Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana

What Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana does

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, A.C. is a private nonprofit university established in 1979 and headquartered in Mexico City's Centro Histórico at Izazaga 92 (with a second academic site at San Jerónimo No. 47). It operates as a civil association under Mexican law and serves roughly 403 employees across undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs in gastronomy and humanities. The institution offers 10 undergraduate degrees (Licenciaturas) — including Comunicación, Derecho, Derechos Humanos y Gestión de Paz, Escritura Creativa y Literatura, Estudios e Historia de las Artes, Estudios y Gestión de la Cultura, Filosofía, Gastronomía, Producción de Espectáculos, and Psicología — and 3 RVOE-accredited master's programs (Maestrías) in Psychoanalytic Studies, Digital Communication and Humanities, and Food and Beverage Business Planning. Its core technology layer is the Claustro Virtual learning management system, supported by a standard Open Journal Systems deployment for the Prolija Memoria academic journal.

The university's revenue model is tuition-driven: undergraduate and graduate programs are essentially subscription/recurring (semester-based) tuition streams, while continuing education (Educación Continua) functions as a professional-services-style line offering short courses, language programs, corporate training, and workshops. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and admissions are handled through a direct sales/marketing process targeting students seeking specialized humanities and gastronomy education in Mexico City. The institution has no external investors, no parent company, and no public listing, and its markets are concentrated in Mexico.

Beyond academics, the university operates an ecosystem of cultural and research sub-brands: Centro Sor Juana (a research center dedicated to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz), Prolija Memoria (peer-reviewed academic journal on virreinal culture), Gato Juglar (cultural diffusion), Radio C (institutional radio), CIGEPAZ (gender equality and peace-building center), CODH (human rights legal consultancy), Biblioteca Sor Juana, and a Tienda Claustro merchandise store. The university is a longstanding sponsor of the Premio de Literatura Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, awarded annually at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara since 1993, reinforcing its positioning as a niche humanistic institution with cultural rather than commercial orientation.

Name

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana

Legal name

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, A.C.

Website

https://elclaustro.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana is a private Mexican nonprofit university in Mexico City offering 10 undergraduate and 3 RVOE-accredited master's programs in gastronomy, humanities, law, and social sciences, plus continuing education to Mexican students and the broader public.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de México

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Undergraduate Education (Licenciaturas): Tuition-based undergraduate degree programs in humanities and gastronomy disciplines including Comunicación, Derecho, Derechos Humanos y Gestión de Paz, Escritura Creativa y Literatura, Estudios e Historia de las Artes, Estudios y Gestión de la Cultura, Filosofía, Gastronomía, Producción de Espectáculos, and Psicología.
2. Graduate Education (Maestrías): Tuition-based master's degree programs including Maestría en Comunicación y Humanidades Digitales, Maestría en Estudios en Psicoanálisis, and Maestría en Planificación y Gestión de Negocios de Alimentos y Bebidas, all with Federal RVOE from SEP.
3. Continuing Education (Educación Continua): Short courses, workshops, certifications, and corporate training programs in gastronomy, humanities, creative writing, languages (English, French, Italian, Nahuatl), and professional development topics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana is a private Mexican university that delivers higher-education degree programs (10 Licenciaturas and 3 Maestrías) and continuing education courses in humanities, gastronomy, law, and social sciences, delivered on its historic Mexico City campuses and via the Claustro Virtual online platform. The institution supplements its academic offerings with cultural diffusion (Centro Sor Juana, Gato Juglar, Radio C, Prolija Memoria journal) and student services including human-rights legal consulting (CODH) and gender-equality advisory (CIGEPAZ).

