TECH Technological University

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]

TECH Technological University
TypePrivate
Established2015
RectorTere Guevara Navarro
Academic staff
6,000
Students500,000
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Websitehttps://www.techtitute.com/us/

Nowadays, the educational group offers more than 8,000 different university courses[3] in online/digital format.[4]

History

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.

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.

In February 2022, TECH signs a multi-year agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA),[9].

Academics

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 around the world.

The educational group is focused in postgraduate education.[11] The study programs include Master's Degrees and Specialist Diplomas in collaboration with the CEU Cardinal Herrera University, located in Valencia (Spain), as well as continuing education programs in collaboration with Panamerican University (Mexico).

Rectorate
From Until Rector
2018 2021 Pedro Navarro Illana
2021 Present Tere Guevara Navarro

References
  1. Día, El (2021-06-13). "TECH, la mayor universidad digital del mundo con 7.800 programas". eldia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  2. "Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico) | Government | gob.mx" (PDF).
  3. "TECH Universidad Tecnológica, la primera del ranking con más de 8.100 programas". www.expreso.ec. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  4. 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.
  5. "TECH, la universidad digital en español más grande del mundo | Iberia Plus". www.iberiaplusmagazine.iberia.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "TECH Technological University named Official Online University of the NBA in Latin America". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  10. Provincia, La (2021-02-02). "TECH, la fábrica 'online' de talento". La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  11. ""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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