Central American Technological University

Central American Technological University

Infobox_University
name = Central American Technological University
native_name = Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana

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established = 1986
type = Private University
president= Roman Valladares
city = Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula
country = Honduras
undergrad = 8,000
postgrad = 500
staff= 250
campus = Urban

website= [http://www.unitec.edu www.unitec.edu]

The Central American Technological University ( _es. Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana) (UNITEC) is a private coeducational institution with campuses in the two main cities of Honduras: Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.

History

The University was founded in 1986 by a group of Honduras Businessmen and Professors of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH - Honduras National University) who had envisioned the creation of an institute that had its main focus on teaching the sciences to its students without compromising their knowledge of the human sciences.

In 1992 the first 28 students graduated from Unitec.

In 1994 Unitec inaugurated its own campus in Tegucigalpa

Since 1989 Unitec has presence in the city of San Pedro Sula, mostly with graduates programs and later with a campus with undergraduates and graduates students. In 2007 Unitec inaugurated its own campus in San Pedro Sula

Academics

Unitec offers 21 undergraduates programs, 7 on-campus master's degrees,21 on-line master's degrees and 10 virtual master's degrees.

Agreements and relationships

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

* Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Learning), Mexico
* Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico National Autonomous University), Mexico
* Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, (Madrid Politechnical University) Spain
* Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados - ESAN- (School of Graduate Business Administration), Peru
* Centro de Investigación de Tecnología de Alimentos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (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), Argentina
* Universidad de Huelva (Huelva University), Spain
* Calvin College, Michigan, USA
* University of New Orleans, USA
* Louisiana State University, USA
* Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Institute of Technology), Argentina
* Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
* Universidad Central (Central University), Chile
* Universidad Diego Portales (Diego Portales University), Chile
* Universidad de Fortaleza (Fortaleza University), Brazil
* Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Torcuato di Tella University), Argentina
* Universidad del Salvador (University del Salvador), Argentina
* Universidad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires University), Argentina
* Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Santiago de Chile University), Chile
* Univesidad Politécnica de Valencia (Valencia Politechnical University), Spain
* Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Barcelona Autonomous University), Spain
* Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Antonio de Nebrija University), Spain
* Universidad Católica del Norte (Catholic University of the North), Chile
* Universidad Mayor (Major University), Chile
* Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (Industrial Technology National Institute), Argentina
* IAE Universidad Austral, Argentina
* Normandy Business School, France
* Institute of Industrial Engineers, USA
* Tompkins Cortland Community College, USA
* National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
* Tamkang University, Taiwan
* Universidad de Caxias do Sul (Caxias do Sul University), Brazil
* Fundacao Universidade de Brasil (Foundation of Brazil Universities), Brazil
* Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafaél Rodríguez, Cuba

Since 2005 UNITEC Honduras is affiliated member of Laureate International Universities.

External links

* [http://www.unitec.edu Unitec website]


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