The National Autonomous University of Mexico is a public research university in Mexico. A portion of Ciudad Universitaria is a UNESCO World Heritage site that was designed and decorated by some of Mexico's best-known architects and painters of the 20th century. The campus also hosted the main events of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. All Mexican Nobel laureates are alumni or faculty of UNAM. UNAM is known for its rigorous admissions, with acceptance rates often under 10%. Its research and education are also globally recognized for their excellence and impact. UNAM was founded, in its modern form, on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a secular alternative to its predecessor, the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. UNAM was also the birthplace of the student movement of 1968.
Álvaro Obregón is a borough in the Mexico City. It contains a large portion of the south-west part of Mexico City. It had a 2020 census population of 759,137 inhabitants and lies at an elevation of 2,319 m. above sea level.
Cuajimalpa de Morelos is a borough in Mexico City. It is located on the west side of the city in the Sierra de las Cruces mountains which separate Mexico City from the State of Mexico. The borough is named after the former rural town of Cuajimalpa, which has since been absorbed by urban sprawl. The borough is home to the Desierto de los Leones National Park, the first declared in Mexico as well as the second largest annual passion play in Mexico City.
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), more commonly known as the International Baccalaureate (IB), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Diploma Programme and the IB Career-related Programme for students aged 15 to 19, the IB Middle Years Programme for students aged 11 to 16, and the IB Primary Years Programme for children aged three to 12. To teach these programmes, schools must be authorized by the International Baccalaureate.
Greengates School is a British-style international school located in the Balcones de San Mateo neighbourhood in Naucalpan, located north-west of Mexico City metropolitan area, in the State of Mexico. As of 2023, it has approximately 1,200 students of some 60 nationalities, derived mainly from the diplomatic and international business communities. During years 10 and 11, students study for the IGCSE examinations, while in their last two years of high school, students prepare for the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
The Edron Academy A.C. is a non-profit school British international school located in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.
Bernardo José Gastélum Izabal was a Mexican physician, politician, and writer.
The Peterson Schools is a private, international, co-educational, non-profit establishment located in Mexico City, Mexico. It has offered the International Baccalaureate Organization Diploma Program since 2004 to students in the last two years of high school.
The Colegio Suizo de México, A.C. is a Swiss-education school with three campuses in Mexico. The Campus México is in Colonia del Valle, Benito Juárez, Mexico City. The Campus Cuernavaca is in Cuernavaca, Morelos. The Campus Querétaro is in Querétaro City, Querétaro. It serves levels maternal to preparatoria.
The Colegio Franco Español is a private school in the San Lorenzo Huipulco colonia in Tlalpan, Mexico City. It covers preschool through high school (preparatoria) levels.
Colegio Monteverde is a private school in Santa Fe, and in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City.
Colegio Franco Inglés A.C. is a private school in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City. It serves levels preschool through high school (preparatoria).
The Colegio Bilingüe Vista Hermosa is a bilingual Spanish-English private school in km. 24.5, Carretera a El Salvador, Fraijanes, Departament of Guatemala. It serves pre-primary through secondary, including high school. The school was established in 1978.
Cristóbal Cobo is a senior education and technology specialist at the World Bank. Previously he was professor and researcher in new and educational technologies, who worked on projects in South America, North America and Europe. He currently is a research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, and associate at the Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, part of the University of Oxford, England. His main theoretical contribution is the concept of “invisible learning,” promoting the idea that learning should be a result of action and interaction, rather than through instruction. He is also a defensor of open access publication, particularly in Latin America.
Colegio Hebreo Maguen David A.C. is a Jewish private school in Lomas de Vista Hermosa, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City. It has offered the International Baccalaureate program since 2000. It teaches maternal through bachillerato. It offers instruction in Spanish, English, and Hebrew.
Colegio Hebreo Monte Sinaí A.C. is a Jewish private school in Colonia Vista Hermosa, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City. It serves preschool through senior high school.
Colegio Hebreo Tarbut is a private Jewish school in Colonia Lomas de Vista Hermosa, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City. The school serves kindergarten through high school. This school applies the IB system and the Why Tarbut which helps students learn real life skills and advance academically and personally.
Colegio Alexander Bain is a private school system in Mexico. Its junior-senior high school program is Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C., located in Tlacopac, San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City. It also operates the Colegio Alexander Bain, a preschool and primary school in Tlacopac; Instituto Alexander Bain (IAB) in Pedregal de San Ángel in Álvaro Obregón, serving preschool and primary school; and the Alexander Bain Irapuato (ABI) school in Irapuato, Guanajuato, serving preschool through junior high school (secundaria).
Josefina Muriel de la Torre was a Mexican writer, historian, researcher, bibliophile, and academic. She specialized in the history of the feminine and religious world of the time of New Spain. She was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic by the government of Spain in 1966.
