Overview

• Governor Alejandro Armenta presided over the July 17 groundbreaking ceremony in Izúcar de Matamoros for the Mixteca campus of the Universidad de la Salud del Estado de Puebla (USEP).
• The first phase carries a 48.8 million peso allocation to build classrooms, laboratories, a metal-structure teaching unit and complete utility networks.
• More than 20 million pesos have been earmarked for furnishing and equipping the facility, including simulators and sanitary installations.
• The campus will serve students from 14 Mixteca municipalities, reducing relocation costs and broadening admission prospects beyond the current 5 percent acceptance rate.
• It is the inaugural installment in a four-campus expansion strategy designed to decentralize health education across Puebla.