TecMilenio University
The TecMilenio University (in Spanish: Universidad TecMilenio, UTM) is a private institution of higher education sponsored by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education[4] and specialized in both corporate training and short degree programs. Founded in 2002 in order to provide a cheaper alternative to the high costs involved at pursuing a degree at the Institute and fend-off foreign for-profit schools that have entered the country in recent years,[5] the university serves some 21,000 students on its own at high school, undergraduate and postgraduate level, frequently through distance learning. However, unlike most schools it follows a 4 Month Term instead of the common semester. Students finish highschool in 2 years because of 2 week vacations between term, however the longest vacation is December, lasting 1 month.
Campuses
A TecMilenio campusAs of 2009[update] the University has 40 small campuses distributed over several Mexican cities:[3]
Chiapas: Tapachula; Chihuahua: Camargo, Chihuahua, Cuauhtémoc, Cd. Juárez and Parral; Coahuila: Torreón (Laguna); Colima: Colima; Durango: Durango; Jalisco: Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Guadalajara Executive) and Zapopan; Mexico City: Ferrería and Reforma; Michoacán: Morelia; Morelos: Cuautla and Cuernavaca; Nuevo León: Guadalupe, Monterrey (Cumbres, Las Torres), 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: Atlacomulco, 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 extra-curricular activities nor sports facilities in order to lower its costs.[5]
Organization
A national rectorate is based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, and oversees eight vice-rectorates:[4]
- Two internal vice-rectorates are in charge of academics and internal affairs.
- Five regional vice-rectorates are in charge of all campuses in the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western areas of the country, as well as in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area.
- A vice-rectorate is specialized in its distance education programs.
As of 2009[update] the current rector is Héctor Mauricio Escamilla Santana, who is being overseen by David Noel Ramírez Padilla, rector for the Northern, Western and Western regions of the Monterrey Institute of Technology.[4]
References
- ^ González, Leonardo (2009-09-08). "Presentan en ceremonia a nuevo Rector de la Universidad TecMilenio" (in Spanish). Universidad TecMilenio. http://www.tecmilenio.edu.mx/_noticias/index.php?id=729. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ CNN Expansion (2007-04-24). "Crece Tec Milenio" (in Spanish). http://www.cnnexpansion.com/blogs/informacion-privilegiada/archive/2007/04/24/crece-tec-milenio. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ a b c "Nuestros campus" (in Spanish). Universidad TecMilenio. 2009. http://www.tecmilenio.edu.mx/_nuestroscampus/index.php. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ a b c "Organigrama" (in Spanish). Universidad TecMilenio. http://www.tecmilenio.edu.mx/_conocenos/pop_organizacion.html. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ a b Authers, John (2005-11-17). "A private interest in raising Mexican grades". Financial Times. http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto111720051408477427&page=2. Retrieved 2008-06-29. "Mr Rangel Sostmann now wants to take the Tec's "brand" even further, by moving it into new segments of the market, and extend access. Thus, in smaller and poorer cities that do not have the resources to set up their own campus, there is a new brand: TecMilenio. Students at one of these facilities can combine study with work, and have most of their contact with professors via distance learning. There are no extra-curricular activities, no sports facilities. However, they use the same materials as students on campus, take the same exams and receive the same qualifications. Critically, they pay less."
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