Monterrey
Mexico is rapidly consolidating its position as one of the leading innovation hubs in Latin America, standing alongside the United States as a strategic platform for life sciences development. Through our partnership in Monterrey with the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), BBI Cambridge strengthens its commitment to supporting Mexico’s growing role in global innovation by fostering advanced training, translational capabilities, and high-value knowledge exchange. This collaboration recognises Mexico as an emerging centre of scientific talent, entrepreneurship, and international competitiveness.
Our presence in Mexico enables us to build meaningful bridges between Latin America and Europe, creating new pathways for innovation, research collaboration, and talent development across regions. By integrating BBI Cambridge’s academic expertise with the strong industrial and scientific ecosystem of Monterrey and broader Mexico, we are expanding opportunities for professionals, companies, and institutions to connect with leading European networks. This partnership reinforces our mission to support the development of impactful innovation across Mexico, LATAM, and beyond.
Through executive education programmes, we equip professionals with the skills and insights needed to drive innovation in the life sciences. We actively promote both local and international initiatives, creating opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange. By engaging with private and public ecosystem partners, including industry, academia, and government, we aim to accelerate innovation, foster entrepreneurship, and strengthen the region’s capacity to translate ideas into impactful solutions.
Cross-Border Executive Education
Based in Mexico, BBI Cambridge offers cross-border executive education programmes designed to provide professionals with global perspectives, best practices, and actionable insights in the life sciences sector. Our online courses combine interactive learning with real-world case studies, enabling participants to explore and apply leading practices from Europe and other international markets.
These programmes are designed to foster strategic thinking, innovation, and leadership, equipping participants with the tools to translate knowledge into tangible impact within their organisations. By engaging with international examples and complex challenges, participants gain the confidence and insight to navigate a fast-evolving global landscape.
A distinctive feature of our executive education is the opportunity to build lasting relationships with peers, industry experts, and European thought leaders. Through collaborative projects, discussions, and networking opportunities, participants strengthen their international connections, creating bridges that extend well beyond Mexico and fostering long-term collaboration and cross-border innovation.
Promoting talent worldwide
As an academic institution specialised in healthcare, we focus on the international development of professionals across healthcare, biotechnology, and the broader life sciences and scientific business community. Our executive education programmes are designed to equip leaders with the skills, knowledge, and networks needed to drive innovation, foster collaboration, and build lasting global connections, enabling participants to make a meaningful impact in a rapidly evolving scientific and business landscape.
Mexico Panel of Lecturers and Teaching Staff
The Mexico Programmes are taught by a panel of experienced lecturers, who have worked in the Healthcare, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical industry and have the practical experience of commercialising technology and innovation in the major markets.
The Mexico team will also draw on the Barcelona and Cambridge lecturers for some of the teaching and will teach a broader remit across borders about the whole healthcare sector. The Mexico Campus will have its own wellbeing officer to support students' needs during their courses.
Strategic Partnership
The BBI is into a Strategic Partnership with the AstraZeneca Mexico's Innovation Health Hub as Advisors
The Health Innovation Hub in Mexico drives and promotes the convergence of actors within the health ecosystem to improve the quality of life of patients through early prevention, diagnosis and treatment with new technologies and disruptive processes.
It is an initiative of AstraZeneca Mexico and A.Catalyst Network, AstraZeneca's interconnected network, which seeks to work hand in hand with startups that have technological and innovative solutions to solve some of the current and future challenges that primary care faces. in the health system in the country.
The Hub's primary mission is to improve patient care, follow-up and care through the use of innovative technologies, while creating a significant impact on their lives.
With the active support of key international partners
Key international partners, such governmental organisations, bioindustry associations, companies and trade bodies, enable the Biotechnology Business Institute extend its global reach from Barcelona, Cambridge, Mexico and beyond.
Instituto de Biotecnología de la FCB - BBI MEXICO
Instituto de Biotecnología de la FCB
Av. Manuel L. Barragán, Niños Héroes, Sin Nombre
Col 20, 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
contact email: juan.garcia@bbicambridge.com
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FAQs
Here are some of the most frequent questions from our candidates
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question_answerAbout the BBI What are the objectives of the BBI's MBA Programmes?
Our complementary MBA programmes in Biotechnology and in Life Sciences enable scientists to enter this growing industrial sector each year. We help our students develop a clear vision of their career progression into future leadership roles. By using the new skills and practical experiences from our courses, our alumni go on to join the some of the most notable institutions, companies and national healthcare systems with international reputations.
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question_answerAbout the BBI Where are the BBI Campuses?
With a presence in two of the main innovation centres in Europe, Barcelona, and Cambridge, and the second largest market in the pharmaceutical industry in Latin America our students can choose which campus will best meet their needs.
As the International BBI headquarters, the Barcelona Campus is focused on drug discovery, built on a track record since 2013 delivering management programmes for scientists wanting to develop their careers in the global pharma & biotechnology industry.
The European headquarters, our Cambridge Campus, has a broader remit across the entire Life Science sector. At Cambridge, UK, our students can realise their objective of establishing a global network of contacts in the broader spectrum of commercial opportunities in Life Sciences.
BBI Mexico connects the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in Latin America with the major innovation hubs in Europe and the United States. It is the educational centre of reference in healthcare contributing to the development of national talent and the growth of national innovation promoting global transactions.
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question_answerAbout the BBI What is different about the BBI Business School?
The Biotechnology Business Institute (BBI) is an international business school focused on training a new generation of scientific managers and executives to prepare for their future careers. The BBI facilitates early-stage business development activities in partnership with the many stakeholders in the biotechnology sector and the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. A core focus is on new drug development to treat unmet medical need but also with broadening interests across the Life Sciences sector.
The Biotechnology Business Institute was founded to develop the next generation of talent in the international Life Sciences sector for scientists seeking to advance their careers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. We are committed to becoming a leading international academic institution in the management of Life Sciences, through enabling the career development of a new wave of global business leaders driving disruptive change throughout the ecosystem.
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question_answerThe BBI Experience What is the practical patent study case method?
Thanks to our unique educational agreement with three of the main research centres in Barcelona our model, based on a practical patent filings, that allows our students to have an intensive full-time experience to achieve a global understanding of commercial decision-making processes.
Discussions with principal researchers and innovation managers who are planning on developing new drugs make this experience very interactive and with the academic co-ordination and the board of lectures further discussion are continued during the practical classes. The case study case is a real example, reflecting today’s global business ecosystem in biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry.
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question_answerThe BBI Experience What is a typical day for a BBI student like?
Every day is different throughout the year. During the first stage, when students take their common modules, apart from the evening classes from Monday to Thursday, the students also develop their career impact programmes. These programmes have their project meetings at various research centres and participate in extra-curriculum activities.
For the final semester in Barcelona, each student develops their own academic internship programme depending on their chosen career itinerary chosen. All programmes have the same number of assignments and group work to complete. Typically, the second semester is focused increasing the time spent on students’ career-related activities.
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question_answerBBI Community What is the BBI network?
The BBI network is formed by our alumni, the academic staff, lecturers, partner companies and the technology transfer offices who collaborate with us. Over the years, we have developed a community over 700 people globally in direct contact every year.
For more information, visit our BBI community Report