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The Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Spanish for National Polytechnic Institute) (IPN) is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 171,581 students〔 at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It was founded on 1 January 1936 during the administration of President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río as a response to provide professional education to the most disadvantaged social classes in that historical period, a practice that is still maintained because it is one of the few vocational schools that are still maintained in the world. The institute consists of 98 academic units offering 293 courses of study.〔 It includes 78 technical careers, 80 different undergraduate and 135 postgraduate programs.〔 Its main campus, called ''Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos'' or ''Zacatenco'', is situated on approximately north Mexico City.〔 The IPN is based primarily in Mexico City and its suburbs, but with several research institutes and facilities distributed over 22 different states.〔 ==History== The Institute was founded on January 1, 1936 during the administration of President Lázaro Cárdenas in what had been previously known as the ''Ex hacienda Santo Tomás''; a large estate initially owned by Spanish ''conquistador'' Hernán Cortés in the 16th century〔 and donated by the federal government. Prominent astronomer Luis Enrique Erro, former revolutionary Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes and former minister of education Narciso Bassols were among its initial promoters.〔 During the administration of former Director Alejo Peralta, were given to IPN sufficient lands. For this purpose, were expropriated lands of Santa Maria Ticomán (213 ha) and San Pedro Zacatenco (43 ha).〔 The construction of what is now the Professional Unit "Adolfo López Mateos" (Zacatenco) began in 1958. In 1959, former President Adolfo López Mateos, the former minister of education Jaime Torres Bodet, and former director of IPN Eugenio Mendez Docurro, inaugurated the first four buildings of Zacatenco, which were occupied by the Superior School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ESIME) and the Superior School of Engineering and Architecture (ESIA).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Instituto Politécnico Nacional」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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