Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Type	Private
Established	September 6, 1943
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
Chairman	Ricardo Saldívar Escajadillo
Rector	David Garza Salazar
Academic staff	9,916 (2019)
Students	91,200 (2019)
Undergraduates	57,066 (2019)
Postgraduates	6,984 (2019)
Other students	27,150 (2019)
Location	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Campus	26 across Mexico;
Colors	Blue
Mascot	Teus
Website	tec.mx
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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]

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]} having the top-ranked business school in the region according to the Economist,^[9] and being one of the leaders in patent applications among Mexican universities.^[10]^[11]

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^ "Home". McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Data and Figures". ITESM. 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Educación" (in Spanish). Tecnológico de Monterrey. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
^ "Conoce a Teus, la nueva mascota Borrego del Tec de Monterrey" (in Spanish). ITESM. 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "Where do Billionaires go to University?". April 11, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via The Times Higher Education Supplement.
^ Islas, Octavio; Gutiérrez, Fernando (December 2001). "El porvenir de NIC México" (in Spanish). Razón y Palabra. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
^ 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
^ "EGADE-Tecnologico de Monterrey". The Economist. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
^ 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)
^ "Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud TecSalud del Tecnológico de Monterrey". Escuelademedicina.tec.mx. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

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[2] "Home". McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

[cifras-3] "Data and Figures". ITESM. 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[campus-4] "Educación" (in Spanish). Tecnológico de Monterrey. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

[teus-5] "Conoce a Teus, la nueva mascota Borrego del Tec de Monterrey" (in Spanish). ITESM. 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

[6] "Where do Billionaires go to University?". April 11, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via The Times Higher Education Supplement.

[nic-mx-history-7] Islas, Octavio; Gutiérrez, Fernando (December 2001). "El porvenir de NIC México" (in Spanish). Razón y Palabra. Retrieved July 5, 2008.

[rediris-8] 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

[10] "EGADE-Tecnologico de Monterrey". The Economist. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

[patentes-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)

[escuelademedicina.itesm.mx-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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