Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana

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**Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana**

Established	1986
Type	Private University
President	Roman Valladares
Staff	250
Undergraduates	5,000
Postgraduates	500
Location	Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Campus	Urban
Website	[1]

The Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC) (Central American Technological University) is a private coeducational institution with campuses in the two main cities of Honduras: Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Agreements and relationships
4 External links

[edit] History

The University was founded in 1986 by a group of Honduras Businessmen and Professors of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH - Honduras National University) who had envisioned the creation of an institute that had its main focus on teaching the sciences to its students without compromising their knowledge of the human sciences.

In 1992 the first 28 students graduated from Unitec.

In 1994 Unitec inaugurated its own campus in Tegucigalpa

Since 1989 Unitec has presence in the city of San Pedro Sula, mostly with graduates programs and later with a campus with undergraduates and graduates students.

[edit] Academics

Unitec offers 21 undergraduates programs, 7 on-campus master's degrees,21 on-line master's degrees and 10 virtual master's degrees.

[edit] Agreements and relationships

Unitec has established agreements and close relationships with other universities and Institutions worldwide:

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Learning), Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico National Autonomous University), Mexico
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, (Madrid Politechnical University) Spain
Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados - ESAN- (School of Graduate Business Administration), Peru
Centro de Investigación de Tecnología de Alimentos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (CITA-UCR) (National Research Center on Food Service of Costa Rica University), Costa Rica
Escuela Superior de Economía y Administracion de Empresas (Graduate School of Economy and Business Administration), Argentina
Universidad de Huelva (Huelva University), Spain
Calvin College, Michigan, USA
University of New Orleans, USA
Louisiana State University, USA
Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Institute of Technology), Argentina
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Universidad Central (Central University), Chile
Universidad Diego Portales (Diego Portales University), Chile
Universidad de Fortaleza (Fortaleza University), Brazil
Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Torcuato di Tella University), Argentina
Universidad del Salvador (University del Salvador), Argentina
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires University), Argentina
Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Santiago de Chile University), Chile
Univesidad Politécnica de Valencia (Valencia Politechnical University), Spain
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Barcelona Autonomous University), Spain
Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Antonio de Nebrija University), Spain
Universidad Católica del Norte (Catholic University of the North), Chile
Universidad Mayor (Major University), Chile
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (Industrial Technology National Institute), Argentina
IAE Universidad Austral, Argentina
Normandy Business School, France
Institute of Industrial Engineers, USA
Tompkins Cortland Community College, USA
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Universidad de Caxias do Sul (Caxias do Sul University), Brazil
Fundacao Universidade de Brasil (Foundation of Brazil Universities), Brazil
Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafaél Rodríguez, Cuba