What is the IOHE?

Founded in 1980, the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) was created to respond to the needs of developing international relations, improving the quality of information, and promoting academic collaboration among Higher Education Institutes (HEI) in the Americas. The IOHE is the only university organization that spans the entire continent of the Americas.

The IOHE is a not-for-profit organization whose objectives are primarily educational. This is achieved by: establishing collaboration among universities of the Americas; promoting understanding and mutual support; contributing to the sustainable development of the peoples of the Americas and respecting the free discussion of ideas.

The IOHE is presently comprised of more than
300 institutions and national university associations;
it encompasses  a  student body of five million,
500,000 professors and 600,000 support staff.

Its members, which constitute an exclusive network of partners, are found in twenty-six countries that are divided into nine regions:

• Central America
• Brazil
• Canada
• The Caribbean
• Colombia
• The Southern Cone
• The  United States
• Mexico
• The Andean Countries

The member institutions elect the Board of Directors Members and the Regional Councils by means of their legally-appointed directors.

The General Secretariat offices of the IOHE are located in Quebec and Montreal, Canada.