TecMilenio University


The Universidad Tecmilenio is a private institution of higher education. The institution is part of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Tecmilenio University ITESM System, an educational system with national and international levels, through 30 campus and an online campus with a unique and innovative educational model that forms professionals with the skills needed by modern businesses and organizations. For-profit schools that have entered the country in recent years, the university serves some 21,000 students on its own at high school, undergraduate and postgraduate level, frequently through distance learning. Like most schools it now follows a semester model that replaced the original four-month terms.

Campuses

the university has 40 campuses distributed over several Mexican cities:
Chiapas: Tapachula; Chihuahua: Camargo, Chihuahua, Cuauhtémoc, Cd. Juárez and Parral; Coahuila: Torreón ; Colima: Colima; Durango: Durango; Jalisco: Guadalajara and Zapopan; Mexico City: Ferrería and Reforma; Michoacán: Morelia; Morelos: Cuautla and Cuernavaca; Nuevo León: Guadalupe, Monterrey, San Nicolás de los Garza and Santa Catarina; Puebla: Puebla; Querétaro: Santiago de Querétaro and San Juan del Río; Quintana Roo: Cancún; San Luis Potosí: San Luis Potosí; Sinaloa: Culiacán, Los Mochis and Mazatlán; Sonora: Guaymas, Hermosillo, Navojoa, Cd. Obregón; State of México: Tecoac, Cuautitlán Izcalli and Toluca; Tabasco: Villahermosa; Tamaulipas: Matamoros and Reynosa; Veracruz: Veracruz; Yucatán: Mérida.
According to John Auters of the Financial Times, most campuses have no extracurricular activities nor sports facilities to lower costs.

Organization

A national rectorate is based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, and oversees eight vice-rectorates:
the rector is Héctor Mauricio Escamilla Santana, who is being overseen by Salvador Alva, president of Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Programs

Tecmilenio University offers traditional and bilingual careers in areas of health sciences, humanities and social sciences, engineering, business and information technology. The masters cover three areas of study — humanities, business and information technology — and finally there is the continuing education which includes courses, seminars, certifications, among others.

Ranking

According to university ranking 2011 in the journal College Guide from the editors of Reader's Digest Tecmilenio University is in the top nine universities in Mexico.
  1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1910
  2. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey 1943
  3. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 1936
  4. Universidad Iberoamericana 1943
  5. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México 1946
  6. Universidad Anáhuac 1964
  7. Universidad Tecmilenio 2002
  8. Universidad de Guadalajara 1791
  9. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 1973