Kühne Logistics University expands to Colombia
Kühne Logistics University (KLU) continues its international growth and will establish another campus in Colombia. From the capital, Bogotá, the Hamburg-based university, which specializes in logistics, business and management, aims to further develop its activities across Latin America. Colombian Sara Vera Aguirre has been appointed to lead the campus, bringing international expertise in university partnerships and strategic organizational development.
The state-recognised university, which ranks among the top 5% of business schools worldwide, successfully opened its Saigon campus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, last year. With this expansion, KLU will now bring its university concept to another continent. The campus in Bogotá aims to bring together excellence in research, teaching and collaboration in logistics, supply chain management and leadership across the region.
“Our commitment to Colombia marks another important step towards a global university network. Latin America plays a significant role in international trade flows and supply chains. We want to combine KLU’s academic expertise with the region’s potential,” says Prof. Dr Andreas Kaplan, President of KLU. “Establishing our own campus in Bogotá will open up new opportunities for students and businesses locally,” the President adds.
Sara Vera Aguirre aims to strengthen the innovation ecosystem
KLU has secured outstanding expertise to develop its new university location: Sara Vera Aguirre has served as KLU Americas Campus Director since 1 July 2026. A Colombian national, she brings almost 20 years of experience in international education initiatives and has spent several years living and studying in Germany. She intends to place particular emphasis on building connections: “The region has an impressive entrepreneurial and innovation landscape. We want to become part of this ecosystem and work with universities, businesses and other partners to develop solutions to societal challenges. This creates exciting opportunities for our future students, researchers and international collaboration,” explains Sara Vera Aguirre.
The planned academic offering, starting with an English-taught master’s program in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, follows KLU’s successful international model in Vietnam, where the second cohort has already started this year.
Bogotá as a strategic location
Colombia’s location between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans makes the country important for the international movement of goods. With the container port of Cartagena and the El Dorado air cargo hub in Bogotá, Colombia offers relevant connections to KLU’s expertise in logistics and supply chain management. KLU students will be able to experience in practice what they learn in the classroom about trade flows.
About Sara Vera Aguirre
Sara Vera Aguirre has been KLU Americas Campus Director since 1 July 2026 and is responsible for developing Kühne Logistics University’s activities in Latin America. The Colombian higher education and innovation expert has 18 years of international leadership experience at the intersection of education, academia, business and the public sector. Her previous roles include Director of International Relations at ICETEX and responsibility for International and Corporate Affairs at Universidad EAN. She has also led projects in knowledge- and technology-based start-ups (DeepTech) at the innovation agency “La Cocreadora” and at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sara Vera Aguirre holds bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and in Government and International Relations. She earned two master’s degrees in the field of environment and sustainability at UASLP in Mexico and at TH Köln. She is also involved in international innovation and education initiatives, including FRANCIS, a European Union-funded research project in frugal innovation, as well as Fundación Educación Estrella. The Colombian national has lived in Germany for a total of six years.
About Kühne Logistics University (KLU)
Kühne Logistics University (KLU) is a leading private, state-recognized, and highly ranked international university headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with campuses in Asia (Saigon, Vietnam), the Americas (Bogotá, Colombia), and a hub in Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa) coordinating its activities across the continent.
Ranked among the top five percent of business schools worldwide (AACSB-accredited), KLU offers high-quality degree programs taught in English – including Bachelor’s, Master’s, MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs in Business and Management, Business Analytics and Data Science, as well as Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Supported by the Kühne Foundation, KLU empowers future leaders to think and act with an Operations Mindset – analytical, data-driven, and solution-oriented. Small learning groups, research-driven faculty, and strong ties to the global business community combine academic excellence with practical learning, entrepreneurship, and sustainability, preparing students for impactful international careers.
