Our university was founded by religious congregations of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, the Marist Brothers and Lasallian, all driven by an enthusiastic association of citizens Catholics. The University of Monterrey encourages the generation of knowledge to meet the challenges of the new era, with a model of higher education embedded in an intercultural environment of academic excellence, and supported by a Personal Training Plan and a major boost to research