Universidad Panamericana

Universidad Panamericana, known in English as Panamerican University and by the abbreviation UP, is a private Roman Catholic research university founded in Mexico City, and it is placed in the 701-710 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.泛美大学，英文作「Panamerican University」，简称 UP，是一所创办于墨西哥城的私立天主教研究型大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 701-710 区间。

Its origin lies in a business institute founded in 1967 by a group of Catholic businessmen and academics, and the university itself took shape in 1968, later expanding to four campuses in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes.其源头是 1967 年由一批天主教商界人士与学者创办的商学院，大学本身于 1968 年成形，此后扩展至墨西哥城、瓜达拉哈拉与阿瓜斯卡连特斯四座校区。

Its motto is Ubi spiritus, libertas, meaning where the spirit is, there is freedom, and its OpenAlex record lists 5,664 research works and 68,015 citations.其校训为「Ubi spiritus，libertas（有精神之处即有自由）」，其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 5,664 项、被引 68,015 次。

History

• The university traces its beginning to 1967, when a group of wealthy and devout Catholic businessmen and academics founded the Panamerican Institute for Executive Business Management, known by the abbreviation IPADE.该校的历史始于 1967 年，当时一批富有而虔诚的天主教商界人士与学者创办了泛美高级企业管理研究所，简称 IPADE。

• Those founders were inspired by the University of Navarra and the University of Salamanca in Spain, institutions associated with the Catholic spirit of the era.这些创办人受到西班牙纳瓦拉大学与萨拉曼卡大学的启发，这两所院校与当时的天主教精神相联系。

• In 1968 the Panamerican Institute of Humanities was founded, and it merged with IPADE to form the Panamerican University.1968 年，泛美人文学研究所成立，并与 IPADE 合并组成了泛美大学。

• All of this was carried out under the spiritual direction of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church, which continues to guide the institution's character.上述工作均在天主教会的自治团体主业会的灵性指导下进行，主业会至今仍影响该校的品格塑造。

• Carlos Llano Cifuentes, a Mexican philosopher connected with Opus Dei, is often named the father of the university for his role in conceiving the institute.与主业会有联系的墨西哥哲学家卡洛斯·利亚诺·西富恩特斯，因在构想这一机构中的作用而常被称为该校之父。

• In 1978 the Institute of Humanities was granted university rank and took the name Universidad Panamericana, even though both founding institutes had conceived of knowledge as unitary from the outset.1978 年，人文学研究所获授大学地位并定名为泛美大学，尽管两个创办机构从一开始就把知识视为统一的整体。

• The new university began with only two programmes, pedagogy and administration, and law and philosophy were added in 1970.这所新大学最初仅设教育学与管理学两个项目，1970 年增设法律与哲学。

• Economics and business administration followed in 1977, and industrial engineering in 1978, as the institution broadened from its business origins.1977 年增设经济学与工商管理，1978 年增设工业工程，该校由此从商科起源向更广领域拓展。

• The 1980s and 1990s brought further programmes including electromechanical engineering and accountancy in 1981, informatics, marketing and international business, and finance in 1993.1980 与 1990 年代又陆续增设专业，如 1981 年的机电工程与会计学，以及信息学、市场营销、国际商务，并在 1993 年增设金融学。

• Medical education was added in 1996, giving the university a health sciences faculty alongside its business, law and humanities schools.1996 年增设医学教育，使该校在商科、法学与人文学科之外拥有健康科学类的学院。

• The Mixcoac campus in the Benito Juarez borough of south-western Mexico City was the institution's first site, founded in 1968.位于墨西哥城西南贝尼托·华雷斯区的米斯科阿克校区是该校的起点，创立于 1968 年。

• The Guadalajara campus was established in 1981 and the Aguascalientes campus in 1989, extending the university into western and central Mexico.瓜达拉哈拉校区设于 1981 年，阿瓜斯卡连特斯校区设于 1989 年，把该校扩展到墨西哥西部与中部。

• Campus Santa Fe, also in Mexico City, was founded in 2011 and added a fourth site with a modern urban setting.同为墨西哥城内的圣塔菲校区创立于 2011 年，为其增添了第四处现代城市型校区。

