The National Technological Institute of Mexico (in es, link=no, Tecnológico Nacional de México, ''TNM'') is a Mexican

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

system created on 23 July 2014 by

presidential decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for ...

. At the time of its foundation, the Institute incorporated the 263 former Institutes of Technology that had been created since 1948; first under the patronage of the

National Polytechnic Institute National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

(IPN) and, since 1959, directly dependent of the

Secretariat of Public Education The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of ...

(SEP).

Campuses

The Institute has 264 campuses across Mexico including:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:National Institute of Technology of Mexico Public universities and colleges in Mexico Educational institutions established in 2014 2014 establishments in Mexico