Science Institute of Jalisco

Science Institute of Jalisco (Instituto de Ciencias) in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, dates its origin to 1591 when the Jesuits first opened a college in Guadalajara. It was then named St. Thomas Aquinas College, but was closed with the suppression of the Jesuits in 1767. It reopened in 1906 under the name San Jose College and in 1920, after the Mexican Revolution, was named Science Institute of Jalisco, a city in the metro area of Guadalajara.

Science Institute of Jalisco

Science Institute of Jalisco (Instituto de Ciencias) in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, dates its origin to 1591 when the Jesuits first opened a college in Guadalajara. It was then named St. Thomas Aquinas College, but was closed with the suppression of the Jesuits in 1767. It reopened in 1906 under the name San Jose College and in 1920, after the Mexican Revolution, was named Science Institute of Jalisco, a city in the metro area of Guadalajara.