National Autonomous University of Mexico 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. UNAM was founded, in its modern form, on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to its predecessor, the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. UNAM obtained its autonomy from the government in 1929. This has given the university the freedom to define its own curriculum and manage its own budget without interference from the government. This has had a profound effect on academic life at the university, which some
Mexican art be expressed in a mural in support of student movement's protests; the work became known as the "Mural Efímero" (or "Ephemeral Mural")" at UNAM". The third Independent Salon was staged in 1970. In 1976 "Fernando Gambao spearheads the organization of an exposition of abstract art entitled "El Geometrismo Mexicano Una Tendencia Actual"". "In an attempt to reassess ... post-1968 Mexican art, the Museum of Science and Art at UNAM" organized in 2007, the exhibition "La Era de la Discrepancia. Arte y cultura visual en México 1968-1997" In 1990 the exhibition "Mexico: Esplendor de Treinta Siglos", started its world tour at