National Polytechnic Institute

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Instituto Politécnico Nacional**
Image:Ipn.png
Motto	La técnica al servicio de la patria
Established	1936
Type	Public university
President	José Enrique Villa Rivera
Undergraduates	79,300 (2005)
Postgraduates	ca. 6,000 (2005)
Location	Mexico City, D.F.,, Mexico
Campus	Urban
Athletics
Mascot	Burros Blancos Image:Poli.gif
Website	www.ipn.mx

The National Polytechnic Institute (in Spanish: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN) is one of the largest Mexican public universities. Founded in 1936 during the administration of President Lazaro Cardenas del Rio with the purpose of increasing the industrial activities and cover the social necessities.

the Institute controls 16 high school, 24 colleges and 15 research centers (CINVESTAV, CIC, CICESE between others) in several Mexican cities.

ih, the Institute focuses on technical degrees. According to its 2005 annual report, it offers 64 different undergraduate and over 108 graduate programs.

The university operates XEIPN-TV, Once TV (Eleven TV, after XEIPN's channel number), a cultural TV broadcast station based in Mexico City. It features original cultural, scientific, and entertainment programming as well as foreign shows (notably BBC productions). It also shows classic, rare, and non-commercial films from all over the world.

[edit] Notable alumni

See also Category:IPN alumni

Ernesto Zedillo - former President of Mexico
Reyes Tamez - Secretary of Education during the Vicente Fox administration
Guillermo González Camarena - Engineer and inventor of color television
Victor Bravo Ahuja, engineer and Secretary of Education during the Luis Echeverria administration
Josefina Vázquez Mota - Secretary of Education during the Felipe Calderón administration
Octavio Paredes López - President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
Esther Orozco Orozco - CINVESTAV Investigator, winner of the "Women in the Science" 2006 prize to Latin America by UNESCO and L`ORÉAL

[edit] Notable faculty

Heberto Castillo - inventor of the tridilosa and founder of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (and two other political parties)

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Official website
(Spanish) Once TV
(Spanish) CIC

	Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Academics	Colleges National Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences • National Polytechnic Institute College of Social and Administrative Sciences • National Polytechnic Institute College of Biomedical Sciences • National Polytechnic Institute College of Interdisciplinary Studies

National Student Organization of American Football
Tecnológico de Monterrey • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México • Instituto Politécnico Nacional • Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla • Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León • Universidad del Tepeyac