Tec Educational Model

Tec de Monterrey

Tec de Monterrey is a university with international academic recognition of excellence, which offers international, innovative and recognized university education that inserts and projects you into the world.

It has international programs in a large network of campuses that introduce you to the best of Mexico and its wealth.

Tec de Monterrey enables the formation of solid and comprehensive competencies that help you to creatively and strategically solve any challenges of the present and the future.

Our educational model, activates and empowers your innovation capabilities allowing you to stay updated, and to be an agent of change in unprecedented times.

Our learning process is challenge based, with 4 main components:

Challenge-Based Learning in which the world is a classroom; organizations and businesses play the role of development partners		Inspirational Faculty professors that are innovative, engaged, and continually learning new teaching methods
Incorporating Flexibility in how, when & where to learn enabled through technology and curriculum		Memorable University Experience as a means to develop personal and professional competencies and a sense of belonging

Sample of a Semester Structure

What makes a semester at Tec de Monterrey?

A semester at Tec de Monterrey lasts 18 weeks, which is divided into 3 cycles lasting 5 weeks each.

During the semester you will be able to take:

Formative Units:
- Courses: Traditional courses (General and Disciplinary) that can last 5, 10, or 15 weeks
- Blocks: (Learning Modules & Challenges) Contain challenges connected to reality + theoretical modules. Students can only participate in one block per cycle.
Tec Week: Not mandatory for international students.

Credit Equivalencies

1 Tec Credit equals: 15h class hours, 5 supervised activity hours and, 20 self-study hours.
Each Formative Unit (Course or Block) provides different amounts of credits.

Evaluation System

Grade	100	99-90	89-80	79-70	Less than 70
DESCRIPTION	EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD	GOOD	AVERAGE	FAILED

Each formative unit at Tec de Monterrey will be evaluated as follows:

50% or more of the grade will be achieved by the evaluation of evidence.
50% or less of the grade will be achieved by the evaluation of traditional learning activities (exams, reports, cases, etc.)

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