TECH Technological University
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 | This article contains text that is written in a promotional tone. (January 2023) |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 2015 |
| Rector | Tere Guevara Navarro |
Academic staff | 6,000 |
| Students | 500,000 |
| Location | |
| Website | https://www.techtitute.com/us/ |
TECH is a private international university / educational group that provides online education worldwide.[1] The educational group was founded in 2015, starting its activity in Latin America, where it has its main university: TECH Mexico. It is considered as the world's largest online university by Forbes.[2]
Nowadays, the educational group offers more than 10,000 different university courses[3] in online/digital format.[4]
History[edit]
The TECH Education group was founded in 2015 by the Spanish company Tech Education Rights & Technologies SL, organized as an international cluster of private universities that originally operated mainly in Spanish-speaking countries.[5]
The institution initially offered courses focused on health sciences, and later expanded to technological sciences, social and business sciences.[6]
In 2019, TECH Technological University Mexico was officially recognized as an institution of higher education, with the incorporation of the first Degrees, Master's Degrees and Doctorates.[citation needed]
In February 2019, TECH made a strategic agreement with Harvard Business Publishing,.[7][8]
In 2022, the educational group started to offer classes in english.[citation needed]
In February 2022, TECH signs a multi-year agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA),.[9]
Academics[edit]
At present, the educational group operates in Spanish and English-Speaking countries. The current student body is composed by more than 100,000 students[10] from 112 different countries. Moreover, there are more than 500,000 graduates[citation needed] around the world.
The educational group is focused in postgraduate education.[11] The study programs include Master's Degrees and Specialist Diplomas, as well as continuing education programs in collaboration with Panamerican University (Mexico).
Rectorate[edit]
| From | Until | Rector |
| 2018 | 2021 | Pedro Navarro Illana |
| 2021 | Present | Tere Guevara Navarro |
References[edit]
- ^ Día, El (2021-06-13). "TECH, la mayor universidad digital del mundo con 7.800 programas". eldia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico) | Government | gob.mx" (PDF).
- ^ "Forbes sitúa a TECH como "la mejor universidad online del mundo"". www.diariodefuerteventura.com.
- ^ Provincia, La (2021-06-14). "TECH Universidad Tecnológica, la mayor universidad digital del mundo con más de 7.800 programas". La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "TECH, la universidad digital en español más grande del mundo | Iberia Plus". www.iberiaplusmagazine.iberia.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "TECH México, la mayor oferta de estudios en la universidad online más grande del mundo". Excélsior (in Spanish). 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ 20minutos (2021-03-09). "TECH Universidad Tecnológica renueva su acuerdo estratégico con Harvard Business Publishing". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ahora, Canarias (2021-05-27). "TECH Universidad Tecnológica refuerza su modelo educativo con los 'casos de estudio' de Harvard". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "TECH Technological University named Official Online University of the NBA in Latin America". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Provincia, La (2021-02-02). "TECH, la fábrica 'online' de talento". La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ ""En la educación 'online', la calidad de la docencia sigue siendo lo principal"". Canarias7 (in Spanish). 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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