Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior (CETYS) is a private Institution of Higher Education founded in 1961, located in the state of

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. CETYS is a three-campus university system in Engineering, Business and the Social Sciences.

History

Under the support of a group of businessmen, who formed the Instituto Educativo del Noroeste (IENAC), a not-for-profit civil association that supports CETYS. The institution opened its doors on September 20, 1961, in Mexicali. Tijuana began operating in 1970, with the Ensenada campus following in 1975. Today, IENAC is led by Gustavo Vildosola Ramos, while Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia is the university President.

Organizational structure

CETYS possesses a
Academic Advisory Council (CCA)
responsible for analyzing and discussing transcendental issues of interest to the CETYS University System.

Campuses

* Ensenada *

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Alumni

* Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, governor of the state of

& former mayor of

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* Abe Vazquez, Musician and producer with Vazquez Sounds * Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, politician

References

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