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El Colegio Nacional to discuss the future of higher education in Mexico
El Colegio Nacional will host a meeting on higher education in Mexico from November 3 to 7, 2026.
The event will take place at its Mexico City headquarters, with free admission and remote access.
The meeting marks 475 years since the university began in the Americas and is titled “Higher Education in a Changing World.”
Its programme includes 10 discussion sessions and a concert, bringing together 49 specialists.
Speakers say universities must do more than prepare people for jobs: they should support independent thinking, creativity and service to society.
The discussions will examine how universities can keep their role as forces for change as knowledge and society change quickly.
The event is scheduled to take place over five days in November.
El Colegio Nacional will hold a five-day meeting on the future of higher education in Mexico from November 3 to 7, 2026.
The XI Encuentro Libertad por el Saber is titled “Higher Education in a Changing World.”
The event will include 10 interdisciplinary discussion sessions and a concert, with 49 specialists taking part.
It will be free to attend at the institution’s Mexico City venue and will also be streamed remotely.
At the announcement, José Sarukhán argued that higher education should foster independent thinking and creativity, not only prepare students for jobs.
- Who
- El Colegio Nacional is convening the meeting, with 49 specialists participating.
- What
- The XI Encuentro Libertad por el Saber will examine higher education in a changing world.
- When
- November 3–7, 2026.
- Where
- El Colegio Nacional, Donceles 104, in Mexico City’s Centro Histórico; the event will also be streamed remotely.
- Why
- It is being held amid the commemoration of 475 years since the origin of the university in the Americas and will consider how higher education should respond to change.
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El Colegio Nacional presented the program for the XI Encuentro Libertad por el Saber.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at El Colegio Nacional, with free access and remote transmission.
- Meeting
- XI Encuentro Libertad por el Saber
- Theme
- Higher Education in a Changing World
- Dates
- November 3–7, 2026
- Programme
- 10 interdisciplinary discussion sessions and one concert
- Participants
- 49 specialists: 23 members of El Colegio Nacional and 26 external guests
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However, higher education is much more than that.