The IPN will send 466 students to National and international universities

Enrique Soto

Within the framework of the International and National Mobility Programmes and the National Mobility Programmes, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) will send 252 students to international universities and 214 students to national universities for the semester January - June 2023, to enrich their academic, cultural, and personal training.

The Secretario de Innovación e Integración Social, Ricardo Monterrubio López urged the young people to make the most of this opportunity for academic and cultural exchange. "Let the whole world know that the IPN is culture, sport, education, art, human quality and it is also Mexico".

The students who will represent the Polytechnic in the different countries and states of the Republic will become ambassadors of this House of Studies and the months of their stay will be enough to get to know the academic wealth of the destination institutions and also to pass on to their colleagues from other universities a little of what is quality and excellence of the IPN, said the official.

At the farewell ceremony for young participants in the International and National Mobility Programmes, he reported that, as a result of the agreements of the IPN Mobility Committee, the resources for the maintenance of international mobility students had been increased. He explained that in the case of increased national mobility, the funds for travel and living expenses have been increased.

He stressed that the Polytechnic currently has a total of 97 international mobility agreements and more than 122 national mobility opportunities. Addressing the young people, the official said: "I am confident that during your stay you will bring more Politécnico to the world".

The IPN's Secretario General, Carlos Ruiz Cárdenas, said the polytechnic students would arrive at universities in Germany, South Korea, France, Japan, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Sweden. " In a larger proportion to educational institutions in Chile, Colombia, Spain, and India," he said. Among the universities that will receive more IPN students is the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain), Chandigarh University (India), Universidad de la Sabana, and Universidad EIA, both from Colombia.

The IPN academic units with the highest participation in this international program are Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas (UPIITA), with 30 students; Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME) Zacatenco, with 27; Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología (Upibi), with 22; Escuela Superior de Cómputo (Escom), with 20, and ESIME Azcapotzalco, with 20.

The official predicted success for 214 students who will participate in the National Mobility Programme for the same period, most of whom will go to the Universities Autónoma de Baja California, Guadalajara, Autónoma de Nuevo León, and Autónoma de Yucatán.

The academic units with the highest participation are the Escuela Superior de Ingenieria y Arquitectura (ESIA) Tecamachalco, with 23 students; the Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Textil (ESIT), with 23; the Santo Tomás Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración (ESCA), with 22; and the Culhuacán Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Mecánica y Electrica (ESIME), with 20.

"This experience will enrich their knowledge, give them greater employability, allow them to be more entrepreneurial, and create networks of friends for their personal development," said Ruiz Cárdenas.

Representing the international mobility students, Laura Paulina Ruiz Serrano, a student from the Escuela Superior de Economía, said: "Let's be worthy representatives of the Polytechnic and of Mexico, let's show that we Polytechnic students are leaders.

Speaking on behalf of the young people on national mobility, Adolfo Efrén Calva Cruz, a student at the Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas said that wherever they are, in another country or another state of the Republic, there is one thing they must never forget: "The institution to which we belong, one of the most important in science, engineering, and technology. To carry the name of the IPN is to carry in our hands 86 years of history full of great achievements," he said.