page_title: Querétaro City
section_title: Education and research
hierarchical_section_title: Querétaro City / Education and research
caption_attribution_description: English: Edificio 4 (Building 4) ITESM—Querétaro Campus of the ITESM—Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, . Located in Santiago de Querétaro, Municipality of Querétaro, Querétaro state, central México. Español: Edificio 4 del ITESM—Querétaro Campus, del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey—ITESM, Santiago de Querétaro, Municipo de Querétaro, Querétaro, México.
context_page_description: Santiago de Querétaro, known simply as Querétaro City, is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío. It is 213 kilometers northwest of Mexico City, 63 kilometers southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 kilometers south of San Luis Potosí. The city of Querétaro is divided into seven boroughs: Josefa Vergara y Hernández, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Centro Histórico, Cayetano Rubio, Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Félix Osores Sotomayor and Epigmenio González. In 1996, the historic center of Querétaro was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
  It is a strong business and economic centre and a vigorous service city that is experiencing an ongoing social and economic revitalization.
  Querétaro has seen an outstanding industrial and economic development since the mid-1990s. Querétaro metropolitan area has the 2nd highest GDP per capita among Mexico's metropolitan areas with US$20,000 after Monterrey.
context_section_description: The city and its surroundings are home to some of the most important universities in Mexico. The most prestigious universities in Mexico, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Universidad Anáhuac and the ITESM (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), have set campuses at the outskirts where significant research is carried out. UNAM is a public institution and the Universidad Anáhuac and the ITESM-Querétaro are private.
  The Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (founded in 1625 as College of St. Ignatious of Loyola. It's the largest and most important university in the state. It ranked 3rd in the Times Higher Education magazine)
  Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro.
  Universidad del Valle de México
  Universidad Anáhuac
  Universidad Contemporánea
  Universidad TecMilenio, Campus Querétaro
  Universidad del Golfo de México, Campus Querétaro
  Universidad Politecnica de Querétaro
  Universidad Cuauhtémoc
  Universidad Univer-Aliat
  Escuela Bancaria y Comercial
  Universidad Corregidora de Querétaro
  Universidad Veracruzana
  Universidad del Valle de Atemajac
  Universidad Marista
  Escuela Normal del Estado
  Centro de Estudios Universitarios Londres
  Universidad Liceo
  Universidad Tecnológica de Querétaro
  Universidad Nacional Aeronáutica en Querétaro
  Instituto Gastronómico y de Estudios Superiores
  Centro de Estudios en Ciencias de la Comunicación
  Centro de Formación de Recursos de Enfermería de Querétaro
  Instituto Tecnológico de la Construcción
  Centro de Estudios Odontológicos
  Centro Universitario Andamaxei
  Centro de Estudios Superiores del Bajio
  Universidad Interamericana del Norte
  Colegio Universitario De Humanidades
  Universidad Metropolitana Latina
  Centro de Estudios de Posgrado en Salud Mental
  Universidad CNCI
  Colegio Universitario de Formación Empresarial, Querétaro
  Universidad Internacional de Querétaro
  Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Applicada y Tecnología avanzada (part of the IPN)
  CUDH
  Also, the city is home to more than seven research centers. Among the most important are CIATEQ, CIDESI and CIDETEQ. There are also several private research centers.
caption: Querétaro's ITESM campus
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