• The university also runs the Panamerican University Preparatory School, a high school with two separate campuses for boys and girls known as Yaocalli.该校还开办泛美大学附属中学，这所中学设有分别面向男女生的两个校区，名为姚卡利。

• The institution grew alongside Mexico's modern private higher education sector, competing with older Catholic universities while maintaining its Opus Dei connection.该校与墨西哥现代私立高等教育同步成长，在保持主业会联系的同时，与历史更久的天主教大学形成竞争。

• By the 2020s the university offered 42 undergraduate programmes, known as licenciaturas and ingenierias, together with 120 graduate programmes.到 2020 年代，该校开设 42 个本科项目与 120 个研究生项目。

• The university's coat of arms combines a red square and a blue band on a golden field on the left, drawn from the arms used by Christopher Columbus, with an oak on the right symbolising strength and the cardinal virtues.其校徽左侧为金色底上的红色方块与蓝色条带，取自哥伦布所用的纹章，右侧为一棵橡树，象征力量与四枢德。

• A distinctive feature of the university's history is its family of short one-year speciality programmes, which sit between undergraduate study and a two-year master's degree.该校历史上有别于他校的特色之一，是介于本科与两年制硕士之间的一年制专门课程体系。

• In 1981 the Guadalajara campus opened and accountancy was introduced, the first of a series of expansions that carried the university into other Mexican states during the 1980s.1981 年，瓜达拉哈拉校区开办并增设会计学，这是该校在 1980 年代进入墨西哥其他州的一系列扩张的第一步。

• Its growth tracked the expansion of Mexico's private higher education market after 1968, when Catholic and secular private institutions multiplied across the country.其成长与 1968 年以后墨西哥私立高等教育市场的扩张同步，当时天主教与世俗私立院校在全国大量涌现。

Academics

• The university is organised into five schools and three faculties, covering institutions administration, health sciences, economic and administrative sciences, communication, engineering, law, philosophy and pedagogy.该校设五个学院与三个系，涵盖机构管理、健康科学、经济与管理科学、传播学、工程学、法学、哲学与教育学。

• It offers 42 undergraduate programmes and about 120 graduate programmes, including the one-year speciality qualifications for which it is widely known in Mexico.该校开设 42 个本科项目与约 120 个研究生项目，其中包括在墨西哥广为人知的一年制专业资格证书课程。

• The engineering faculty is accredited by ABET, the United States-based Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, giving its degrees international recognition.其工程学院获美国工程与技术认证委员会（ABET）认证，其学位因此获得国际承认。

• Programmes are also evaluated by CENEVAL, the national higher education assessment centre, and medical graduates sit the ENARM national residency examination.其课程还接受墨西哥国家高等教育评估中心（CENEVAL）的评估，医学毕业生须参加 ENARM 全国住院医师考试。

• The university maintains exchange agreements with universities in Spain, the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and China.该校与西班牙、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、德国、法国、英国与中国的多所大学保持交换协议。

• Named exchange partners include the University of Navarra, the University of Westminster, the University of Exeter, the Universite de Montreal and Dalhousie University.具名的交换伙伴包括纳瓦拉大学、威斯敏斯特大学、埃克塞特大学、蒙特利尔大学与达尔豪西大学。

• Further partners include Bond University in Australia, the University of Lethbridge in Canada, the Fachhochschule Schmalkalden in Germany and Shanghai Normal University in China.其他伙伴还包括澳大利亚邦德大学、加拿大莱斯布里奇大学、德国施马卡尔登应用技术大学以及中国上海师范大学。

• An Opus Dei spiritual direction shapes the curriculum, and the institution presents its education as combining professional competence with formation of the human spirit.主业会的灵性指导影响其课程设置，学校把教育表述为专业能力与人的精神修养的结合。

• Research output recorded by OpenAlex stands at 5,664 works and 68,015 citations, giving a high average citation rate for a comparatively small university.OpenAlex 记录其研究成果 5,664 项、被引 68,015 次，对一所规模较小的大学而言篇均被引较高。

