ITESO was first conceived by a group of Jesuits, families and local businesspeople who sought to lay the material and spiritual foundations for a different kind of university. Their proposal was to combine professional training with the education of men and women who would go out into the world with a firm sense of social responsibility and justice.

ITESO is the only university in Jalisco to receive the Registration as an Institution of Academic Excellence, awarded by Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education. With a faculty made up of professionals and researchers recognized as leaders in their field, together with up-to-date curricula and facilities designed to stimulate the development of students’ multiple dimensions, ITESO offers a solid preparation for life. It is the first private university of the central-western region of Mexico to offer graduate programs of excellence recognized by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT, in its initials in Spanish) and the Mexican Society for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (SOMEDICYT). Among private universities in the country, ITESO has the greatest number of professors in the National System of Researchers (SNI), the greatest number of books published, as well as an outstanding library.

Spanish Language Programs