TecMilenio University

Infobox University
name = TecMilenio University
native_name = Universidad TecMilenio

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image_size = 250 px
caption = TecMilenio University at Durango, Mexico.
established = 2002
type = Private
staff =
faculty =
rector = Alejandro Cristerna cite web | author = Universidad TecMilenio |url=http://www.tecmilenio.edu.mx/portalutm2006/conocenos/operaciones.htm |title=Estructura Organizacional |date=2006 |language=Spanish |accessdate=2008-06-29]
students = 21,000 cite web|author= CNN Expansion | url=http://www.cnnexpansion.com/blogs/informacion-privilegiada/archive/2007/04/24/crece-tec-milenio |title=Crece Tec Milenio |date=2007-04-24 |language=Spanish |accessdate=2008-06-29]
undergrad =
postgrad =
doctoral =
city = Several cities across Mexicocite web |author = Universidad TecMilenio |url=http://www.tecmilenio.edu.mx/portalutm2006/campus/homedoc.htm |title=Nuestros campus |date=2006 |language=Spanish |accessdate=2008-06-29]
campus = Urban
affiliations =
website = http://www.tecmilenio.edu.mx

The TecMilenio University (in Spanish: "Universidad TecMilenio, UTM") is a private institution of higher education sponsored by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and specialized in both corporate training and short degree programs. Founded in 2002 in order to provide a cheaper alternative to the high costs involved at pursuing a degree at the Institute and fend-off foreign for-profit schools that have entered the country in recent years, cite web |url=http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto111720051408477427&page=2 |title=A private interest in raising Mexican grades |last=Authers |first=John |date=2005-11-17 |publisher=Financial Times |accessdate=2008-06-29| quote=Mr Rangel Sostmann now wants to take the Tec's "brand" even further, by moving it into new segments of the market, and extend access. Thus, in smaller and poorer cities that do not have the resources to set up their own campus, there is a new brand: TecMilenio. Students at one of these facilities can combine study with work, and have most of their contact with professors via distance learning. There are no extra-curricular activities, no sports facilities. However, they use the same materials as students on campus, take the same exams and receive the same qualifications. Critically, they pay less.] the university serves some 21,000 students on its own at high school, undergraduate and postgraduate level, frequently through distance learning.

Campuses

As of 2008 the University has 39 small campuses distributed over several Mexican cities:

Chiapas: Tapachula; Chihuahua: Camargo, Chihuahua, Cuauhtémoc, Juárez and Parral; Coahuila: Torreón (Laguna); Colima: Colima; Durango: Durango; Jalisco: Guadalajara (Guadalajara, "Guadalajara Executive") and Zapopan; Mexico City: Ferrería and Reforma; Michoacán: Morelia; Morelos: Cuautla and Cuernavaca; Nuevo León: Guadalupe, Monterrey (Cumbres, Las Torres) and San Nicolás de los Garza; Puebla: Puebla; Querétaro: Santiago de Querétaro and San Juan del Río; Quintana Roo: Cancún; San Luis Potosí: San Luis Potosí; Sinaloa: Culiacán and Mazatlán; Sonora: Guaymas, Hermosillo, Navojoa, Obregón; State of México: Atlacomulco, Cuautitlán Izcalli and Toluca; Tabasco: Villahermosa; Tamaulipas: Matamoros and Reynosa; Veracruz: Veracruz; Yucatán: Mérida.

According to John Auters of the Financial Times, most campuses have no extra-curricular activities nor sports facilities in order to lower its costs.

Organization

A national rectorate is based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, and oversees eight vice-rectorates:

*Three internal vice-rectorates are in charge of academics and internal affairs.
*Four regional vice-rectorates are in charge of all campuses in the northern, eastern, southern and western areas of the country.
*A vice-rectorate is specialized in its distance education programs.

As of 2008 the current rector is Alejandro Cristerna, who is being overseen by Carlos Cruz Limón, Rector of Innovation and Development of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

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