• The business and economics faculties draw on the institution's IPADE inheritance, and its programmes in business administration and finance are among its best known.其商科与经济类学院承袭了 IPADE 的办学传统，工商管理与金融类项目是其最知名的方向之一。

• Law and philosophy have been taught since 1970 and are supported by a faculty of philosophy with a strong humanistic orientation.法学与哲学自 1970 年起开设，并由取向人文的哲学系提供支撑。

• Medical education, added in 1996, is taught with clinical placements in Mexican hospitals and prepares graduates for the national residency examination.1996 年增设的医学教育配合墨西哥医院的临床实习，为毕业生参加全国住院医师考试做准备。

• The university awards honorary doctorates, including one to the American economist Kim B. Clark, reflecting its links with international academic institutions.该校授予名誉博士学位，其中包括授予美国经济学家金·B·克拉克，体现其与国际学术机构的联系。

• The preparatory school extends the institution's educational model to secondary level, teaching the same principles as the university.其附属中学把学校的教育模式延伸到中等教育阶段，与大学秉持相同的办学原则。

• The university awards the licenciatura and ingenieria as its principal first degrees, following the Mexican system of professional undergraduate qualifications.该校以「licenciatura」与「ingenieria」作为主要的第一个学位，遵循墨西哥的专业化学位本科体系。

• The school of communication trains journalists and media professionals, and the law faculty prepares students for practice at the Mexican bar.其传播学院培养记者与媒体从业者，法学院则为学生进入墨西哥律师界执业做准备。

• Postgraduate provision includes specialised diplomas, master's degrees and doctorates in law, philosophy, education and administration, alongside the one-year speciality certificates.其研究生教育包括法律、哲学、教育与管理领域的专业文凭、硕士与博士，以及一年制专业资格证书。

• The philosophy faculty supports the university's humanistic core by teaching ethics and anthropology across the professional schools.其哲学系通过在专业学院开设伦理学与人类学课程，支撑学校的人文内核。

• The school of health sciences coordinates the medical programme added in 1996 and organises clinical placements in Mexican hospitals for its students.其健康科学学院统筹 1996 年增设的医学项目，并为学生安排墨西哥医院的临床实习。

Campus

• The university's main campus at Mixcoac lies in the Benito Juarez borough of south-western Mexico City, and its geographic coordinates are about 19.42847 north and 99.12766 west.其米斯科阿克主校区位于墨西哥城西南的贝尼托·华雷斯区，地理坐标约为北纬 19.42847 度、西经 99.12766 度。

• Campus Santa Fe, founded in 2011, places a second Mexico City site in the city's modern business district on the western edge of the capital.2011 年创立的圣塔菲校区，把第二个墨西哥城校区设于首都西缘的现代商务区。

• The Guadalajara campus, established in 1981, serves Mexico's second largest city in the state of Jalisco.1981 年设立的瓜达拉哈拉校区服务于哈利斯科州、墨西哥第二大城市。

• The Aguascalientes campus, opened in 1989, extends the university's presence into the Bajio region of central Mexico.1989 年启用的阿瓜斯卡连特斯校区把该校的布局延伸到墨西哥中部的巴希奥地区。

• Campus facilities include lecture halls, engineering and health science laboratories, libraries and chapel space appropriate to a Catholic institution.校园设施包括讲堂、工程与健康科学实验室、图书馆，以及符合天主教院校特点的礼拜空间。

• The preparatory school has two separate campuses for boys and girls, one of them known as Yaocalli, reflecting the university's single-sex tradition in secondary education.其附属中学设有分别面向男女生、名为姚卡利的两个校区，体现该校在中等教育阶段的单性别传统。

• Because the campuses are urban rather than enclosed residential sites, students live across Mexico City, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes and commute to classes.由于各校区为城市型而非封闭寄宿式，学生在墨西哥城、瓜达拉哈拉与阿瓜斯卡连特斯各地居住并通勤上课。

• Mixcoac, the original site, remains the institutional centre where the rectorate and the older faculties are based.作为最初的校址，米斯科阿克仍是该校的机构中心，校长办公机构与历史较久的学院设于此。

