More than 300 students will study at universities in countries including China, Brazil, Germany, and Poland through the Institute's 2026 mobility initiatives.
International cooperation and academic mobility are essential to strengthening educational quality, research, science, technology, innovation, and the comprehensive development of students, said Yessica Gasca Castillo, Secretary of Innovation and Social Integration at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), during the farewell ceremony for participants in the Institute's 2026 academic mobility programs.
A total of 351 IPN students will take part in mobility opportunities this year. Of these, 314 will study abroad at leading universities in China, Canada, South Korea, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Poland, and Germany, while 37 students will complete academic stays at institutions in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Baja California Sur, Nuevo León, and Quintana Roo.
The participants are enrolled in four institutional initiatives: the International Academic Mobility Program (ProMAI), the National Academic Mobility Program (ProMAN), the Leadership Development Program (PFL), and the Latin American Academic Exchange Program (PILA).
Representing IPN Director General Arturo Reyes Sandoval, Gasca Castillo emphasized that internationalization is a cross-cutting institutional policy because knowledge no longer recognizes borders. She described international experiences as an essential pathway to preparing highly qualified professionals, entrepreneurs, and, above all, globally minded citizens.
She also reflected on the Institute's 90-year legacy of transforming lives through public education.
"For nine decades, the Polytechnic has demonstrated that talent is not determined by where someone comes from, but by the opportunities an institution like ours can provide—opening the doors not only to knowledge, but now to the world," she said.
Speaking on behalf of the students, Claudia Itzel Pérez Lara, from the Higher School of Engineering and Architecture (ESIA), Tecamachalco Campus, thanked the Institute and its faculty members for encouraging students to pursue international academic opportunities.
During the ceremony, Juan Vicente Pérez Hernández, Education Counselor at the Embassy of Spain in Mexico, described internationalization and academic mobility as one of the most effective responses to the challenges of globalization, emphasizing both their academic and personal value.
"It is always beneficial for young people to study elsewhere, broaden their perspectives, and bring back everything they learn to their own country," he said.
The farewell ceremony, held at the Alejo Peralta Auditorium of the Jaime Torres Bodet Cultural Center, was also attended by Ernesto Miranda Triguero, Trade Delegate for Academic Affairs at the Embassy of Canada in Mexico; Silvia Blanco Vázquez, Director of Foreign Language Education; and family members of the students participating in the mobility programs.
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