Entrusted to the Society of Jesus , over 70 years after its creation, the IBERO is dedicated to the men and women form that Mexico needs. His educational leadership has gone beyond the classroom and has positioned itself as one of the best private universities nationally and internationally. The university was founded in 1943 as a Jesuit institution by the Catholic hierarchy, but with significant aid of the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Rodolfo Brito Foucher. Brito Foucher, a lawyer and head of UNAM's law faculty before becoming rector, was of the opinion that this was not counter to the Constitution of 1917's prohibition of Catholic involvement in education, since the article did not specify higher education but only primary and secondary.