CECyT

Center of Scientific and Technological Studies

Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos
Motto	La Técnica al Servicio de la Patria
Motto in English	Technology to meet the needs of the Nation[1]
Type	Public High School
Director	Blanca Romero Meléndez[2]
Academic staff	4,710[3]
Administrative staff	2,294[3]
Students	63,891[3]
Location	Mexico City,  Mexico
Campus	15 in Mexico City 1 in State of Mexico 1 in Guanajuato 1 in Hidalgo Mostly urban.[3][4]
Colors	Maroon and white
Mascot	White donkey
Affiliations	National Polytechnic Institute
Website	www.dems.ipn.mx

The Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos also known as CECyT (in English: Center of Scientific and Technological Studies) is a state high school system in Mexico, belonging to the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).

There are 17 CECyT's^[3][4] and one Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos,^[3][4] CET (in English: Center of Technological Studies) located primarily in Mexico City. They are commonly known as Vocacionales.

Schools

Students of CECYT 7 at a Wiki Loves Monuments exhibition.

There are 15 Centros de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos and one Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos located in Mexico City. The CECyT 3 is located in Ecatepec, State of Mexico.^[3] Recently, two CECyT were created outside Greater Mexico City, one in the Guanajuato other in Hidalgo and in Zacatecas.^[3][4] Each school has number and a name (commonly referred to a name of former Presidents of Mexico, Mexican Revolution and Independence of Mexico's characters, and characters that helped to create the IPN).

The CECyT and CET offer studies in three branches of knowledge: Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and Social and Administrative Sciences, featuring 78 programs in the on-site courses.^[3] They are located as follows:^[4]

Mexico City
School	Location	Area
CECyT 1 Gonzalo Vázquez Vela	Gustavo A. Madero	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 2 Miguel Bernard Perales	Miguel Hidalgo	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 4 Lázaro Cárdenas del Río	Álvaro Obregón	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 5 Benito Juárez	Cuauhtémoc	Social and Administrative Sciences
CECyT 6 Miguel Othón de Mendizábal	Cuauhtémoc	Biomedical Sciences
CECyT 7 Cuauhtémoc	Iztapalapa	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 8 Narciso Bassols	Azcapotzalco	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 9 Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes	Miguel Hidalgo	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 10 Carlos Vallejo Márquez	Gustavo A. Madero	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 11 Wilfrido Massieu	Miguel Hidalgo	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences
CECyT 12 José María Morelos	Cuauhtémoc	Social and Administrative Sciences
CECyT 13 Ricardo Flores Magón	Coyoacán	Social and Administrative Sciences
CECyT 14 Luis Enrique Erro Soler	Venustiano Carranza	Social and Administrative Sciences
CECyT 15 Diódoro Antúnez Echegaray	Milpa Alta	Biomedical Sciences
CET 1 Walter Cross Buchanan	Gustavo A. Madero	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences

State of Mexico
School	Location	Area
CECyT 3 Estanislao Ramírez Ruiz	Ecatepec	Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences

Hidalgo
School	Location	Area
CECyT 16 Hidalgo	Pachuca	Multidisciplinary

Guanajuato
School	Location	Area
CECyT 17 León - Guanajuato	León	Multidisciplinary

Zacatecas
School	Location	Area
CECyT 18 - Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Multidisciplinary

References

1. National Polytechnic Institute. "About Us". Retrieved January 5, 2014.
2. Dirección de Educación Media Superior. "Directorio" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2014.
3. National Polytechnic Institute. "Informe Anual de Actividades dos mil trece" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved December 16, 2014.
4. Dirección de Educación Media Superior. "Oferta Educativa por Escuela Nivel Medio Superior" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

External links

• (Spanish) Dirección de Educación Media Superior IPN
• (Spanish) Official IPN website