National Polytechnic School

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National Technical University
(Spanish: Escuela Politécnica Nacional)
Motto "E scientia hominis salus" (in Latin)
Established 1869
Type Public university
Rector Ing. Alfonso Espinosa
Undergraduates 10000
Postgraduates 2500
Location Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
0°12′38″S 78°29′20″W / 0.21056°S 78.48889°W / -0.21056; -78.48889Coordinates: 0°12′38″S 78°29′20″W / 0.21056°S 78.48889°W / -0.21056; -78.48889
Campus Urban, 152,000 square metres (38 acres)
Mascot Owl
Website epn.edu.ec (in 5 languages)

The National Technical University (Spanish: Escuela Politécnica Nacional), also known as EPN, is a public university located in Quito, Ecuador.

History

The National Technical University was founded on August 27, 1869 by the National Convention of the Ecuador and the Ecuadorian President Gabriel García Moreno. For this purpose, Garcia Moreno brought members of a German Jesuit religious order who managed the university and the Quito Astronomical Observatory. Juan Bautista Menten, Teodoro Wolf and Luis Sodiro are among the first scientists that come to the National Technical University. The newborn institution was concibed as the first research center of Ecuador and was created with the purpose of contributing to the scientific and technological development of the country.

EPN is the second-oldest public university in Ecuador, after Central University of Ecuador.

The university remained closed during some decades, until 1935, when Ecuadorian President José María Velasco Ibarra re-opened it.

In 1964, the university moved from its campus "La Alameda" to the current Polythecnic Campus, being the rector José Rubén Orellana Ricaurte.

Campus

The campus, called "José Rubén Orellana", is located at the sector center-oriental of Quito. It occupies an area of 15.2 hectares and has a built area of around 62,000 metres2. Its student body numbers approximately 10,000 of which thirty percent are women.

At the campus there are some libraries with a content primarily oriented to the engineering and scientific topics.

Faculties

  • Administrative Sciences
  • Chemical Engineering and Agro-Industry
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Science Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Geology and Petroleum
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Exact Sciences: Mathematics, Physics

See also

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