ITESM Campus Santa Fe
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| Established: | 2001 |
| Type: | Private |
| Director: | Salvador Garza Boardman |
| Faculty: | 135 |
| Students: | 3000 |
| Undergraduates: | 1400 |
| Postgraduates: | 320 (The rest of the students, 1080, are in high school) |
| Location: | Mexico City, México |
| Website: | www.csf.itesm.mx |
The ITESM Campus Santa Fe is a small to medium-sized private university, member of the ITESM system, founded in 2001 and located on the Santa Fe area of Mexico City. It provides professional studies as well as high school programs. International programs are also available. The campus features modern architecture by the renowned Ricardo Legorreta, having more than 30,000 square meters of construction, with more than 3,000 students.
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[edit] Controversies
Access to the campus was blocked when it was under construction by a group of tenants who claimed that they had not been fully compensated for the land by the government. [1][2]
[edit] Campus
The campus is divided into three buildings for professional studies and a preparatory building with its own hall, green areas, library and snack bar. The professional area has 3 main halls, an auditorium, a library and a bookstore, along with an information technologies center featuring 70 computers divided by the type of software installed: Business, Programming, Multimedia, Design. There is a Business center and a Gesell dome used for marketing studies. There are nine engineering laboratories:
- Energy Transfer Laboratory
- Information Technologies Center
- Advanced Control and Industrial Networking Laboratory
- Manufacture and Productivity Integrating Cell
- Mechanics and Metallography Laboratory
- Integral Electronics and Potency Systems Laboratory
- Telecommunications and Instrumentation Laboratory
- Computational Laboratory of Design and Manufacture
- Networks and Informatics Security Laboratory
There are two Basketball courts, two Tennis courts and a full-size Football / Soccer court along with a running track. A gym with various fitness apparatus is also available. Along with the various snack bars and coffee shops, there is a buffet called "Cafeteria La Fuente" Where students have a place to eat, along with a recreation area.
[edit] History
[edit] 1997-2002
The idea to build the 30th campus was formulated in 1997, but the terrain wasn't acquired until 1999. Construction began on March 19th, 2001. On October 22nd, 2001, the first students started moving from the Mexico City Campus to the Santa Fe Campus, along with new students. By the end of its first year, the Campus Santa Fe had already 1150 alumni, along with relationships with 35 of Santa Fe's enterprises. There were already many Student Associations and cultural groups.
[edit] 2003
Along with 2003 came a new head for the Campus, Lic. Salvador Eduardo Garza Boardman, who had worked for the ITESM system for more than 10 years. In March, 2003, the construction for the preparatory building began. In 2004, the Santa Fe campus won the first place in its group when the quality of technological infrastructure was measured among all campuses. A treaty was signed with IBM for collaborative research on the areas of Computing, electronics and business. The ITESM and HP announced the inauguration of the TEC Discovery Center. The Enterprise Incubator was founded and on October 2003, the International Entrepreneurs Congress was hold 600 people.
[edit] 2004
The first Literary Creation and Expression of Movement Contest was held. The Food Bank was created to hold food supplies in order to help the community. During June, the preparatory building was inaugurated. Dr. Julio Rubio Barrios replaced Salvador Garza as the head of the campus.
[edit] 2005
The new mission for the ITESM System was given, and the first generation of alumni graduated from the Campus. Lic. Salvador Garza returned once again to replace Dr. Julio Rubio. The first and second "Laws of Life" contests were held to give preparatory students a place to express their thoughts, writing essays about how they see the world.
[edit] 2006
The campus celebrated its fifth anniversary, having 3023 students, of which 1000 were high school students, 1482 undergrads and 372 graduate. The CCA Centro Comunitario de Aprendizaje or Communitary Learning Center, is currently under construction, and will provide the low-income community around the Santa Fe area a place to access computers and learning material.
[edit] Student Life
The alumni can participate in, or create, student groups and get external funding to expand their university if they believe there is something missing. The students can choose to take many recreational activities in the areas of athletics and the arts. With a Grade Average above 80%, the student possesses the flexibility to take part of their education in another country. Common choices are Europe, Canada or the US.
[edit] Programs
Most of the system's business and engineering programs are available in their entirety. Mireille Velazquez is one of the most outstanding participants in campus.
[edit] Sources
5 años, Campus Santa Fe, ITESM, Dirección de Comunicación e Imagen y Relación con Egresados de Campus Santa Fe 2006.