• The university's four campuses give it a footprint across three Mexican cities, unusual among private Catholic universities in the country.四座校区使该校布局横跨墨西哥三座城市，这在墨西哥私立天主教大学中并不常见。

• The Mixcoac campus is served by the Mexico City metro and sits within the commercial and residential fabric of the capital's south-west.米斯科阿克校区有墨西哥城地铁可达，处于首都西南部的商业与居住街区之中。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Universidad Panamericana is placed in the 701-710 band, according to the official ranking table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，泛美大学处于 701-710 区间。此排名以官方榜单为准。^[1]

• It has been ranked fourth among Mexican universities and second among private universities in Mexico by QS World University Rankings.在 QS 世界大学排名中，该校曾位列墨西哥高校第四、私立大学第二。

• Times Higher Education has placed it fifteenth among Mexican universities, and in the 2027 world table it appears in the 2001 and above band.泰晤士高等教育曾将其列为墨西哥高校第 15；在 2027 年世界榜中，它处于 2001 及以后区间。

• The university does not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities or in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未进入 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名，也未列入软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名。

• OpenAlex attributes 5,664 works and 68,015 citations to the institution, concentrated in business, law, engineering and the health sciences.OpenAlex 记录该校 5,664 项成果与 68,015 次被引，集中在商科、法学、工程与健康科学领域。

• Its engineering degrees carry ABET accreditation, an international mark that distinguishes its programmes from many Mexican private universities.其工程学位持有 ABET 认证，这一国际标志使其项目有别于墨西哥许多私立大学。

• The university is regarded as one of Mexico's more prestigious private institutions, alongside other Catholic private universities in the country.该校被视为墨西哥较有声望的私立院校之一，与该国其他天主教私立大学并列。

• Among comparable private institutions are the Iberoamericana University and the Anahuac University, both of which also serve the country's Catholic higher education market.与其可比的私立院校包括伊比利亚美洲大学与阿纳瓦克大学，二者同样服务墨西哥的天主教高等教育市场。

• Its reputation rests chiefly on business, law and medicine, fields in which its graduates reach senior positions in Mexican finance, politics and industry.其声誉主要建立在商科、法学与医学之上，其毕业生在这些领域跻身墨西哥金融、政治与产业界的高层。

• That standing is reinforced by ABET-accredited engineering degrees and by a medical programme whose graduates sit the national residency examination.这一地位因 ABET 认证的工程学位以及其医学项目毕业生参加全国住院医师考试而得到强化。

• QS has placed the university fourth nationally and second among Mexican private universities, making it the country's leading Opus Dei institution.QS 曾把该校列为全国第四、墨西哥私立大学第二，使其成为该国领先的主业会背景院校。

Student life

• The university's motto, Ubi spiritus, libertas, expresses its educational ideal of freedom rooted in the cultivation of the human spirit.其校训「Ubi spiritus，libertas」表达了以人的精神培养为根基的自由理念。

• As a Catholic institution under the spiritual direction of Opus Dei, the university emphasises spiritual formation alongside academic study.作为受主业会灵性指导的天主教院校，该校在学术学习之外强调灵性培养。

• Students are drawn largely from Mexico's private school system, and the university's four campuses serve different regions of the country.其学生主要来自墨西哥的私立中学体系，四座校区服务该国不同地区。

• Student activities are organised through the schools and faculties, with societies in business, law, engineering, communication and health sciences.学生活动以学院为单位组织，设有商科、法学、工程、传播与健康科学等社团。

• The university's preparatory school maintains separate campuses for boys and for girls, reflecting a tradition of single-sex secondary education that continues into the present.其附属中学维持男女生分校，反映延续至今的单性别中等教育传统。

• Chapel life and pastoral activities form part of campus routine, in keeping with the institution's religious character and its Opus Dei affiliation.礼拜与牧灵活动是校园日常的一部分，与该校的宗教属性及主业会隶属关系相符。

• Because the campuses are urban, students participate in the cultural life of Mexico City, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes around their studies.由于校区地处城市，学生在学业之外参与墨西哥城、瓜达拉哈拉与阿瓜斯连特斯的文化生活。

