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National Polytechnic Institute
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
A cogwheel. On its right, the stylized form of a building. On its center, a scale in balance and a laboratory flask surrounded by a snake. On its top, the acronym "IPN".
Motto
La Técnica al Servicio de la Patria[1]
Motto in English
 The Technique at the Service of the Fatherland[2]
Type Pública
Established 1 January 1936[3]
Dean Mario Alberto Rodríguez Casas[4]
Director Ing. Mario Alberto Rodríguez Casas [4][5]
Academic staff
 17,534[6]
Administrative staff
 10,383[6]
Students 171,581[6]
Undergraduates 100,854[6]
Postgraduates 6,836[6]
Other students
 63,891 (High school)[6]
Location
Mexico City
,

 Mexico


19°30′02″N 99°08′23″W / 19.50056°N 99.13972°W / 19.50056; -99.13972Coordinates: 19°30′02″N 99°08′23″W / 19.50056°N 99.13972°W / 19.50056; -99.13972
Campus Several across Mexico, mostly urban[7]
Colors
Maroon and white          
Athletics Burros Blancos (White Donkeys)
Águilas Blancas (White Eagles)
ONEFA Central Conference[8][9]
Nickname Burros Blancos
Affiliations AMECYD,[10]ANUIES,[11] AUIP,[12] CLARA,[13] COMEPO,[14]CUDI,[15] ECOES,[16] OUI,[17] UDUAL,[18]Universia[19]
Sports 27 varsity teams[20]
Mascot
White donkey[21]
Website www.ipn.mx
Staff, students and organization data is for 2013.[6] High school students account for the difference between its total number of students and the sum of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Spanish: [instiˈtuto poliˈtekniko nasjoˈnal], National Polytechnic Institute), abbreviated IPN, is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 171,581 students[6] at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is the second best university in Mexico in the technical and engineering domain according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018.[22] It was founded on 1 January 1936 during the administration of President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río as a response to provide professional education to the most disadvantaged social classes in that period, a practice that is maintained because it is one of the few vocational schools in the world.[23]


The institute consists of 98 academic units offering 293 courses of study.[6] It includes 78 technical careers, 80 undergraduate and 135 postgraduate programs.[6] Its main campus, called 'Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos' or 'Zacatenco', is on approximately 530 acres (2.1 km2) north Mexico City.[7]


The IPN is based primarily in Mexico City and its suburbs, but with several research institutes and facilities distributed over 22 states.[6]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Organization


  • 3 Academics


  • 4 Athletics


  • 5 Notable people


    • 5.1 Notable alumni


      • 5.1.1 Scientists and technologists


      • 5.1.2 Politicians




    • 5.2 Notable faculty




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History





Marquee at the main entrance of the Adolfo López Mateos campus


The institute was founded on January 1, 1936 during the administration of President Lázaro Cárdenas in what had been previously known as the Ex hacienda Santo Tomás — a large estate initially owned by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in the 16th century[23] and donated by the federal government.[24]


Prominent astronomer Luis Enrique Erro, former revolutionary Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes and former minister of education Narciso Bassols were among its initial promoters.[24]


During the administration of former director Alejo Peralta sufficient lands were given to IPN. Expropriated lands of Santa Maria Ticomán (213 ha) and San Pedro Zacatenco (43 ha) were used.[7]


The construction of what is now the Professional Unit "Adolfo López Mateos" (Zacatenco) began in 1958. In 1959, former President Adolfo López Mateos, the former minister of education Jaime Torres Bodet, and former director of IPN Eugenio Mendez Docurro, inaugurated the first four buildings of Zacatenco, which were occupied by the Superior School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ESIME) and the Superior School of Engineering and Architecture (ESIA).[7]



Organization




IPN entrance


The institute is organized around 98 academic units[6] including 18 vocational high schools (operates as CECyT), 26 university colleges, 20 scientific and technical research centers, 17 continuing education centers, 4 units for educational support, 3 support units for education innovation, 8 support units for research, development and technological and enterprise foment, and 2 units affiliated to science, enterprise research and development.


