DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS
To facilitate the reading and an adequate interpretation of the Mexican High Education System, a definition of the terms used in this page is presented next.
Entidad Federativa: Geographical political division of the Mexican Republic where their habitants are ruled by its own independent government.
Estatuto Orgánico: A document where the basis of the organization are established as well as the rights and functions of an institution.
Ley General de Educación: A law that regulate the education imparted by the status.
This regulation applies to both, public and private education.
Ley Orgánica: A set of legal rules established to regulate the functions of each institution of the High Education system.
Instituciones de Educación Superior Públicas Estatales: Institutions of High Education dependent of each political territory division.
Instituciones de Educación Superior Públicas Federales: Institutions of High Education dependent directly from the federal government through the Public Education Ministry, such as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, el Instituto Politécnico Nacional y la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
Intitutos Tecnológicos Públicos: A federal High Education System scattered through all the country. This system provides technological oriented formation of high level (undergraduate and graduate programs).
Instituciones de Educación Superior Particulares: These institutions do not receive financial funds from the federal government.
Nivel 1: Highest level given by CIEES (Comites Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior). An educational program with this level its the one that is ready to be accredited under a criterion of quality program by an organism validated by COPAES (Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior).
Plan Nacional de Desarrollo: This includes a set of strategies that move forward to established goals by the federal government to improve the quality of life of its people.
Programa de Buena Calidad: A program recognized and certified by an accredited organism authorized by COPAES.
Padrón de los CIEES: A roster of undergraduate and graduate programs evaluated by CIEES and classified according to quality parameters established in a reference manual. The given levels are in the evaluation process are 1, 2 and 3; in which the level 1 means that the program is ready to be accredited.
Personal Docente: Institution personnel which function is the formal process of teaching.
Red Internacional de Laureate International Universities: It is an international group of private universities recognized by its leadership in the high education field.
Universidades Tecnológicas: It is an undergraduate system. After finished high school and in a period of two years, the participat student obtain an associate degree that allowed the student to incorporate in the productive area and/or continue towards its bachelor degree.
Universidades Politécnicas: It is a high education system oriented to form professional technological leaders that contribute to the economic and social development of every region and the country.
