Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo

The Technological Institute of Saltillo (Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo), or ITS, is located in the city of Saltillo, state capital of Coahuila, Mexico. It is a college level technological institution. Though founded in July 1950 by Mexican President Miguel Alemán Valdez, it started operations on January 3, 1951. Since its foundation the institute has changed names several times. It was founded as Instituto Tecnológico de Coahuila, but then changed in 1968 to Instituto Tecnológico Regional de Coahuila. Again, by 1977, it was renamed to Instituto Tecnológico Regional de Saltillo and, finally, since 1981, as Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo. In 1951, the objective of the institution was to provide students technical degrees...