Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior (CETYS) is a private university founded in 1961, located in the state of
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
. CETYS is a three-campus university system in Engineering, Business and the Social Sciences.
CETYS is accredited by the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC ( )) provided accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in California and Hawaii, the territories of Guam, American Samoa and Northern ...
.
History
Under the support of a group of businessmen, who formed the Instituto Educativo del Noroeste (IENAC), a not-for-profit civil association that supports CETYS. The institution opened its doors on September 20, 1961, in Mexicali. Tijuana began operating in 1970, with the Ensenada campus following in 1975.
Today, IENAC is led by Gustavo Vildosola Ramos, while Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia is the university President.
Organizational structure
CETYS possesses a
Academic Advisory Council (CCA)responsible for analyzing and discussing transcendental issues of interest to the CETYS University System.
Campuses
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Ensenada
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Mexicali
Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California. The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali, Cale ...
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Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
Alumni
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Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, governor of the state of
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
& former mayor of
Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
, Baja California
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Lupita Jones
María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (; born 6 September 1967) is a Mexican producer, actress and model. She was crowned Miss Universe 1991, and was the first Mexican contestant to win a major international beauty pageant.
Education
Before be ...
,
Miss Universe 1991
Miss Universe 1991, the 40th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 17, 1991 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Lupita Jones of Mexico crowned by Mona Grudt of Norway. Sevent ...
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Abe Vázquez, Musician and producer with
Vázquez Sounds
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Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda
Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda (born 19 October 1985) is a Mexican politician and attorney. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena (political party), MORENA), she is the current Governor of Baja California, Governor of Baja Ca ...
, politician
References
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Private education in Mexico
Universities and colleges in Baja California
Education in Mexicali
Educational institutions established in 1961
International Baccalaureate schools in Mexico
1961 establishments in Mexico