Young people of our three Bachelor's Degrees that make up this School of Medicine and Surgery: Medical Surgeon, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, I am addressing you with the purpose of expressing a sincere word of welcome. 

First of all, to celebrate and congratulate you because today your dream as health professionals begins, you have chosen this arduous path of knowledge, where I can assure you that only perseverance will provide you with the success for the satisfactory completion of your respective university careers.

Feel confident to approach the different areas and members that make up the Governing Body because it is important that you establish a good communication mechanism because we are here to support you in the various academic and administrative processes that you will develop throughout your career.

Future doctors and therapists, as you will notice, this School is made up of educational, administrative, historical buildings and green areas that stand out from the rest of the Academic Units of our Alma Mater, so I invite you to take care of what is now your home, since it will witness your formative process in the following years.

Respect the institutional uniform that you wear from this moment on, which will distinguish you as university students with a single objective: to be a doctor or therapist for the benefit of society.

Finally, this Academic Unit, has been characterized by providing society with men and women of science, who have been pioneers for their time, so I invite you to be promoters of change and to exalt our motto: "Science, Art, Humanism", welcome to this your Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, of the Autonomous University "Benito Juarez" of Oaxaca.

"Success on your college path: sow with perseverance and you will reap great achievements."