It can be said that the XIXth century was truly an epoch of crisis for the universities in Mexico, and that the �new university model� arose under the idea of a �national university system� or rather a �public university,� that is, a model in which the state is in charge of financing higher education for the nation. The �Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico� was established in 1910 as a national university, and since 1929 it has been an institution autonomous and independent from the state. By the 1940s, two social events were in process: 1) the fast growth of urbanization, and 2) a mass formation of professionals.