared city name, particularly at busy periods. Applicants should confirm where classes, laboratories, administrative appointments, and extracurricular meetings take place before arranging a commute. The university does not publish verified on-campus housing information in the sources reviewed. International and out-of-area students should budget separately for private accommodation, utilities, food, and local transport, and should seek current neighborhood and travel guidance directly from the university before committing to a lease.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UJMD publishes charges in US dollars. Its current fee document lists undergraduate registration at $100 per academic cycle, medical-specialty registration at $230, and master’s registration at $230. Undergraduate monthly charges are differentiated by program and financial assignment. Most listed licenciatura, architecture, and engineering programs fall between $100 and $305 per payment, although nursing is listed at $80–$125 and medicine at $210–$465. Master’s tuition is listed at $210 per payment and medical specialties at $220. These figures should be treated as the university’s published 2026-era schedule, not as a guaranteed total program price. Students need a personalized estimate because the document does not establish one universal annual cost. Applicants should ask how many payments apply per cycle, whether laboratories or program materials cost extra, and when revised 2027 rates take effect. The reviewed sources provide no verified institutional housing or meal-plan price, so living costs must be budgeted separately. A scholarship program exists, but eligibility is selective; the published 2026 process required admission, completion of the pre-university course, documentation, and an interview. For career development, Intégrate provides vacancies and internship connections, workshops, networking, and employability preparation for students, graduates, and alumni. The university publishes its own placement indicators, but these are institution-reported and should not be interpreted as guaranteed individual outcomes or salary evidence.