Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
TypePrivate
EstablishedSeptember 6, 1943; 81 years ago (1943-09-06)[1]
FounderEugenio Garza Sada
Academic affiliations
SACS, APRU, Universitas 21, ECIU, ANUIES, CUDI, FIMPES, CGU, WUN, Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy[2]
ChairmanRicardo Saldívar Escajadillo
RectorDavid Garza Salazar
Academic staff
9,916 (2019)[3]
Students91,200 (2019)[3]
Undergraduates57,066 (2019)[3]
Postgraduates6,984 (2019)[3]
Other students
27,150 (2019)[3]
Location
Monterrey
,
Nuevo León
,
Mexico
Campus26 across Mexico[4]
ColorsBlue  
NicknameBorregos Salvajes
MascotTeus[5]
Websitetec.mx
ITESM logo
ITESM logo

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM; English: Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a private research university based in Monterrey, Mexico, which has grown to include 35 campuses located across 25 cities in the country and 22 liasion offices in other 15 countries.[6][4]

The university was founded in 1943 by Eugenio Garza Sada,[7] an MIT-educated industrialist. As of 2019, it is the 15th university in the world with the highest number of billionaire alumni according to Times Higher Education and the only university in Latin America to appear in the ranking.[8] ITESM is also known as being the first university to be connected to the Internet in Ibero-America[9][10][nb 1] and being one of the leaders in patent applications among Mexican universities.[11][12]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 50aniv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Home". McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Data and Figures". ITESM. 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Educación" (in Spanish). Tecnológico de Monterrey. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Conoce a Teus, la nueva mascota Borrego del Tec de Monterrey" (in Spanish). ITESM. 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "ITESM - Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | INOMICS". inomics.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education". International Association of Universities. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "Where do Billionaires go to University?". April 11, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via The Times Higher Education Supplement.
  9. ^ Islas, Octavio; Gutiérrez, Fernando (December 2001). "El porvenir de NIC México" (in Spanish). Razón y Palabra. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  10. ^ Sanz, Miguel A. (November 22, 2007). "Fundamentos históricos de la Internet en Europa y en España" (in Spanish). RedIRIS. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008. Así, fruto de esta decisión, la primera conexión plena desde España a la Internet tuvo lugar a mediados del año 1990
  11. ^ school%5d%5d offers the only %5b%5bMD-PhD|MD-Phd%5d%5d program available in Mexico, in partnership with the %5b%5bHouston Methodist Hospital%5d%5d. "2009 Mexican Institute of Industrial Property Annual Report" (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015. Las universidades que presentaron más solicitudes de patente en nuestro país fueron: el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) con 37, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) con 21 y la Universidad de Guanajuato (UG) con 10. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  12. ^ "Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud TecSalud del Tecnológico de Monterrey". Escuelademedicina.tec.mx. Retrieved December 22, 2018.


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