The Central American Technological University ( es, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana) (UNITEC) is a private coeducational institution with campuses in the three main cities of Honduras:

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, San Pedro Sula and

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History

UNITEC (Central American Technological University) is a higher education private institution founded in 1987 by a group of Honduras businessmen and professors of

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras The National Autonomous University of Honduras () is the national public university of Honduras. Founded in 1847, it has over 140 programs from the Bachelor's level to the Doctorate, and is the largest and highest ranked university in Honduras. ...

(UNAH), including William Chong Wong, who had envisioned the creation of an institute that had its main focus the teaching of the sciences to its students without compromising their knowledge of the humanities. It has been rated as the most prestigious private university in Honduras (Unimer Research International, amongst other independent firms), and throughout its history has demonstrated important leadership in the country, based on academic excellence, high technology, and promoting entrepreneurship; supported by strong internationalization programs for its students and faculty. This makes UNITEC one of the most recognized educational institutions in Central America also, thanks to its innovative educational model (SENECA, Laspau-Harvard), for its interest in contributing to national extension of society, and leading the development of various projects that have contributed to the development of marginalized populations in Honduras. This university also provides a choice of higher education to working adults through CEUTEC (Centre for Technological Development), which began operations in 2005. In that same year UNITEC became a member of

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. Currently, UNITEC has five different campuses distributed in five major cities in Honduras, three in

, one in San Pedro Sula and another in

. It has over 17,000 university students nationwide.

Academics

Its academic programs are focused on the contribution of professionals in the areas of business and engineering, some of them unique in Honduras offering 20 undergraduate programs and 8 master's programs.

Agreements and relationships

Unitec has established agreements and close relationships with other universities and Institutions worldwide: *

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and coeducational private university based in ...

(Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Learning), Mexico *

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

(Mexico National Autonomous University), Mexico Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), Mexico *

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid The Technical University of Madrid or sometimes called Polytechnic University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM) is a public university, located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Te ...

, (Madrid Politechnical University) Spain * Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados - ESAN- (School of Graduate Business Administration),

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* Centro de Investigación de Tecnología de Alimentos de la

Universidad de Costa Rica The University of Costa Rica (Spanish: ''Universidad de Costa Rica,'' abbreviated UCR) is a public university in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, is located in San Pedro Mo ...

(CITA-UCR) (National Research Center on Food Service of Costa Rica University), Costa Rica * Escuela Superior de Economía y Administracion de Empresas (Graduate School of Economy and Business Administration),

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* Universidad de Huelva (Huelva University), Spain * Calvin College,

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, United States *

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, United States *

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, United States * Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Institute of Technology),

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, United States * Universidad Central (Central University),

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(Diego Portales University),

* Universidad de Fortaleza (Fortaleza University),

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(Torcuato di Tella University),

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(University del Salvador),

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(Buenos Aires University),

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(Santiago de Chile University),

* Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Valencia Politechnical University), Spain *

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(Barcelona Autonomous University), Spain * Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Antonio de Nebrija University), Spain * Universidad Católica del Norte (Catholic University of the North),

* Universidad Mayor (Major University),

* Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (Industrial Technology National Institute),

* IAE Universidad Austral,

* Normandy Business School, France *

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, United States *

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, United States *

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* Universidad de Caxias do Sul (Caxias do Sul University),

* Fundacao Universidade de Brasil (Foundation of Brazil Universities),

* Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafaél Rodríguez,

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Since 2005 UNITEC Honduras is affiliated member of

, they have a partnership with more than 100 institutions worldwide.

References

External links

Unitec website
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