Do what makes you happy and keeps you motivated.

“Please consider this wonderful and unique academic program that enables you to acquire the foundations for inquiry, creativity, and dialogue, and pursue your own lifelong learning path. We are pleased to encourage you to make the best of your own learning process.”

Ronald Flores, Michael Polanyi College Director

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“Please consider this wonderful and unique academic program that enables you to acquire the foundations for inquiry, creativity, and dialogue, and pursue your own lifelong learning path. We are pleased to encourage you to make the best of your own learning process.”

Ronald Flores, Michael Polanyi College Director

Students life

Our MPCommunity

Alumni

MPChamps

Statistics

50

%

of MPCers have started their own business

50

%

of MPCers have started their own business

47

%

of MPCers have worked abroad

47

%

of MPCers have worked abroad

33

%

of MPCers have a master's degree

33

%

of MPCers have a master's degree

Our Leaders

Ronald Flores

Director

Ronald Flores studied Education at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and a master’s degree in Comparative Literature  at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a Fulbright fellow. Flores is the author of several novels, essays, and other publications, including Final Silence and Los señores de Xiblablá. Flores is also a two-time Ironman Texas 140.6 finisher.

Stephannie Ruiz

Projects coordinator and academic coordinator

Stephannie Ruiz is the Educational Projects coordinator and academic coordinator of Michael Polanyi College at Universidad Francisco Marroquín. She has a master’s degree in Strategic Design and Innovation, and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design.

Ideas

Food for thought

Personal Knowledge

This section is to explore the different paths chosen by the independent learners at MPC, to discover their opinions on a myriad of topics, to share views, and get to know the MPC better.

UFM Talk by MPC – How to choose your university career?

This panel of experts explored the most useful factors for students and parents to consider when choosing a college degree. It is an informative, instructional, and orientation talk for the general public, intended to help those who are about to decide on their university future.

MPCafé – What is Mind?

The MPCafé is where our bookcampers get to use their rhetorical arsenal: it is a five-minute presentation to provide a creative answer to the meta question being studied. In this case, the meta question was “What is mind?”.

Documentary film – I Am

What should I study? A question that can open up a whole new world of possibilities. There is no one way to learn, so a group of curious students open up to tell their own experience about a different form of education. One that forces them out of their comfort zone and makes them develop…

FAQ

Frequent questions

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