The Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA, also known as University of the Valley of Atemajac) is a private Catholic university in Zapopan, Mexico. While international students are welcome, the language of instruction at UNIVA is Spanish and also Ximena Navarrete Miss Universe 2010 studied in this university.
Education is a constant concern in the history of western Mexico, an area where famous battles were fought. On this track the work of Father Santiago Mendez Bravo falls. Differences between an era of radicalism that affect education, Universidad del Valle de Atemajac Institute was founded in 1961 as Pius XII, alternative intellectual culture, regardless of ideological trends, to support the development of people from their workplace.