Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
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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 throughout the country.[4]
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey | |
Type | Private |
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Established | September 6, 1943; 80 years ago (1943-09-06)[1] |
Founder | Eugenio Garza Sada |
Academic affiliations | SACS, APRU, Universitas 21, ECIU, ANUIES, CUDI, FIMPES, CGU, WUN, Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy[2] |
Chairman | Ricardo Saldívar Escajadillo |
Rector | David Garza Salazar |
Academic staff | 9,916 (2019)[3] |
Students | 91,200 (2019)[3] |
Undergraduates | 57,066 (2019)[3] |
Postgraduates | 6,984 (2019)[3] |
Other students | 27,150 (2019)[3] |
Location | , , |
Campus | 26 across Mexico[4] |
Colors | Blue |
Mascot | Teus[5] |
Website | tec |
The university was founded in 1943 by Eugenio Garza Sada, 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.[6] ITESM is also known as being the first university to be connected to the Internet in Ibero-America[7][8][nb 1] and being one of the leaders in patent applications among Mexican universities.[9][10]