Of those who studied at public universities, 78% were trained in UNAM classrooms; 7% at the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM), 7% at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and 7% at the College of Mexico (Colmex).
Sheinbaum, the first future president of Mexico, studied a bachelor’s degree in Physics, then her master’s degree in Energy Engineering and in 1989, she was the first woman to study a PhD in Energy Engineering at UNAM.
And just like the person who will be their boss, the members of the cabinet were trained at UNAM and are: Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Alicia Barcena, Luz Elena Gonzalez, Jesus Esteva Medina, Raquel Buenrostro, David Kersenobich, Rosaura Ruiz Gonzalez, Marath Bolanos and Claudia Curiel de Icaza.
Other members who were trained in public schools, but not at UNAM are Julio Berdegue, who did it at the National Polytechnic Institute, Edna Elena Vega, who studied at the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAEM) and Marcelo Ebrardwho studied at the Colegio de México.
While those who studied in private institutions did so at the Ibero-American University of Puebla, the Intercontinental University, the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and the Carlos Septién García School of Journalism.
Xóchitl Pimienta, dean of the Mexico City Region of the School of Social Sciences and Government of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, explains that just as UNAM has trained great researchers, it has also trained several public officials.
“UNAM has been the training ground for great researchers, great politicians, great legislators, jurists, in other words, it has been the cradle of great thinkers and great personalities of this country,” he emphasizes.