Product overview

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana is a private Mexican university offering undergraduate (Licenciatura) and graduate (Maestría) degree programs in gastronomy, humanities, law, and social sciences. The institution operates as a platform-plus-services model: its core academic offerings are the undergraduate and master's degree programs, supported by specialized research and cultural units (Centro Sor Juana, Gato Juglar), a learning management system (Claustro Virtual), an academic journal (Prolija Memoria), legal and gender-equity consulting services (CODH and CIGEPAZ), continuing education courses, and university media (Radio C, Biblioteca Sor Juana, Tienda Claustro). The university is particularly recognized for its programs in Gastronomía, Escritura Creativa y Literatura, Derecho, and humanistic disciplines.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CODH: Consultoría de Derechos Humanos y Jurídica - Human rights and legal consultancy service
• CIGEPAZ
• Centro Sor Juana
• Gato Juglar
• Prolija Memoria

Products and services

• Licenciaturas (Undergraduate Degree Programs) Undergraduate degree programs (Licenciatura) in Comunicación, Derecho, Derechos Humanos y Gestión de Paz, Escritura Creativa y Literatura, Estudios e Historia de las Artes, Estudios y Gestión de la Cultura, Filosofía, Gastronomía, Producción de Espectáculos, and Psicología, targeted at Mexican high-school graduates seeking specialized humanities, gastronomy, law, and social-science education.
• Maestrías (Master's Degree Programs) Federally RVOE-recognized graduate degree programs (Maestría) including Maestría en Comunicación y Humanidades Digitales, Maestría en Estudios en Psicoanálisis, and Maestría en Planificación y Gestión de Negocios de Alimentos y Bebidas, targeted at professionals and recent graduates seeking official SEP-recognized graduate credentials in digital humanities, psychoanalysis, and food-and-beverage business management.
• Educación Continua (Continuing Education) Short-format courses, workshops, certifications, and corporate training programs in gastronomy, humanities, creative writing, languages (English, French, Italian, Nahuatl), and professional development topics (e.g., rapid reading, stress management, self-publishing), plus dedicated Capacitación Empresarial corporate training. Offered online and on-campus to adult learners and corporate clients in Mexico.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana sponsors the Premio de Literatura Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz awarded annually during the FIL Guadalajara book fair. This partnership, ongoing since 1993, celebrates women writers in Latin America and honors Sor Juana's intellectual legacy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP): Private Mexican university with humanities, social sciences, and arts programs. Comparable as a private Mexican university competing for similar humanities-focused student segments, though based in Puebla rather than Mexico City.
• Universidad Anáhuac: Large private Mexican university with multiple Mexico campuses, including humanities, communication, and gastronomy programs. Comparable as a private competitor with broader scale and similar program mix in Mexico City.
• Universidad Panamericana: Private Mexican university with multi-campus operations offering humanities, law, business, and gastronomy-related programs. Comparable as a similarly-sized private institution competing for the same humanities-focused student segment in Mexico City.
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM): Private Mexico City university known for focused academic programs and selectivity. Comparable on private, Mexico-City-based, mid-size positioning with graduate and undergraduate programs.
• Universidad Iberoamericana: Private Jesuit university in Mexico City with a strong humanities and social sciences orientation. Directly comparable on Jesuit/humanities positioning, Mexico City base, and similar tuition-based private model.
• El Colegio de México: Public graduate-only institution in Mexico City specializing in humanities and social sciences. Directly comparable for graduate-level humanities offerings and cultural research orientation, though publicly funded rather than private.
• Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE): Public research-and-teaching institution in Mexico City focused on social sciences and humanities at the graduate level. Comparable as a humanities/social-science-focused academic institution whose graduate programs (like El Claustro's Maestrías) compete for similar Mexican postgraduate students.
• Universidad La Salle: Private Mexican university network with humanities, law, and humanities-aligned professional programs. Comparable as a similarly-positioned private institution competing for humanities-oriented Mexican students.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad del Valle de México (UVM): Large for-profit private university network across Mexico with humanities and professional programs. Comparable as a broader private incumbent operating in the same recruiting market for humanities-oriented students.
• Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey): Mexico's largest private university system with extensive humanities, business, and gastronomy programs and significant resources. Comparable as a broader incumbent competing for the same private-university student pool in Mexico, though far larger and more diversified.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/U_ElClaustro
• Facebookfacebook.com/U.ElClaustro
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/universidad-del-claustro-de-sor-juana
• Instagraminstagram.com/u_elclaustro
• TikToktiktok.com/@u_elclaustro

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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