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The College of Mexico was founded on October 16th, 1940. During seventy years, with financial support of the State and projects with Mexican and international foundations, the College has kept working continuously, becoming one of the more outstanding research and teaching centers in the Hispanic world; it has received several awards. In 2001 the Center was recognized with Prince of Asturias Award in Social Science, due to the excellence and prestige acquired through the years. It has the following research center:
CEH – Center for Historical Studies
CELL - Center for Linguistics and Literary Studies
CEAA - Center for Asian and African Studies
CEE – Center for Economic Studies CEDUA - Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies.
Each center published a specialized journal.
Daniel Cosío Villegas Library contains one of the most important collections in Latin America and aimed at related topics in Latin America, Asia, Africa, Middle East and European Communities and to the study of the relations between Mexico and USA.
Currently, the College counts with 300 full time students, most of them scholarship holders in postgraduate excellence courses, and some others are teachers- researchers and project researches, all of them subject to strict academic evaluation mechanisms. The proportion of students vs. teachers allows them to have a close relationship in order to improve the training of the young researchers.
There is also, an administrative body which supports the daily activities of the institution. It is a living example of intellectual and academic commitment with the creation and transmission of knowledge in the different areas of teaching and research it develops.