Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Institute of Technology

Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
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Motto	Ad Lucem Serenitate Tendo
Motto in English	To the light peacefully I go
Type	Private
Established	November 20, 1959
Rector	Ing. José Luis Roces
Academic staff	about 514
Undergraduates	above 1,650
Location	Buenos Aires , ARG
Publication	Acontecer
Colors	Blue/White
Website	www.itba.edu.ar

The Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, (Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires - ITBA) is an Argentine private university located in the city of Buenos Aires. Its focus is primarily on Information Technology, Business and Engineering studies. In spite of being a small university, with only about 1650 undergraduate students, ITBA is regarded as one of the best engineering schools in Latin America, with an annual graduation average of 200 engineers, about 10% of the annual national total. ITBA maintains cooperation agreements with over 50 universities in 20 countries.

History

ITBA was created on November 20, 1959 by a group of Navy officers and professionals, with the purpose of advancing the teaching of engineering in Argentina.

ITBA's first Rector was Admiral Garzoni who retired around 1979 and died shortly thereafter. The current ITBA's Rector is Ing. José Luis Roces.

It is located in the neighborhood of Puerto Madero.

Degree programs

Undergraduate programs

The University offers undergraduate degrees in:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Business Administration & Information Systems
• Chemical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering (rated as one of the 7 best Argentinian engineering courses in 2004 by the National Commission of Education and University Accreditation (La Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria, CONEAU)
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Naval architecture
• Petroleum Engineering
• Informatics Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Graduate programs

• Executive Master in Strategic and Technological Management: offered in partnership with Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI), Spain.
• Master in Project Evaluation: offered with Universidad del CEMA, Argentina.
• Marketing for Engineers
• Telecommunications Management
• Electricity Market Management
• Oil and Gas Economics
• Software Engineering: Tutorial Mode, offered with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
• Data Mining
• Telecommunications
• Sustainable Environmental Management

PhD Programs

Research Programs are conducted in Engineering and Computer Engineering. These are 4-years long interdisciplinary programs specifically designed to research BioEngineering, Renewable Energy Sources and Information Security.

See also

• Aeroitba Petrel 912i

External links

• (Spanish) Official website
• (English) International Students Website