Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 6 September 1943 |
| President | Salvador Alva Gómez |
| Rector | David Noel Ramírez Padilla |
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Academic staff
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8,567 (2010) |
| Students | 90,173 (2010) |
| Undergraduates | 49,498 (2010) |
| Postgraduates | 17,136 (2010) |
| Location | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Campus | 31 across Mexico; mostly urban |
| Colors | White and blue |
| Athletics | Borregos Salvajes (Rams) |
| Affiliations | SACS, APRU, Universitas 21, ECIU, ANUIES, CUDI, FIMPES, CGU |
| Website | http://www.itesm.edu |
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| High school students account for the difference between its total number of students and the sum of graduate and undergraduate students. | |
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) (in English: Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or simply as Tec, is a private, nonsectarian and coeducational multi-campus university based in Monterrey, Mexico. Founded in 1943 by leading regional industrialists, ITESM has since grown to include 31 campuses in 25 cities throughout the country and its wealth, influence and widespread recognition have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the Spanish speaking world.
One of the most academically recognized universities in Latin America. It is also known for its strong reputation amongst employers.
ITESM is known for becoming the first university ever connected to the Internet in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world, having one of the top graduate business schools in the region and being one of the leaders in patent applications among Mexican universities.
The Institute was founded on 6 September 1943 by a group of local businessmen led by Eugenio Garza Sada, a moneyed heir of a brewing conglomerate who was interested in creating an institution that could provide highly skilled personnel — both university graduates and technicians— to the booming Monterrey corporations of the 1940s. The group was structured into a non-profit organization called Enseñanza e Investigación Superior A.C. (EISAC) and recruited several academicians led by León Ávalos y Vez, an MIT alumnus and then director-general of the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering of the National Polytechnic Institute, who designed its first academic programs and served as its first director-general.
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