The Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (Spanish: [uniβersiˈðað auˈtonoma ðe ɣwaðalaˈxaɾa] ( listen), Autonomous University of Guadalajara), commonly abbreviated to UAG or Autónoma, is a coeducational, independent, private university based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. Established in 1935, it was the first private university and medical school in Mexico.[7][8] The university was the result of the struggle against the communist and socialist laws and influence in the higher education of Mexico.[9] It was first conceived with the name Universidad del Occidente (University of the West), but would later be styled to Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG).[10]