The Ibero-American University (), also referred to by its acronym ''UIA'' but commonly known as ''Ibero'' or ''La Ibero'', is a private, Catholic, Mexican

higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

institution, sponsored by the Mexican province of the

Society of Jesus The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 ...

(

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). In 2009, the UIA received the SEP-ANUIES Prize as the best private university in Mexico. The Ibero's flagship campus is located in the Santa Fe district of

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. Its main library, Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero, holds more than 400,000 books and journals and as of 2007 is one of the largest university libraries in the country. Other institutions affiliated with, but independent from, Ibero in Mexico City are found in

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

, León,

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Coahuila. The city's population is 720,848 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the state of Coahuila. Also Torreón is par ...

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

Playas de Tijuana Playas de Tijuana ( Spanish for "beaches of Tijuana") is the westernmost borough of the municipality of Tijuana, Baja California, stretching from the United States border in the north to Rosarito Beach Municipality in the south. The Bullring by ...

, and

Jaltepec Magdalena Jaltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 184.99 km2. It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region The Mixteca Region is a region in ...

. Together, they form the

Jesuit University System The Jesuit University System (SUJ) is a network of private universities that belong to the Mexican Province of the Society of Jesus, Jesuits, who have universities around the world joined by such associations. Universities The system consists of s ...

, a network of Jesuit-run private universities.

History

The university was founded in 1943 by the Society of Jesus, but with the significant aid of Rodolfo Brito Foucher, the rector of the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

. Brito Foucher, a lawyer and head of UNAM's law faculty before becoming rector, was of the opinion that this was not counter to the

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's prohibition of Catholic involvement in education, since the article did not specify higher education but only primary and secondary. A key group in the founding of Ibero was former student activists from the Jesuit-directed ' (UNEC). The founding came at a time when church-state relations in Mexico had improved over the late 1920s during the

Cristero War The Cristero War (), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or , was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 3 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularism, secularist and anti-clericalism, anticler ...

and in the 1930s when the government attempted to implement education toward socialism in the Mexican universities. Originally called Centro Cultural Universitario, Ibero grew into a full-scale university after ten years due to the patronage of the business community which donated funds for building the campus and for guaranteeing loans as the university was being established.Espinosa, ''Jesuit Student Groups'', p. 3. When the Mexican economy expanded during the 1940s to 1960s, Ibero-trained professionals who entered the private sector, many of the former leaders of the UNEC served on the university's board of trustees. Ibero had the aim of promoting

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and of training elites to take leading roles in Mexican society. Ibero has trained a number of successful businessmen and politicians, including the successful presidential candidate of the

National Action Party (Mexico) The National Action Party (, PAN) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico founded in 1939. It is one of the main political parties in the country, and, since the 1980s, has had success winni ...

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the Nat ...

. The Society of Jesus has from its start in the 16th century been a leader in humanistic education. When Jesuits reached

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in 1572, their religious and educational zeal led them to create renowned teaching and research centers – such as the colleges of St. Ildefonso, Vizcainas, and St. Peter and St. Paul, to mention a few of the prestigious institutions of that time. The Ibero is part of a network of 8 Jesuit universities located in various Mexican cities which, in turn, are part of 31 Jesuit universities and colleges in Latin American and some 200 worldwide.

Campus

In 1988 moved to a 48-acre (19 hectares) new campus in the Santa Fe area of Mexico City. Besides classrooms, laboratories, and workshops in physics, chemistry, photography, design, psychology, engineering, communications, architecture, and nutrition, the university houses the

Francisco Xavier Clavigero Francisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray, SJ (sometimes Italianized as Francesco Saverio Clavigero; September 9, 1731 – April 2, 1787) was a Mexican Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces ...

library, the FM 90.9 radio station, and several auditoriums. Other facilities on campus include sports fields and related conveniences, a medical center, three cafeterias, an on-campus bookstore, a stationery shop, bank branches, and other university stores.

Ibero-American University Tijuana

''Ibero-American University Tijuana'' () in Playas de Tijuana,

Tijuana Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...