• Alumni networks in finance, law and public administration connect graduates across Mexico and are used for recruitment and mentoring.其金融、法学与公共管理领域的校友网络把墨西哥各地的毕业生联系起来，并用于招聘与职业指导。

• Pastoral and cultural activities form part of the calendar, including lectures, retreats and service programmes consistent with the university's Catholic identity.牧灵与文化活动构成其学年日程的一部分，包括讲座、避静与符合其天主教身份的公益服务项目。

• The campuses host conferences and seminars with business and political figures, connecting students to Mexican public life and to the professional networks of the capital.各校区举办与企业界和政治人物相关的会议与研讨，把学生与墨西哥公共生活及首都的专业网络相连接。

• Among notable faculty are the jurist Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano, a former minister of the Mexican Supreme Court, and the philosopher Hector Zagal.其知名教师包括曾任墨西哥最高法院大法官的法学家塞尔吉奥·萨尔瓦多·阿吉雷·安吉亚诺与哲学家埃克托尔·萨加尔。

Notable people

• Carlos Llano Cifuentes, the Mexican philosopher credited with conceiving the institution, is often described as the father of the university.被认为构想出这一机构的墨西哥哲学家卡洛斯·利亚诺·西富恩特斯，常被称为该校之父。

• Enrique Pena Nieto, who graduated in law in 1991, served as the fifty-seventh President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018.1991 年法学毕业的恩里克·培尼亚·涅托，于 2012 年至 2018 年担任墨西哥第五十七任总统。

• Cesar Nava Vazquez, a 1997 law graduate, served as president of the National Action Party and as private secretary to President Felipe Calderon.1997 年法学毕业生塞萨尔·纳瓦·巴斯克斯曾任国家行动党主席，并担任总统费利佩·卡尔德龙的私人秘书。

• Kenia Lopez Rabadan, who took a master's degree in public policy in 2012, has served as a senator for the National Action Party.2012 年获公共政策硕士学位的凯尼亚·洛佩斯·拉巴丹，曾作为国家行动党成员担任参议员。

• Miguel Alejandro Alonso Reyes, a law graduate of 1998, was governor of Zacatecas from 2010 to 2016, and Martin Orozco Sandoval governed Aguascalientes from 2016 to 2022.1998 年法学毕业生米格尔·亚历杭德罗·阿隆索·雷耶斯于 2010 年至 2016 年任萨卡特卡斯州州长，马丁·奥罗斯科·桑多瓦尔则于 2016 年至 2022 年任阿瓜斯卡连特斯州州长。

• Jesus Pablo Lemus Navarro, who took a master's degree in 2012, became mayor of Guadalajara in 2021.2012 年获硕士学位的赫苏斯·巴勃罗·莱穆斯·纳瓦罗于 2021 年出任瓜达拉哈拉市长。

• Marcos Martinez Gavica, an MBA graduate of 1995, has chaired the Mexican Stock Exchange since 2020 and previously led Santander Mexico.1995 年工商管理硕士毕业生马科斯·马丁内斯·加维卡自 2020 年起担任墨西哥证券交易所主席，此前曾执掌桑坦德墨西哥银行。

• Daniel Becker Feldman, an MBA graduate of 1993, is chief executive of the Mifel financial group and has chaired the Mexican Association of Banks.1993 年工商管理硕士毕业生丹尼尔·贝克尔·费尔德曼是米费尔金融集团的首席执行官，并曾任墨西哥银行协会主席。

• Among its notable faculty are the philosopher Hector Zagal and the jurist Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano, a former minister of the Mexican Supreme Court.其知名教师包括哲学家埃克托尔·萨加尔，以及曾任墨西哥最高法院大法官的法学家塞尔吉奥·萨尔瓦多·阿吉雷·安吉亚诺。

• Juan Ignacio Gallardo Thurlow, an MBA graduate of 1985, sits on the boards of Santander, Bombardier and other companies and took part in the NAFTA business negotiations.1985 年工商管理硕士毕业生胡安·伊格纳西奥·加拉多·图尔洛，任桑坦德、庞巴迪等公司董事，并参与了北美自由贸易协定的商业谈判。