Universidad Iberoamericana

Ibero-American University
Universidad Iberoamericana
Motto	La verdad nos hará libres (Spanish for: Truth shall set us free)
Established	1943
Type	Private, Jesuit, Roman Catholic
President	José Morales Orozco, Mx.
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Lobos
Website	uia.mx

The Ibero-American University (in Spanish: Universidad Iberoamericana, abbreviated UIA but commonly known as Ibero) is a Mexican private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus. Its flagship campus is located in the Santa Fe district of Mexico City but there are others located in Guadalajara, León, Torreón, Puebla and Playas de Tijuana.

Its main library, Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero, holds more than 250,000 books and journals. It is one of the largest law libraries in Mexico and as of 2007, it is one of the largest university libraries in the country.^{[citation needed]}

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 and Political Sciences Department
• Economics Department
• Philosophy Department
• History Department
• Literature Department
• Management and Public Accountancy Department
• Architecture Department
• Communications Department
• Law Department
• Design Department
• International Studies Department
• Physics and Math Department
• Engineering Department
• Chemical Engineering and Sciences Department
• Psychology Department
• Health Department

Faculty

• Luis E. Miramontes – Chemist, inventor of the first oral contraceptive.
• Guillermo Arriaga – Screenwriter of Amores perros, Babel, 21 Grams and other films. Oscar Nominee.
• José Miguel Insulza – Chilean politician and Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
• Jorge González Torres – Founder of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
• Demetrio Sodi – Former congressman and senator.
• Rosario Green – Former Foreign Affairs Minister.
• Augusto H. Álvarez – Architect (Torre Latinoamericana and Mexico City International Airport).
• Rodolfo Barragán Schwarz – Architect
• Isaac Broid Zajman – Architect (Telcel Building).
• Enrique Carral Icaza – Architect (Mexico City International Airport).
• Juan José Díaz Infante Núñez – Architect.
• Carlos Mijares Bracho – Architect.
• J. Francisco Serrano Cacho – Architect

Alumni

Athletics

• Gerardo Torrado - Notable Mexican footballer
• El Hijo del Santo - professional wrestler

Business

• Germán Ahumada Russek - President and CEO of Consorcio ARA.
• Carlos Alazraki - President and CEO of the award-winning Alazraki & Asociados Publicidad agency.
• Emilio Azcarraga Jean - President and Owner of Televisa the most important media network in Latin America.
• Genaro Borrego - vicepresident of FEMSA.
• 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
• Valentín Diez Morodo - Member of the Board Grupo Modelo.
• Carlos Manuel Flores Nuñez - CEO of Grupo Editorial Nomutsa.
• Carlos González Zabalegui - President of Comercial Mexicana.
• Carlos Guzmán Bofill - CEO of Hewlett-Packard México.
• Roberto Hernández Ramírez - President of Banamex and Member of the Board of Citibank.
• Fernando Landeros Verdugo - CEO of Fundación Teletón.
• Marcos Martínez Gavica - CEO of Grupo Santander.
• Manuel Medina Mora Escalante - CEO of Grupo Financiero Banamex and Citi Latinamerica.
• Bruno José Newman Flores - CEO of Grupo Zimat.
• Luis Orvañanos Lascurain - president and CEO of Grupo GEO.
• Luis Peña Kegel - President and CEO of HSBC México.
• Daniel Servitje - President and CEO of Bimbo.
• Alejandro Soberón Kuri - President and CEO of CIE.
• Olegario Vázquez Aldir - CEO of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles and son of Olegario Vázquez Raña. His group owns Hospitales Ángeles, the Excelsior Newspaper, Camino Real Hotels.

Film

• Guillermo Arriaga - Film screenwriter, Novelist, and Director (Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel).
• Daniel Birman Ripstein - Film Producer (El Crimen del Padre Amaro, El callejón de los milagros and other films).
• Alejandro González Iñárritu - Filmmaker (Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel).
• Salma Hayek - Mexican famous actress.
• Alejandro Lozano - Film Director (Matando Cabos).
• Emmanuel Lubezki - Cinematographer (The Birdcage, Reality Bites, Sleepy Hollow, Children of Men and other Films).
• Arturo Ripstein - Film Director and Producer (El callejón de los milagros and Directing Principio y Fin).
• Antonio Serrano - Film director/screenwriter (Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas).

History, philosophy, literature, art and architecture

• Mauricio Beuchot - Philosopher, poet and Dominican friar.
• Isaac Broid Zajman - Mexican Architect
• Clara de Buen Richkarday - Mexican Architect
• Pedro Friedeberg - Mexican Painter.
• David Miklos - Novelist.
• Enrique Norten - Mexican Architect.
• Aurelio Nuño Morales - Mexican Architect.
• Isabel Rico De Garcia - Curator/Art Historian (Instituto Cultural De Mexico).
• Michel Rojkind - Mexican Architect and former musician of Russian descent.
• J. Francisco Serrano Cacho - Architect.
• Ignacio Padilla - Writer

Politics

• 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 Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
• Vicente Fox Quesada - Former President of Mexico (2000–2006).
• Cecilia Landerreche - Director of the DIF
• Gustavo Madero Muñoz - Senator
• Juan Carlos Natale - Congressist
• Juan Sabines Guerrero - Governor of Chiapas
• Demetrio Sodi - Politician
• Josefina Vázquez Mota - Congressist

Television and mass media

• Javier Aceves (Baxter) - Radio DJ.
• Brooke Baldwin - CNN anchor.
• Héctor Aguilar Camín - Mexican writer, journalist and historian.
• Gabriela Hill - Host of Poker After Dark (Full Tilt Poker en la noche) in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
• Jorge Ramos - Journalist

See also

• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
• List of alumni of Jesuit educational institutions

References

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External links

• Official website