Carolina Gomez Mena
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, January 24, 2026, p. 11
When presenting his fourth annual activity report, Dr. Luis Arriaga Valenzuela, rector of the Ibero-American University (Ibero) highlighted that in the face of the accelerated technological transformation and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in university education, Ibero has placed emphasis on ethics, the humanities and the social impact of this technology.
He noted that the university has developed an institutional pedagogical strategy for the use of AI, its own ecosystem for responsible adoption of this technology and the consolidation of the IDEA CoLaboratory (CoLab IDEA), which is emerging as a space for educational innovation and new teaching methodologies.
Likewise, in 2025, Ibero had a community of 160 members of the National System of Researchers (SNII) and strengthened its applied research on key topics of inequality, democracy, human rights, health and the environment, through the work of its institutes, centers, legal clinics and observatories.
The report breaks down that the CoLab IDEA is a project in development that seeks to be a space for educational innovation. In 2025, Ibero worked on its pedagogical and conceptual foundation, at the same time as advancing the physical construction of the infrastructure that will house this space.
This is an “immersive learning ecosystem, which brings together cutting-edge technologies and active methodologies to enrich the educational experience.
It is made up of a virtual and augmented reality room, audio and video booths, a Maker Space and One Button Studio booths, where students and teachers can experiment with virtual reality, holography and other tools for the autonomous creation of multimedia content.
Strengthen scholarship system
Arriaga Valenzuela also spoke of the strengthening of scholarship and financial support schemes that benefit 33 percent of the student body, and of a sustained investment in academic and technological infrastructure.
Before the university senate and the Ibero community, he gave an account of the progress made during his first four-year period at the head of the university, recently renewed for two more years.
He highlighted the emphasis that has been placed on “comprehensive training of excellence, social impact, international projection, Ignatian identity and institutional sustainability.”
