The Universidad Modelo is a private institution of higher education in Yucatán, México, with its central campus located in Mérida.

The institution was originally founded on 18 May 1910 as "Escuela Modelo" and inaugurated on 15 September of the same year by the president of the "Liga de Acción Social", Gonzalo Cámara Zavala.

[3] Founded as one of the first primary educaction schools of Yucatán, the Escuela Modelo slowly grew to cover secondary and higher education on 1933 and 1962, respectively.

In 2016, on the eve of the school's anniversary, the Universidad Modelo opened a building for its faculty of health sciences.

The Universidad Modelo offers to their students various opportunities of academic exchange to educational institutions outside of México.