the national autonomous university of méxico (unam) a university in mexico city. it is one of the biggest universities in mexico and latin america. unam was started on 22 september 1910 by justo sierra.unam's main campus in mexico city, known as "ciudad universitaria" (university city), is a unesco world heritage site that was designed by some of mexico's best-known architects of the 20th century. murals in the main campus were painted by some of the most recognized artists in mexican history, such as diego rivera and david alfaro siqueiros. in 2016, it had an acceptance rate of only 8%. unam generates a number of strong research publications and patents in diverse areas, such as robotics, computer science, mathematics, physics, human-computer interaction, history, philosophy, among others. all mexican nobel laureates are either alumni or faculty of unam.