Continuing the theme of globalization of universities, and have written the post about virtual universities and distance education I started to write this post that talks about the virtual university in Mexico with more prestigious the country and abroad to present information on the operation of this university: Tecnológico de Monterrey in addition to and in class what the professor said, the institution gets its graduate students are employed entrepreneurs and existing knowledge to form their own companies. Behind the growth and development the Monterrey Technological has experienced in recent years several factors one of which is the Virtual University.
Tecnológico de Monterrey was founded in 1943 by a group of Mexican entrepreneurs. Currently has 30 campuses throughout Mexico. The Virtual University of Tecnológico de Monterrey Founded in 1989 as the first interactive distance learning to expand coverage and bring education teachers regardless of distance limitations, has more than 80 000 students served per year, academic programs, and undergraduate , Masters to online literacy programs for members of the country's most marginalized communities. More than size, the Virtual University is unique in the world for the way he has managed to create synergy with the rest of Tecnológico de Monterrey. This university uses innovative educational models, learning networks and advanced information technologies to help integration and development of English-speaking communities and this is the mission of the Virtual University.
The Virtual University of Tecnológico de Monterrey has offices transmitters and receivers with five satellite channels, this network allows education to lead a more remote areas of Mexico and Latin America, Mexico has 6 transmitting sites located Chihuahua, Mexico City, Estado de Mexico, Monterrey, Toluca and Cuernavaca, and 11 overseas offices located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, and has liaison offices in Canada, USA and France.
Here are some statistics on the Virtual University of Tecnológico de Monterrey: 3956 so far are the professionals who have earned a degree in the Virtual University, in 2002 1342 graduated 19 students in master's and 1 doctoral , this year gave service to 24389 students in their academic programs and 56581 in their outreach programs. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
18617 students attended professional courses
5772 Students enrolled in master's programs
12559 EXTENSION PROGRAMS Students in the University 12490
Virtual Enterprise Students in Continuing Education courses online
1980 exclusive satellite Students Programs Student Programs 15370
exclusive online
You can get a detailed explanation of how people learn in the virtual university ITESM through :
http://www.ruv.itesm.mx/portal/principal/qs/bienvenida/comoseaprende.htm
The university has received several awards that credited as a great institution like the European Certification Graduate School of Business Administration, in addition to the Graduate School Business Administration (EGADE) ITESM, received certification for its academic standards and operating by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), through its assessment body EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System ) is an international system of strategic audit and accreditation designed by Europeans for the assessment of institutions offering graduate programs in management. With this, the EGADE is included in the select group of 53 accredited institutions worldwide, as part of the new locations outside Europe. The Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey estáacreditado by the Commission on Colleges of the Association of Schools and Colleges of the Southern United States (SACS).
12559 EXTENSION PROGRAMS Students in the University 12490
Virtual Enterprise Students in Continuing Education courses online
1980 exclusive satellite Students Programs Student Programs 15370
exclusive online
You can get a detailed explanation of how people learn in the virtual university ITESM through :
http://www.ruv.itesm.mx/portal/principal/qs/bienvenida/comoseaprende.htm
The university has received several awards that credited as a great institution like the European Certification Graduate School of Business Administration, in addition to the Graduate School Business Administration (EGADE) ITESM, received certification for its academic standards and operating by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), through its assessment body EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System ) is an international system of strategic audit and accreditation designed by Europeans for the assessment of institutions offering graduate programs in management. With this, the EGADE is included in the select group of 53 accredited institutions worldwide, as part of the new locations outside Europe. The Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey estáacreditado by the Commission on Colleges of the Association of Schools and Colleges of the Southern United States (SACS).
As I said at the beginning of the post, Tecnológico de Monterrey is also distinguished by track their graduates and encourage them to form their own companies, has a network of business incubators that Impulse is a platform the development of new companies offering support for the conception, startup and business growth . The objectives of this network of incubators is to provide students, graduates and entrepreneurs a model for developing new businesses, entrepreneurs and companies become competitive in national and international social development contribute to the community, and therefore the country, supporting the necessary resources to transform ideas and entrepreneurial projects in companies have development potential. 64% of graduates from the Tecnológico de Monterrey are dedicated to their own businesses, family businesses or independent professionals. Some services provided by the network of incubators is to develop business plans, business liaison, business training, links to sources of financing and investment, support for technological research centers, consulting and specialized tutoring in several areas such as administration, marketing and sales, accounting and finance, foreign trade, technology, among others. The first business incubator started in October 2001 in Monterrey campus, and in May 2004 the Network of Technological Incubators Monterrey is certified by the Department of Economics. Until January 2005, the incubator network was composed of 27 incubators spread over the various campuses of the Tecnológico de Monterrey which cater to 1123 companies have created 2639 direct jobs. There are two types of incubators: the physical incubator which is where students are offered counseling and mentoring services in addition that have spaces where they can work, and the virtual incubator where support services are provided through the portal Emprendetec.com , this type can serve a greater number of projects, is always available no matter where and to share resources between the Network Incubators Incubators Network has 1310 projects and companies which are 564 projects and high technology companies including 306, Information Technology, Agribusiness, 120 138, Industrial, 627 are projects and companies in the services area and 119 in other sectors.
According to some testimonies of entrepreneurs now have been supported by this project Tecnológico de Monterrey, the Network of Business Incubators is very helpful because advises both on the operational, and financial and technology, among others, besides helping to make decisions and take action because the experts involved counts, also help to secure funding with the Ministry of Economy, then we can say that business incubators to help entrepreneurs expand their vision of the company and raise clear objectives for the development of it.