CECYTE Querétaro

What CECYTE Querétaro does

CECyTE Querétaro (Colegio de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos del Estado de Querétaro) is a decentralized public educational organism of the Government of the State of Querétaro, Mexico, that delivers three-year technological upper secondary education (bachillerato tecnológico) combining academic preparation with terminal technical training. Established in 1994 with four initial campuses in rural municipalities under a federal-state initiative, the institution operates 12 planteles across 8 municipalities of Querétaro state and serves approximately 9,580 students in the February-June 2025 semester, supported by 168 employees. The institution offers 13 technical career programs including Mechatronics, Biotechnology, Programming, Electronics, Industrial Maintenance, Logistics, Electromechanics, Automotive Maintenance, Plastics Transformation, Electricity, Electronics, Industrial Production, and Administrative Management Processes. Two differentiated programs structure the institution's identity: the Bachillerato Incluyente (Inclusive Baccalaureate), operated since 2015 in partnership with Universidad Politécnica de Santa Rosa Jáuregui (UPSRJ), which delivers upper secondary education with sign language interpreters, Braille materials, and psycho-pedagogical support for students with hearing, visual, and motor disabilities; and participation in the Desafío STEM F1 in Schools México competition, which provides applied STEM experience using CAD/CAM software and 3D printing.

CECyTEQ functions as a publicly-funded educational provider rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue derives from operational funding from the Government of the State of Querétaro, normative dependence (federal oversight) from the Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica Industrial (DGETI) under the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP), supplemented by student-paid admission examination fees (ficha de examen de admisión) and enrollment cooperation fees (cuota de cooperación) collected via payment vouchers generated through the online portal and settled at partner banks. The core operational technology is the SGOE (Sistema de Gestión y Operación Escolar) web-based student management system, an in-house information platform supplemented by an online admission and enrollment portal at ceccyteq.edu.mx and 12 physical planteles. No proprietary intellectual property, patents, or technology trademarks are disclosed. The institution is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by the Secretary of Education in the State of Querétaro, with the Director General M. en C. David Chaparro Aguilar as executive head; the board includes representatives from federal education, state finance, the comptrollership, the productive sector, and the social sector.

The go-to-market model combines direct-to-consumer digital admission (web-based application, online payment voucher workflow, downloadable admission results) with community-led educational linkage activities that bring plantele-specific promotional materials to feeder secundaria schools. Marketing channels are institutional and digital — the official website (cecyteq.edu.mx), Facebook (facebook.com/cecytequeretarooficial), and Twitter/X (@CECYTEQueretaro) — without paid acquisition infrastructure. Customer segments are two-pronged: (i) primary, secondary school graduates seeking continued upper secondary education with a technological specialization; (ii) secondary, students with disabilities requiring specialized accompaniment. The institution maintains compliance with Mexican federal and state transparency, personal-data protection, and public-information access laws, and holds the DIISTINGUEUT 2024 Categoría Plata recognition through its UPSRJ partner for excellence in inclusive education. Geographic footprint is strictly domestic (Querétaro, Mexico) with no international operations.

Name

CECYTE Querétaro

Legal name

Colegio de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos del Estado de Querétaro

Website

https://cecyteq.edu.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CECyTE Querétaro is a public decentralized educational organism of the State of Querétaro, Mexico, operating 12 campuses across 8 municipalities and serving roughly 9,580 students with three-year technological upper secondary education across 13 career programs, including a unique inclusive baccalaureate partnership with UPSRJ, funded primarily by state and federal government sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technical Secondary Education

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Technical and Trade Schools (61151)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineering & Technical Professions (PE, Engineering CPD) (EDAAALAF)

Keywords

• Technical secondary education
• Vocational high school
• Inclusive education programs
• STEM secondary education
• Public technical baccalaureate

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago de Querétaro

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Public educational institution that charges admission examination fees and enrollment/cooperation fees. Revenue is supplemented by government funding from federal and state education authorities.
2. Government Funding: Decentralized public organism receiving operational funding from the Government of the State of Querétaro, with normative dependence on DGETI (Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica Industrial) under SEP (Secretaría de Educación Pública).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CECyTE Querétaro (Colegio de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos del Estado de Querétaro) is a decentralized public educational organism that delivers a three-year technical baccalaureate (bachillerato tecnológico) to secondary school graduates. It operates 12 campuses (planteles) across 8 municipalities of the State of Querétaro, Mexico, offering 13 technical career tracks plus specialized programs such as the inclusive bachillerato for students with disabilities and the Desafío STEM F1 in Schools program.

