TecNM Villahermosa

What TecNM Villahermosa does

TecNM Villahermosa (legal name: Instituto Tecnológico de Villahermosa) is a public federal higher education institution located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, operating as one of 254 campuses within the Tecnológico Nacional de México (TecNM) system under the Mexican Secretaría de Educación Pública. The institution delivers 12 in-person undergraduate programs spanning civil, chemical, petroleum, environmental, industrial, biochemical, computer science, business administration, enterprise management, data science, computer systems, and ICT engineering, plus a virtual modality of the Computer Systems Engineering program delivered via its institutional virtual education platform. At the graduate level it offers three master's programs (Planeación de Empresas y Desarrollo Regional, Tecnologías de la Información, and Ingeniería — with at least the first two PNPC-registered under CONACYT) and a Doctorate in Ciencias.

Underlying operations are supported by a stack of institutional platforms: Sistema Web de Servicios (SWS) for student services, Sistema Integral de Estudiantes (SIE) for academic records, SCOTT for alumni and academic processes, and a Centro de Servicios Institucional portal. Scientific output is channeled through Huella Científica, a peer-reviewed open-access multidisciplinary journal published via Open Journal Systems (OJS 3.3.0.17), indexed in Latindex, Crossref, and ROAD (ISSN 3061-791X). The institution operates two LGAC research lines (Productividad y Competitividad; Calidad y Sustentabilidad en las Organizaciones) and engages in applied student consulting projects with regional partners including DICONSA, GM Cítricos, CO.CORPORATIVO, hospitals, and state government agencies.

The business model is non-commercial: as a public federal institution, tuition is free to students and revenue is derived from federal appropriations, not from commercial pricing. Recent strategic positioning includes designation as TecNM's national headquarters for the Cybersecurity knowledge area (June 2026), participation in national curriculum design forums, and PNPC accreditation of graduate programs. The institution has no parent company in the private-equity sense — TecNM is the overseeing federal system — and no subsidiaries, M&A activity, or commercial funding rounds are present in the data.

Name

TecNM Villahermosa

Legal name

Instituto Tecnológico de Villahermosa

Website

https://villahermosa.tecnm.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TecNM Villahermosa (Instituto Tecnológico de Villahermosa) is a federally funded public higher education institution in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, part of the 254-campus TecNM system. It offers 12 undergraduate engineering and business programs, 3 master's degrees, a doctorate, and publishes the Huella Científica open-access journal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Villahermosa

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, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

TecNM Villahermosa is a public higher education institution that delivers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, technology, and business administration to enrolled students in Tabasco, Mexico. It offers 12 in-person undergraduate programs, 3 master's programs (2 PNPC-registered), a doctorate in sciences, virtual/distance learning options, summer academic enrichment courses, and the open-access scientific journal Huella Científica (ISSN 3061-791X) for research dissemination.

Product overview

TecNM Villahermosa (Instituto Tecnológico de Villahermosa) is a public higher education institution within the Tecnológico Nacional de México system, offering a portfolio of undergraduate programs (twelve engineering and administration degrees via in-person campus delivery), graduate programs (three master's programs including two PNPC-registered programs and a doctorate), virtual/distance learning options, and summer enrichment courses. Its scientific output is channeled through the Huella Científica open-access journal, built on Open Journal Systems (OJS). The institution also operates internal administrative platforms (SWS, SIE, SCOTT) for student information, academic management, and institutional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Huella Científica: Scientific journal published by the institution, focused on multidisciplinary research areas including physical-mathematical sciences, earth sciences, chemical-biological sciences, social sciences and humanities, agricultural sciences and biotechnology, and engineering and technology.

