Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)

LMU and JRS will collaborate on leadership training and development for JRS leaders working in complex refugee and displacement contexts

While we can look to the past with gratitude for all that has been accomplished in the history of each of your educational institutions, we are also well aware of the multitude of challenges facing humanity today. Indeed, our time has called an age of epochal change. Societies are becoming even more secularized, with many seeking to push any mention of God out of the public sphere and beyond popular culture.

On June 8th and 9th, 2026, the Jesuit University of Abidjan (UJA), through the Center for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP), organized an international symposium in its amphitheater around the theme: "Elections, stability and peace: A comparative look at the state and role of the democratic process in Africa."

Two faculty members from Xavier Institute of Engineering (XIE) are spending 45 days at Kosyam Jesuit University in Burkina Faso. Throughout this trip, the professors will teach a course on Cybersecurity, with an ultimate goal of strengthening global academic collaboration.

On June 4th, IQS inaugurated INNOHUB IQS, a strategic project that puts the institution and the city of Barcelona on the map of European excellence in Industry 5.0. The event, held in the center's auditorium before nearly 300 attendees, brought together the Honorable Albert Dalmau Miranda, Minister of the Presidency of the Generalitat of Catalonia; Dr. Vicenç Pedret, President of the IQS Board of Trustees; Dr. Salvador Borrós, Director General of IQS; Kathy Looman, Executive Director of the Gene Haas Foundation; Dr. Carles Pérez Testor, Rector of Ramon Llull University; and Fr. Pau Vidal, SJ, delegate of the Jesuits of Catalonia, who blessed the facilities.

Since its launch in 2017, the GEL programme has reached 32,000 learners across 100 centers in more than 30 countries. Cambridge University has supported the program through teacher training initiatives and the creation of learning materials and exams, with over 30,000 Cambridge English tests taken to date.