The Saltillo Institute of Technology (), or ITS, is located in the city of

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and high ...

, state capital of

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

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. It is a college level technological institution. Founded in July 1950 by Mexican President Miguel Alemán Valdez, it started operations on January 3, 1951.

History

Since its foundation, the institute has changed names several times. It was founded as ''Instituto Tecnológico de Coahuila'', but then changed in 1968 to ''Instituto Tecnológico Regional de Coahuila''. Again, by 1977, it was renamed to ''Instituto Tecnológico Regional de Saltillo'' and, finally, since 1981, as ''Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo''. In 1951, the objective of the institution was to provide students technical degrees suitable for the industry; however, due to expansion, it later offered high school, engineering and graduate degrees. By 1951, enrollment consisted of barely 314 students, but after 55 years of existence, it currently amounts to 7,016 students: (6,963 at the undergraduate level and 53 at the postgraduate level) in addition to the school staff (4 directors, 23 department heads, 424 professors, 16 researchers, 357 administrative staff and 74 service staff). The institute campus is made up of 35 buildings, 153 classrooms, 20 laboratories and 4 auditoriums.

Academics

Nowadays ITS offers the following degrees:

Undergraduate

*Electrical Engineering *Electronic Engineering *Industrial Engineering *Materials Engineering *Computer Systems Engineering *

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

Engineering *Computer Engineering *Business Management *Mechanical Engineering

Graduate

*Ph.D. in materials *Master's degree in Materials Engineering *Master's degree in Industrial Engineering

List of directors

Its directors have been: *Santiago Tamez Anguiano (1950–1951) *Narciso Urrutia Lozano (1951–1952) *Segundo Rodríguez Alvarez (1952) *Oscar Peart Pérez (1952–1960) *Gabriel H. Acosta (1960–1961) *Jorge Fernández Mier (1961–1966) *Benjamín Rodríguez Zarzosa (1966–1967) *Jorge Fernández Mier (1967–1973) *Rodolfo Rosas Morales (1973–1976) *David Hernandez Ochoa (1976) *Luis Rosales Celis (1976–1981) *Carlos Herrera Pérez (1981–1983) *Manuel F. Flores Revuelta (1983–1986) *Jesús H. Cano Ríos (1986–1988) *José Claudio Tamez Saénz (1988–1991) *Manuel F. Flores Revuelta (1991–1996) *Juan Francisco Mancinas Casas (1996–2001) *Enriqueta Gonzalez Aguilar (2001–2005) *Jesús Contreras García (current, since August 2005)

External links

Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo's Official Site
Universities and colleges in Coahuila Saltillo Universities and colleges established in 1951 1951 establishments in Mexico Public universities and colleges in Mexico {{Mexico-university-stub