NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

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 Lázaro Cárdenas del Río with the principle that providing a free technical education to the children of workers and peasants would eventually make Mexico technologically self-sufficient, increase development of industry, and also cover the social necessities.
The education levels that the Politecnico have are 3:
-Bachelor or high school in the CECyT's (16).
-Colleges (24)
-Postgraduated and Research Centers (24).
It has presence in 19 Mexican states.
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.

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Notable alumni

Notable faculty

External links

Notable alumni

:''See also

★ Ernesto Zedillo - former President of Mexico (1994-2000)

★ Guillermo González Camarena - Engineer and inventor of the color television

★ Reyes Tamez - Secretary of Education during the Vicente Fox administration

★ Victor Bravo Ahuja, engineer and Secretary of Education during the Luis Echeverria administration

★ Josefina Vázquez Mota - Secretary of Education during the Felipe Calderón administration and Social Development 2000-2006

★ Octavio Paredes López - President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences

★ Esther Orozco Orozco - Secretary of Science and Tecnology in Mexico city

★ Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez - former Governor of Durango (1974-1979)

Notable faculty

★ Cuauhtemoc Anda Gutierrez

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

External links

★ Official website

★ Once TV

★ CIC