, Mexico, was founded by the

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in 1982. It is a part of the Mexican Jesuit University System. as one of the Mexico City colleges. In 1982, opened its campus in Tijuana at two sites, one rented and the other on the premises of La Paz College. Later space was rented in the Civil Hospital building. At first only high school studies and degrees in architecture, graphic design, and law were offered. In 1985, the cornerstone was laid for the present building.

Departments

Today the university's Mexico City Campus is made up of 19 academic departments, which offer a total of 36 academic programs. *Art Department *Religious Sciences Department *Social & Political Sciences Department *Economics Department *Philosophy Department *History Department *Literature Department *Management & Public Accountancy Department *Architecture Department *Communications Department *Law Department *Design Department *International Studies Department *Physics and Math Department *Engineering Department *Chemical Engineering & Sciences Department *Psychology Department *Health Department

Faculty

Luis E. Miramontes Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas (March 16, 1925 – September 13, 2004) was a Mexican chemist known as co-inventor and the first to synthesize an oral contraceptive, progestin norethisterone. Career summary Miramontes was born in Tepic, Nayar ...

– Chemist, inventor of the first oral contraceptive *

Guillermo Arriaga Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (; born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award ...

– Screenwriter of '' Amores perros'', ''

Babel Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon and may refer to: Arts and media Written works Books *Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith * Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu * Babel (20 ...

'', ''

21 Grams ''21 Grams'' is a 2003 American crime thriller film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It is the second installment in the duo’s informal “Trilogy of Death,” preceded by ''Amores perros'' (2000) ...

'' and other films. Oscar Nominee *

José Miguel Insulza José Miguel Insulza Salinas (born June 2, 1943) is a Chilean politician, lawyer, and academic serving as a senator for the Arica y Parinacota Region since 2018. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1999 and Ministe ...

– Chilean politician and

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. *

Jorge González Torres Jorge González Torres (born in 1942 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician, founder of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. He was also the co-president of the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas. References ''Costumbre viciada'' arti ...

– Founder of the

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Demetrio Sodi Demetrio Javier Sodi de la Tijera (; born September 25, 1944) is a Mexican journalist, businessman and politician who has served in the upper and lower houses of the Congress of the Union, and as head of Miguel Hidalgo borough from 2009 to 201 ...

– Former congressman and senator *

Loretta Ortíz Ahlf Loretta Ortiz Ahlf (born 24 February 1955) is a Mexican politician and lawyer who serves as a justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. Biography Loretta Ortiz holds a degree in law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, a master's d ...

; researcher and the only Mexican invited as a lecturer to The Hague Academy of International Law * Augusto H. Álvarez – Architect (

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and

Mexico City International Airport Mexico City International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the primary international airport serving Greater Mexico City. It is the List of the busiest airports in Me ...

) *

Rodolfo Barragán Schwarz Rodolfo Barragán Schwarz (1931 12 November 2017) was a Mexican architect. Barragán studied at the ITESM, and later under Paul Rudolph at Yale School of Architecture. Afterwards he worked in Italy with Giovanni Michelucci. Amongst others, he ...

– Architect *

Isaac Broid Zajman Isaac Broid Zajman (b. Mexico City, November 20, 1952) is a Mexican architect and designer. Biography Broid studied under J. Francisco Serrano Cacho and Carlos Mijares Bracho at the faculty of architecture and urban planning of the Universidad ...

– Architect (

Telcel RADIOMÓVIL DIPSA, S.A. DE C.V., doing business as Telcel, is a Mexican wireless telecommunications company, owned by América Móvil, founded in 1984 and based in Mexico City. Telcel holds concessions to operate a wireless network in all nine g ...

Building) * Enrique Carral Icaza – Architect (

) * Juan José Díaz Infante Núñez – Architect *

Carlos Mijares Bracho Carlos G. Mijares Bracho (April 26, 1930 – March 19, 2015) was a Mexican architect and founder of the "grupo Menhir".J. Francisco Serrano Cacho José Juan Francisco Alfonso Serrano Cacho (b. Mexico City, October 30, 1937) is a Mexican architect. Biography Serrano was son of the architect Francisco J. Serrano. He studied at Universidad Iberoamericana until 1960. Afterwards he worked t ...