These schools are primarily in Mexico City, although several extension and research facilities are distributed over 22 states.[6]


Some units (particularly the semi-autonomous, internationally renowned CINVESTAV) enjoy a high degree of academic and budgetary freedom. The institute as a whole is headed by a director-general appointed by the President of Mexico, usually (but not always) after some consultation with members of its academic community.[25] Since November 2017, its director-general is Mario Alberto Rodríguez Casas.[5]


In addition to its academic endeavors, and as part of its cultural promotion strategy, the institute operates 'Canal Once', the oldest public broadcast service in Latin America[26] featuring original cultural, scientific, information and entertainment programming, foreign shows and classic, rare, and non-commercial films from all over the world.



Academics




One of the schools of the National Polytechnic Institute specializing in business studies.


The Institute offers 80 undergraduate programs[6] leading to four- or five-year bachelor's degrees and 135 postgraduate programs[6] leading to 29 postgraduate diplomas,[6] 70 master's degrees[6] and 36 doctorate degrees.[6]


Like most public universities in Mexico, in addition to its undergraduate and graduate schools the institute sponsors several vocational high schools called 'Centros de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos' (C.E.C. y T.), most of which are in Greater Mexico City. Upon completion, they lead to a technician degree. For this level of study, the institute offers 78 technical careers.[6]



Athletics


Main article: Águilas Blancas

IPN fields 27 varsity teams in sports or activities such as archery, American football, athletics, baseball, basketball, body building, bowling, boxing, chess, cycling, frontenis, gymnastics, handball, indoor soccer, judo, karate, kendo, mountaineering, rowing, soccer, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, touch football, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.[20]


The university maintains a fierce rivalry with all the athletic teams from the National Autonomous University of Mexico but have a particularly bitter competition with its football program, the "Pumas Dorados" (Golden Pumas).



Notable people



Notable alumni


See also: Category:Instituto Politécnico Nacional alumni


Scientists and technologists




  • Guillermo González Camarena: television pioneer; inventor of an early color television transmission system.


  • Jerzy Rzedowski: plant scientist; pioneer of neotropical floristics.


  • Esther Orozco: biology researcher, winner of the 1997 UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal and the 2006 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her work on amoebiasis.


  • Evangelina Villegas: biochemist laureated with the 2000 World Food Prize and whose work with maize led to the development of Quality Protein Maize (QPM).


  • Pablo Rudomín: neuroscientist laureated with the Prince of Asturias Award (1987).


  • Gilberto Calvillo Vives: president of the United Nations' Statistics Commission.


  • Alberto Pérez Gómez: architectural historian and winner of the 1984 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award.


  • Ruth Rivera Marin: architect, the first woman to study architecture at the College of Engineering and Architecture.


  • Constantino Reyes-Valerio: chemist and art historian, discovered the recipe to create Maya blue and coined the term Arte Indocristiano.


  • Raúl Rojas: professor of computer science and mathematics and a renowned specialist in artificial neural networks.



Politicians




  • Ernesto Zedillo: former President of Mexico (1994-2000).


  • Josefina Vázquez Mota: former Secretary of Education (Mexico).


  • Reyes Tamez: Secretary of Education during the Fox administration.


  • Victor Bravo Ahuja: Secretary of Education during the Echeverría admninistration.


  • Eugenio Méndez Docurro: Secretariat of Communications and Transportation during the Echeverría administration


  • Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez: former Governor of Durango (1974-1979).


  • Miguel Borge Martín: former Governor of Quintana Roo (1987-1993).


  • Roberto Kobeh González: ICAO Council President (2006-2014)


  • Luis Montes de Oca: former Secretary of Finance (Mexico) 1927-1932.





Notable faculty


See also Category: Instituto Politécnico Nacional faculty



  • Alexander Balankin: scientist, winner of the 2005 UNESCO Science Prize for his works on fractal mechanics.


  • Heberto Castillo: inventor of tridilosa and founder of several political parties.


  • Juan O'Gorman: architect and painter.


  • Arturo Rosenblueth: physician, physiologist, and noted researcher.



See also



  • National Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences

  • National Polytechnic Institute College of Biomedical Sciences

  • National Polytechnic Institute College of Social and Administrative Sciences

  • National Polytechnic Institute College of Interdisciplinary Studies



References





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