Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires

Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) is an Argentine private university located in the city of Buenos Aires. Its focus is primarily on Information Technology and Engineering studies.In spite of being a small university, with only about 1400 undergraduate students, ITBA is regarded as one of the best engineering schools in the country, with an annual graduation average of 200 engineers, about 10% of the annual national total.

History

ITBA was created on November 20, 1959 by a group of Navy officers and professionals from various fields, with the purpose of advancing the teaching of engineering in Argentina.

ITBA's first president (called "rector" in Argentina) was retired Admiral Garzoni who retired around 1979 and died shortly thereafter.

Degree Programs

Undergraduate Programs

The University offers Undergraduate Degrees in:

* Business Administration & Information Systems
* Chemical Engineering
* Electronic Engineering (rated as one of the 7 best Argentinian engineering courses in 2004 by the National Commission of Education and University Accreditation ("La Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria", CONEAU)
* Industrial Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Naval architecture
* Petroleum Engineering
* Software Engineering

Graduate Programs

ITBA offers a variety of high-quality programs that prepare executives to effectively lead amid the technological sophistication of today's international business environments.

* Executive Master in Strategic and Technological Management: offered in partnership with Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI), Spain.
* Master in Project Evaluation: offered with Universidad del CEMA, Argentina.
* Marketing for Engineers
* Telecommunications Management
* Electricity Market Management
* Oil and Gas Economics
* Software Engineering: Tutorial Mode, offered with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
* Data Mining
* Telecommunications
* Sustainable Environmental Management

External links

*es icon [http://www.itba.edu.ar/ Official website]
*en icon [http://www.itba.edu.ar/inode.php?inode_id=559/ International Students Website]