– Architect *

Sylvia Schmelkes Sylvia Schmelkes (born 28 July 1948) is a Mexican sociologist and education researcher, and current director of the Mexican National Institute of Educational Evaluation. She is best known for her work in intercultural education, and her book 'Tow ...

– Sociologist and education researcher * Leonardo Javier Torres Nafarrate; Sociologist researcher, specialized on

Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann (; ; December 8, 1927 – November 11, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and systems theorist. Niklas Luhmann is one of the most influential German sociologists of the 20th century. His thinking was ...

's theories * Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, former Justice of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Alumni

Its most famous alumnus is

Vicente Fox Quesada Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the National Action Party ( ...

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2000-2006. Other distinguished alums with high name recognition internationally are actress

Salma Hayek Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault ( , ; ; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa (1989 TV series), Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well a ...

;

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-winning film maker

Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu (born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker primarily known for making modern psychological drama (film genre), psychological drama films about the human condition. His most notable films include ''Amores perros ...

; and journalist Jorge Ramos. Athletics *

Gerardo Torrado Gerardo Torrado Díez de Bonilla (born 30 April 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Torrado represented Mexico at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and has won three CONCACAF Gold ...

– Notable Mexican footballer *

Yon de Luisa Yon de Luisa Plazas (born 7 April, 1970) is the former president of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) from 2018 to 2023, former Vice President of Televisa Deportes and former President of Club América. He is also the Mexico bid director of th ...

– President of the Mexican Football Association *

El Hijo del Santo Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963), best known under his ring name, El Hijo del Santo ( English: "The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican '' retired luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) and political activist. ...

–

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

Business *Gustavo Cantu Duran - chairman and CEO Seguros Monterrey New York Life *Germán Ahumada Russek – president and CEO of Consorcio ARA * Carlos Alazraki – president and CEO of the award-winning Alazraki & Asociados Publicidad agency * Emilio Azcárraga Jean – president and owner of

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

the most important media network in Latin America *Genaro Borrego – vice-president of

FEMSA Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., doing business as FEMSA, is a Mexican multinational beverage and retail company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. It operates the largest independent Coca-Cola bottling group in the world and the la ...

*Gerardo Castaneda - technology innovator AWS *Fernando Chico Pardo – president of ASUR *Justino Compeán Palacios – president of Femexfut *Jaime Costa Lavín – president of SCA Latinoamérica *Javier de la Calle Pardo- CEO of

Nacional Monte de Piedad The Nacional Monte de Piedad is a not-for-profit institution and pawnbroker, pawnshop whose main office is located just off the Zócalo, or main plaza of Mexico City. It was commanded to be built between 1774 and 1777 by Don Pedro Romero de Terre ...

*Valentín Diez Morodo – member of the board of

Grupo Modelo Grupo Modelo is a large brewery in Mexico owned by Anheuser-Busch that exports beer to most countries of the world. Its export brands include '' Corona'', ''Modelo'', and '' Pacífico''. Grupo Modelo also brews brands that are intended solely ...

*Carlos Manuel Flores Nuñez – CEO of Grupo Editorial Nomutsa *Carlos González Zabalegui – president of

Comercial Mexicana Tiendas Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V., colloquially known as La Comercial and La Comer, was a Mexican hypermarket group that operated mainly in Mexico City and Central Mexico. It was founded in 1930 and operated by Controladora Comercial Mex ...

*Carlos Guzmán Bofill – CEO of

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Roberto Hernández Ramírez Roberto Hernández Ramírez (born 24 march 1942 in Tuxpan, Veracruz) is a Mexican businessman. He is a former CEO of '' Banco Nacional de México (Banamex)'', Mexico's second largest bank, just after BBVA Bancomer, from Spain. He was a member of t ...

– president of

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and member of the board of

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* Leon Kraig Eskenazi – partner and managing director of IGNIA Partners L.L.C. and former president of Mars Inc. in Latin America * Fernando Landeros Verdugo – CEO of Fundación Teletón * Marcos Martínez Gavica – CEO of

Grupo Santander Banco Santander S.A. trading as Santander Group ( , , ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Santander, with operative offices in Madrid. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in most global financial centres ...

