diff --git a/aprendizations/initdb.py b/aprendizations/initdb.py
index 8e221f7..6cfe51d 100644
--- a/aprendizations/initdb.py
+++ b/aprendizations/initdb.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Initializes or updates database
 '''
 
 # python standard libraries
-import csv
 import argparse
+import csv
+from pandas import read_excel
 import re
 from string import capwords
 
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ def parse_commandline_arguments():
                     'command line. If the database does not exist, a new one'
                     ' is created.')
 
-    argparser.add_argument('csvfile',
+    argparser.add_argument('files',
                            nargs='*',
                            type=str,
                            default='',
-                           help='CSV file to import (SIIUE)')
+                           help='CSV or Excel files to import (SIIUE)')
 
     argparser.add_argument('--db',
                            default='students.db',
@@ -72,6 +73,30 @@ def parse_commandline_arguments():
 
 
 # ===========================================================================
+def get_students_from_xlsx(filename):
+    excel_settings = {
+        'skiprows': 3,
+        'converters': { "Número" : str }
+    }
+    students = []
+    try:
+        file = read_excel(filename, **excel_settings)
+        names = file['Aluno']
+        nums = file['Número']
+        students = [{
+            'uid': num,
+            'name': capwords(re.sub(r'\(.*\)', '', name).strip())
+            } for num, name in zip(nums, names)]
+    except FileNotFoundError as e:
+        print(f'!!! File {filename} not found !!!')
+    except ValueError as e:
+        print(f'!!! File {filename} has wrong format !!!')
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise e
+
+    return students
+
+# ===========================================================================
 def get_students_from_csv(filename):
     '''Reads CSV file with enrolled students in SIIUE format.
     SIIUE names can have suffixes like "(TE)" and are sometimes capitalized.
@@ -138,8 +163,13 @@ def main():
     # --- make list of students to insert/update
     students = []
 
-    for csvfile in args.csvfile:
-        students += get_students_from_csv(csvfile)
+    for file in args.files:
+        if file.endswith('.csv'):
+            students += get_students_from_csv(file)
+        elif file.endswith('.xlsx'):
+            students += get_students_from_xlsx(file)
+        else:
+            print(f'!!! Ignoring file {file} !!!')
 
     if args.admin:
         students.append({'uid': '0', 'name': 'Admin'})
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2975c5c..aac4edc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ setup(
         'pygments>=2.14',
         'sqlalchemy>=2.0.0',
         'bcrypt>=4.0.1',
-        'networkx>=3.0'
+        'networkx>=3.0',
+        'pandas>=2.3',
+        'openpyxl'
         ],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
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