School of Chemistry, UNAM to Mexico City). In February 1917, the School was incorporated to the National University of Mexico (currently UNAM). In 1919, the School incorporated the degree of pharmacy to its curricula, which was until then provided by the National School of Medicine. Soon, the School established the Laboratory of Analysis and the Laboratory of Preparative Organic and Inorganic Chemistry. In a similar manner, the School installed an Ether production plant and created new buildings for fermentative, sugar and starch processing, tannery chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. The first course on Organic Chemistry Applied to Pharmacy was taught initially by Adolfo P. Castañares,
School of Medicine, UNAM service. The school also is in charge of the National Exam of Medical Residencies (ENARM), which means that if any MD in Mexico wants to apply for a residency, they should apply to this school, it is regarded to be very hard, and students some times take a full year of study in order to pass it. Approximately 22,000 students present the exam and only 4,000 pass it every year. The school has two Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholars and endowment from the NIH extramural research program. School of Medicine, UNAM UNAM's School of Medicine (Spanish: Facultad de Medicina de