Manuel Medina Mora Escalante Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

– CEO of

Grupo Financiero Banamex Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. de C.V. has its origins and is the owner of the Banco Nacional de México or Banamex (branded as Citibanamex 2016-2025). It is the second-largest bank in Mexico. The Banamex Financial Group was purchased by Citigro ...

and

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Latinamerica *

Bruno José Newman Flores Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters * Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne ...

– CEO of Grupo Zimat *

Luis Orvañanos Lascurain Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

– president and CEO of Grupo GEO *

Luis Peña Kegel Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

– president and CEO of

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* Roberto Ricossa – CMO of

Avaya Avaya LLC(), formerly Avaya Inc., is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, that provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services. The company's platform includes unified commun ...

* Daniel Servitje – President and CEO of

Grupo Bimbo Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. (also known simply as Bimbo) is a Mexican multinational food company with a presence in over 33 countries located in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. It has an annual sales volume of 15 billion dollars and is ...

* Alejandro Soberón Kuri – president and CEO of CIE *

Olegario Vázquez Aldir Olegario Vázquez Aldir (born April 28, 1972, Mexico City) is a Mexican businessman and executive director of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. With an estimated net worth of US$9.3 billion as of 2024, he is considered one of the richest, powerful and ...

– CEO of

Grupo Empresarial Ángeles Grupo Empresarial Ángeles (GEA) is a Mexican corporation owned by Olegario Vázquez Raña and founded in 1998. It owns assets in the communications, healthcare, tourism and financial services industries. Its director general is Olegario Vázqu ...

and son of

Olegario Vázquez Raña Olegario Vázquez Raña (10 December 1935 – 28 March 2025) was a Mexican businessman who was the owner of several companies and the chairman and principal shareholder of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. Sports career Vázquez Raña was a member o ...

Film * Miguel Rico Tavera – film screenwriter, producer and director ('' Padre Pro'', '' Espiritu de Triunfo'' and more than 2,500 TV commercials and documentaries) *

– film screenwriter, novelist and director ('' Amores Perros'', ''

'' and ''

'') * Daniel Birman Ripstein – film producer (''

El Crimen del Padre Amaro ''The Crime of Padre Amaro'' (, known by its literal translation ''The Crime of Father Amaro'' in Australia) is a 2002 Mexican- Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Carrera. It is very loosely based on the novel '' O Crime do Padre Amaro'' (18 ...

'', '' El callejón de los milagros'' and other films) *

– filmmaker ('' Amores Perros'', ''

'', '' Babel'', '' Birdman'', and '' The Revenant'') *

– Mexican actress * Alejandro Lozano – film director (''

Matando Cabos ''Matando Cabos'' ("Killing Cabos") is a 2004 Mexican crime comedy film directed by Alejandro Lozano. The film was written by Lozano, along with Tony Dalton and Kristoff Raczynski. Although the film garnered mixed reviews from critics, it was w ...

'') *

Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...

– film director and producer ('' El callejón de los milagros'' and Directing Principio y Fin) * Antonio Serrano – film director/screenwriter (''

Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas ''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas'' (''Sex, Shame, and Tears'') is a Mexican Romantic comedy, romantic Comedy film, comedy drama film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico (after ''Like Water for Chocolate (film), Like Water for C ...

'') * Nicole Vanden Broeck – film director History, philosophy, literature, art and architecture * Graciela Abascal – painter * Angélica Argüelles Kubli – artist *

Lizet Benrey Lizet Benrey is a Mexican-American painter, film director and actress whose artwork has been displayed worldwide at cultural institutions, art galleries and museums. She directed a documentary about Leonora Carrington, designed the Premio Corazo ...

– Mexican painter * Mauricio Beuchot – philosopher, poet and Dominican friar *

Tatiana Bilbao Tatiana Bilbao Spamer (born 1972) is a Mexican architect whose works often merged geometry with nature. Her practice focuses on sustainable design, museum design and social housing. She founded Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO in 2004 and has completed pr ...

– Mexican architect *

– Mexican architect * Clara de Buen Richkarday – Mexican architect * Fernanda Canales – Mexican architect *

Frida Escobedo Frida Escobedo (born 1979) is a Mexican architect. She specifically designs and restores urban spaces: housing, community centers, art venues, and hotels. When creating, Escobedo illustrates her works within a general theme of time, not in a his ...

