Universidad Iberoamericana
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The Ibero-American University (in Spanish: Universidad Iberoamericana) is a private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus. Its biggest campus is located in Mexico City (Campus Ciudad de México, formerly Campus Santa Fe). Other campus are located in León, Torreón, Puebla and Tijuana. Its motto is La verdad nos hará libres ("The truth will set us free").
Its current rector is Jose Morales Orozco, S. J.
The main library, Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavijero holds more than 250,000 books and journals. Currently it is the largest library of a private university in Mexico.
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[edit] Undergraduate Majors (Licenciaturas) in Campus Ciudad de México
Undergraduate Majors offered, arranged by departments:
Art Department
- Art History
Religious Sciences Department
- Theological Sciences
Social and Political Sciences Department
- Political Science and Public Administration
Economics Department
- Economics
Philosophy Department
- Philosophy
History Department
- History
Literature Department
- Latin-American Literature
Management and Public Accounting Department
- Business Management
- Hospitality Management
- Accounting and Business Management
- International Business Management
- Finances
- Human Resources
- Marketing
Architecture Department
- Architecture
Communications Department
- Communications
Law Department
- Law
Design Department Departamento de Diseño UIA Campus Ciudad de México.
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Interactive Design
- Textile Design
International Studies Department
- International Relations
Physics and Math Department
Engineering Department
- Biomedic Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computing and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Physics Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanic and Electric Engineering
- Mechatronic and Production Engineering
- Information Systems Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering
Chemical Engineering and Sciences Department
- Chemical Engineering
- Food Engineering
Psychology Department
- Psychology
Health Department
- Nutrition and Food Science
[edit] Famous alumni
See also: UIA alumni (category)
- Guillermo Arriaga - Film screenwriter (Amores Perros).
- Alejandro González Iñárritu - Filmmaker (Amores Perros).
- Diego Fernández de Cevallos - Mexican senator.
- Vicente Fox - President of Mexico.
- Antonio Serrano - Film director/screenwriter (Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas).
- Héctor Aguilar Camín - Mexican writer, journalist and historian.
- Salma Hayek - Mexican actress
- Mauricio Terrones Maldonado - Recognized scientist working for UIA and IPICyT.
- Enrique Norten - Mexican architect
[edit] Famous faculty
- See also UIA faculty (category)
- Luis E. Miramontes – Chemist, inventor of the first oral contraceptive
- Guillermo Arriaga – Screenwriter of Amores perros
- 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
- Edith Serrano – Ex-VJ of MTV Latino America and Journalist
- Demetrio Sodi – Politician
- Rosario Green – Foreign Affairs Minister
[edit] See also
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (or Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara).
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
- List of alumni of Jesuit educational institutions.
