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| Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
| Motto | La técnica al servicio de la patria |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1936 |
| President | José Enrique Villa Rivera |
| Undergraduates | 79,300 (2005) |
| Postgraduates | ca. 6,000 (2005) |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Burros Blancos File: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 government of the President Lazaro Cardenas del Rio, the Institute controls 16 high school, 24 colleges and 15 research centers (CINVESTAV, CIC, CICESE, etc.) in several Mexican cities.
As it names implies, 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.
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 Social Development during the Vicente Fox 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
Notable faculty
- Heberto Castillo - inventor of the tridilosa and founder of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (and two other political parties)
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Once TV (in Spanish)
- CIC (in Spanish)
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