page_title: Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education / Organization
caption_attribution_description: Español: Rectoria y Cetec
context_page_description: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey, is a secular and coeducational multi-campus private university based in Monterrey, Mexico. ITESM has since grown to include 36 campuses throughout the country, quickly becoming one of the most prestigious universities in Latin America.
  ITESM was the first university to be connected to the Internet in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world, having the top-ranked business school in the region according to the Economist and being one of the leaders in patent applications among Mexican universities. The medical school offers the only MD-PhD program available in Mexico, in partnership with the Houston Methodist Hospital.
context_section_description: All campuses are sponsored by non-profit organizations composed primarily of local businesspeople. The Monterrey Campus is sponsored by Enseñanza e Investigación Superior, A.C. (EISAC), which co-sponsored the system as a whole until a newly built organization, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, A.C. (ITESM AC) overtook those responsibilities. Such organizations (effectively serving as boards of trustees) are responsible for electing the rectors or directors of a particular campus. Since February 2012, the president of ITESMAC is José Antonio Fernández, a class of 1976 alumnus and current chairman and CEO of FEMSA. Former presidents include the founder, Eugenio Garza Sada (1943–73) and his son, Eugenio Garza Lagüera (1973–97), and Lorenzo Zambrano (1997-2012), a class of 1966 alumnus and until his passing.
  Former heads of the Institute include:
  León Ávalos y Vez (1943–1947) first director-general.
  Roberto Guajardo Suárez (1947–1951) second director-general.
  Víctor Bravo Ahuja (1951–1958) third director-general, and from 11 April 1955, first rector.
  Fernando García Roel (1959–1984) second rector.
  Rafael Rangel Sostmann (1985–2011) third rector.
  Salvador Alva (2011-2019) fourth rector and Executive President.
  Since 2020, The Tecnológico de Monterrey Rector and Executive President is David Garza Salazar.
caption: The Rectorate (left) and the CETEC towers at the Monterrey Campus
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