Products and services

• Oferta Educativa Presencial Escolarizado (Undergraduate Programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• First place in the Engineering Knowledge Contest among 15 participating institutions at Semana de Ingeniería 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Secretaría de Educación de TabascocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Signed a General Convention of Academic, Scientific, Cultural, Artistic, Historical, Social Service and Professional Practice Collaboration between the Secretaría de Educación and the Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Tabasco, in which TecNM Villahermosa participated. This agreement aims to expand integral formation opportunities for medium and upper secondary education students in Tabasco, promoting knowledge exchange, research, and the preservation of Tabasco's cultural heritage.
• Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Estado de Tabasco (CCyTET) / REDVITAB-ECOScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026TecNM Villahermosa participates in the Primera Sesión Ordinaria 2026 of the Red de Vinculación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Tecnológico de Tabasco (REDVITAB-ECOS), organized by CCyTET. A collaboration agreement was signed for the development of a 'Plataforma de Monitoreo en tiempo real para la depuración de Moluscos Bivalvos en la Cooperativa Transformando Mecoacán' through the Proyecto de Incidencia Estratégica (PRINES), aimed at strengthening productivity, food safety, and ostriculture community development.
• Cooperativa Transformando MecoacáncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Through the PRINES project with CCyTET/REDVITAB-ECOS, the institution is developing a real-time monitoring platform for the purification of bivalve mollusks at the Cooperativa Transformando Mecoacán, contributing to food safety and productivity improvement in the ostriculture sector.
• Instituto Tecnológico de MéridaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaculty and student collaboration through seminars for thesis advising and academic exchange forums. A joint research project is also registered with DGEST involving researchers from the institution.
• Instituto Tecnológico de SaltillominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration through a DGEST-registered project involving faculty researchers from both institutions, enriching the multidisciplinary capacity of graduate programs.
• DICONSA S.A. DE C.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple student consulting projects conducted through the Maestría en Planificación de Empresas y Desarrollo Regional, including productivity analysis and distribution process improvement projects for DICONSA operations in Villahermosa, Tabasco (Cohortes 2018-2020 and 2017-2019).
• CO.CORPORATIVO S.A. DE C.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent consulting project involving comprehensive marketing plan development for CO.CORPORATIVO, conducted through the Maestría program (Cohorte 2019-2021).
• GM CítricosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent consulting project involving marketing plan development for GM Cítricos, a regional citrus producer, through the Maestría program (Cohorte 2019-2021).
• Instituto Tecnológico de AguascalientesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTecNM Villahermosa was designated as the national headquarters for the Cybersecurity knowledge area under TecNM's Disciplinary Update Program in Computer Sciences. Faculty member Jorge Ceín Villanueva Guzmán delivered the course 'Cómputo en la Nube y Máquinas Virtuales' at I.T. de Aguascalientes for the AI, Data Science, Cybersecurity, and Application Development programs (June 22-26, 2026).
• Tecnológico Nacional de México (TecNM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTecNM Villahermosa is part of the national TecNM system comprising 254 campuses. The institution operates under the Modelo Educativo Humanista para la Justicia Social and participates in national curriculum design meetings, the Environmental Management System, Quality Management System, Gender Equality System, and Energy Management System coordinated by TecNM central office.
• Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) / IMJUVEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe institution served as host for the Jornada por la Paz 'Murales y Mosaicos por el Amor y la Libertad,' a SEP and IMJUVE initiative promoting a culture of peace, values, collective participation, and artistic expression among youth from basic, secondary, and higher education institutions in Tabasco.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida: A sister TecNM campus in Mérida that offers an identical standardized portfolio of engineering and business programs under the same federal Modelo Educativo Humanista. It directly competes for Southeast Mexico students and shares curriculum design and faculty development forums with TecNM Villahermosa.
• Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla Gutiérrez: Another TecNM campus in Chiapas offering the same standardized engineering and business programs under the same federal framework. It directly competes for Southeast Mexico students and shares faculty training, curriculum updates, and student competitions with TecNM Villahermosa.
• Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (UJAT): UJAT is the main public university competitor in Tabasco, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, sciences, and business. It competes with TecNM Villahermosa for the same regional student pool and employer relationships in Southeast Mexico.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): Mexico's flagship national university, which houses the Facultad de Ingeniería and offers highly regarded engineering and science programs. UNAM competes for the most talented Mexican students and sets national benchmarks that TecNM Villahermosa's accreditation and research metrics are measured against.
• Tecnológico de Monterrey: Mexico's leading private university system with strong engineering, IT, and business programs. It competes with TecNM Villahermosa for top regional students, particularly in newer programs like Data Science and IT, but at much higher tuition and with a broader national footprint.
• Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN): Mexico's other major federal public higher-education system focused on engineering and technology, with broad national coverage. IPN competes for the same engineering talent pool and federal resources, though it operates a much larger and more research-intensive network than any single TecNM campus.

Regional players

• Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH): Public state university serving Chiapas with engineering and science programs. It addresses a similar Southeast Mexico student demographic and competes with TecNM Villahermosa for cross-border applicants from southern Mexican states.
• Universidad de Quintana Roo: Public state university in Quintana Roo with engineering and business programs serving the Yucatán Peninsula. It competes for Southeast Mexico applicants and federal research funding with TecNM Villahermosa, though it is more focused on tourism-economy disciplines.
• Universidad Veracruzana (UV): Large public state university system in neighboring Veracruz, offering engineering, business, and sciences programs. It competes with TecNM Villahermosa for students from Tabasco seeking alternative regional options and shares the same Gulf Coast labor market.
• Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP): Large public state university in central Mexico with substantial engineering and technology faculties. It competes with TecNM Villahermosa for federal research funding, faculty recruitment, and recognition in national engineering rankings, though it draws primarily from a different regional student base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TecNMCampusVhsa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ITVillahermosa1
• Facebookfacebook.com/TecNMCampusVhsa
• Instagraminstagram.com/tecnmcampusvhsa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tecnm-villahermosa

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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