– Mexican architect *

Pedro Friedeberg Pedro Friedeberg (born January 11, 1936) is an Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work filled with lines colors and ancient and religious symbols. His best known piece is the “Hand-Chair” a sculpture/chair design ...

– Mexican painter * Victor Legorreta – Mexican architect * David Miklos – novelist *

Paulina Morán Paulina Morán is a Mexican interior architect and designer. Education After graduating from the Universidad Iberoamericana with a degree in design, Paulina Morán furthered her design studies and began working in Barcelona. Work Morán lat ...

– Mexican designer *

Enrique Norten Enrique Norten Rosenfeld (born c. 1954), Hon. FAIA, is a Mexican architect and principal of the design firm '' TEN Arquitectos'' (Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos). Norten was born in Mexico City in 1954 where he graduated from the Universidad ...

– Mexican architect *

Aurelio Nuño Morales Aurelio Nuño Morales (1949 – April 22, 2022) was a Mexican architect. Biography Nuño was born in 1949 in Mexico City, Mexico. He studied at the faculty of architecture and urban planning of the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1967 to 1972. ...

– Mexican architect * Silvia Pardo – painter * Isabel Rico De Garcia – curator/art historian ( Instituto Cultural De Mexico) *

Michel Rojkind Michel Rojkind (born December 18, 1969, in Mexico City) is the founding partner of Rojkind Arquitectos and according to Forbes Life a representative of a Mexican generation of architects transforming the country. His office was recognize ...

– Mexican architect and former musician of Russian descent *

Fernando Romero Fernando Romero Havaux (born 1971) is a Mexican architect and philanthropist. He is the founder of Fernando Romero (formerly known as Fr-ee). In 2025, Fernando established Fundacion Fernando Romero and under its patronage is transforming Barr ...

– architect *

J. Francisco Serrano Cacho José Juan Francisco Alfonso Serrano Cacho (b. Mexico City, October 30, 1937) is a Mexican architect. Biography Serrano was son of the architect Francisco J. Serrano. He studied at Universidad Iberoamericana until 1960. Afterwards he worked t ...

– architect * Esteban Suárez – Mexican architect *

Ignacio Padilla Ignacio Padilla (November 7, 1968 – August 20, 2016) was a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel P ...

– writer Politics and Public Sector * José Guillermo Anaya Llamas – Senator * Diego Fernández de Cevallos – 1994 presidential candidate and politician * Emilio Gamboa Patrón – former Secretary of State and now Parliamentary Coordinator for the

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. *

– former President of Mexico (2000–2006). * Cecilia Landerreche ( es.) – Director of the DIF *

Gustavo Madero Muñoz Gustavo Enrique Madero Muñoz (born 16 December 1955) is a Mexican politician, policy entrepreneur, businessman, and great-nephew of the president Francisco I. Madero. He is currently serving as a senator since 2018, having previously been a sen ...

– Senator * Juan Carlos Natale – Congressist *

– politician *

Josefina Vázquez Mota Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota ( o̞.se̞'fi.na'βas.ke̞s'mo̞.ta (born 20 January 1961, in Mexico City) is a businessperson and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázqu ...

– 2012 presidential candidate and Congressist * Mabel Gómez Oliver – Member of the Foreign Service and Ambassador Television and mass media * Javier Aceves (Baxter) – Radio DJ *

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– CNN anchor * Rosy Ocampo – television producer * Jaime Smeke Balas – entrepreneur * Jorge Ceballos Castelo – Pionero Social Media México * Erick Hernández Villar – motion graphics developer *

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*Espinosa, David. ''Jesuit Student Groups, the Universidad Iberoamericana, and Political Resistance in Mexico.'' Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 2014 *Meneses Morales, Ernesto. ''La Universidad Iberoamericana en el Contexto de la Educación Superior Contemporanea''. Mexico City: UIA 1979.

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* {{Authority control Universidad Iberoamericana, Private universities and colleges in Mexico, Universities in Mexico City Universities and colleges established in 1943 1943 establishments in Mexico Jesuit universities and colleges in Mexico Christianity in Mexico City

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Ibero-American University Tijuana

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