Universidad La Salle (ULSA) is a private institution of higher education with 15 campuses in Mexico. It is part of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The history of this university began with the relocation of the Preparatory College of Christopher Columbus in the Colonia San Rafael to the Hippodrome Condesa in Mexico City in 1962. On February 15th it opened its doors with only the high school building completed and a partially built Tower, gym and auditorium. By May of the same year, it had rapidly grown enough to announce its transformation from a just a school to a full University category. Since then it has undergone continuous expansion. The main campus has a student population of approximately 10,000 students, and has expanded its campus throughout Mexico City with multiple different buildings found in many areas of the city. Branches of La Salle University are present in 15 different states in Mexico (The Federal District, Mexico State, Michoacan, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Guanajuato, Sonora, Durango, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, Morelos and Coahuila).