Product overview

CECyTE Querétaro is a public decentralized educational organism of the State Government of Querétaro offering a three-year technical high school (bachillerato tecnológico) program. The institution operates 12 campuses across 8 municipalities and offers 13 technical career programs including Electricidad, Transformación de Plásticos, Mantenimiento Industrial, Mantenimiento Automotriz, Electromecánica, Biotecnología, Programación, Máquinas y Herramientas, Logística, Electrónica, Producción Industrial, Mecatrónica, and Procesos de Gestión Administrativa. Special programs include the Bachilleratoc Incluyente (inclusive education for students with disabilities, since 2015) and participation in the Desafío STEM F1 in Schools competition. The institution serves approximately 9,580 students and focuses on technological education that prepares students for both immediate employment as technicians and continued university studies in engineering and technology fields.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachillerato Tecnológico (Technical Baccalaureate Program) Three-year public technical high school program for secondary school graduates, with 13 technical specializations delivered across 12 campuses in Querétaro.
• Bachillerato Incluyente (Inclusive Baccalaureate) Inclusive technical baccalaureate track for students with disabilities, offering adapted support and accessible learning within CECyTE campuses.
• Desafío STEM F1 in Schools Applied STEM and engineering challenge program aligned with the international F1 in Schools competition, available to CECyTE students.
• Campus Network of 12 Planteles in Querétaro Geographic network of 12 CECyTE Querétaro campuses providing in-person technical baccalaureate instruction across 8 municipalities in the State of Querétaro.

Quantifiable outcome

• First place in Evento Estatal de Mujeres STEM
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Secretaría de Educación del Estado de Querétaro (SEDEQ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025SEDEQ provides oversight and support for CECyTEQ's educational initiatives including the Desafío STEM F1 in Schools program. The Secretary of Education supports technological education development and innovation programs in the state.
• Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología del estado de Querétaro (CONCYTEQ)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025CONCYTEQ supports CECyTEQ's participation in the Desafío STEM F1 in Schools competition, providing backing for student technological innovation and scientific development initiatives.
• Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica Industrial (DGETI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Federal educational authority under SEP (Secretaría de Educación Pública) with normative oversight of CECyTEQ and other CECyTE institutions nationwide.
• Gobierno del Estado de QuerétarocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025State government entity that created CECyTEQ as a decentralized public organism. Provides operational funding and administrative oversight through various state secretariats.
• Universidad Politécnica de Santa Rosa Jáuregui (UPSRJ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership since 2015 for the Bachillerato Incluyente (Inclusive Baccalaureate) program serving students with disabilities. UPSRJ provides facilities, specialized equipment, and inclusive infrastructure while CECyTEQ provides the educational program. The program has graduated five generations of students with disabilities including those with hearing, visual, and motor disabilities. UPSRJ was awarded the DIISTINGUEUT 2024 Categoría Plata recognition for inclusive education excellence.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Colegio de Bachilleres (COLBACH): National public upper secondary system offering baccalaureate education across Mexico. Direct peer in the public upper secondary segment, competing for the same secundaria graduates though with a more academic (less technical) orientation.
• CONALEP (Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica): National decentralized public organism offering technical upper secondary and professional technician training across Mexico. Direct peer given overlapping mandate of providing bivalent technical education to lower secondary graduates, similar funding model, and shared student demographic.
• CBTIS (Centros de Bachillerato Tecnológico Industrial y de Servicios): Federal DGETI-managed technical high schools offering bivalent upper secondary education in industrial and service fields. Direct peer under the same federal normative framework (DGETI/SEP) as CECyTEQ, with comparable 3-year technical baccalaureate programs.
• CECyTE Estado de México: Sister CECyTE institution in Estado de México offering the same technological baccalaureate model under the same national CECyTE system. Direct peer given identical legal structure, federal DGETI dependence, and parallel 13-program technical curriculum.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Tecnológica de Querétaro (UTEQ): Public higher education institution in Querétaro offering technical undergraduate programs (TSU and engineering). Broader incumbent that absorbs CECyTEQ graduates for continued studies, with overlap in technical fields like Mechatronics and Industrial Maintenance.
• Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) - Nivel Medio Superior: Federal public institution offering technical upper secondary (NMS) programs as a feeder to its engineering and technical undergraduate programs. Broad incumbent in the same technical upper secondary space with national scale and stronger brand.

Regional players

• Preparatoria Universidad La Salle (ULSA Querétaro): Private upper secondary program in Querétaro. Regional peer competing for the same upper secondary student demographic but as a private, tuition-funded alternative to CECyTEQ's public, government-funded model.

Others

• Universidad Politécnica de Santa Rosa Jáuregui (UPSRJ): Strategic partner institution of CECyTEQ for the Bachillerato Incluyente program. Comparable as a public higher education institution in Querétaro offering engineering programs; closely related as CECyTEQ's primary articulation partner for inclusive education and degree progression.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CECYTEQueretaro
• Facebookfacebook.com/cecytequeretarooficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cecyteq

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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