• Students’ education to be enhanced by incorporating glass and glass use into UANL’s existing architecture and design curriculum
• The agreement enhances the relationship between both institutions in the areas of expert exchange, internships and job placement

(From left to right) Alejandro Sánchez Mújica, David González, Hugo Lara, from Vitro; José Antonio González, Raúl Cepeda, Ubaldo Ortiz y Juan Manuel Adame from UANL.

Vitro and the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL) announced they have signed an agreement establishing a formal academic program at UANL that will incorporate glass and its uses as part of architecture and industrial design with a focus on its practical use and sustainability.

Through this agreement both institutions have agreed to enhance their relationship, instituting an expert exchange program and enhancing the existing professional program o to benefit students studying Architecture and Industrial Design at the university.

Hugo A. Lara Garcia, Vitro’s CEO,  commented, “This agreement will allow both parties to join forces  in teaching and training students, supporting their theoretical studies with exposure to practical applications. Students will be given the opportunity to better understand and the many different properties and applications of glass in today’s urban projects”.

As for the specific agreement details , Jaime Guzmán, Vice President of Vitro Float Glass, explained that “…the Company will place its glass handling specialists at UANL’s disposal, to assist in developing  two new courses, one for the Architecture curriculum and the other for the Industrial Design curriculum”.

Vitro’s Chair at UANL will begin with the current 2009 August-December semester to be comprised of 22 sessions distributed over 57 hours.

This agreement is in addition to other initiatives Vitro has in place with different academic institutions supporting higher education in Mexico, including the Monterrey Technological Institute, Iberoamerican University, Anahuac University, Regiomontana University and University of Monterrey, just to name a few.

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