Academic Information

As an international student, you can take courses given in Spanish or in English from any of the available academic areas, earning credits that count towards your degree program at your home university.

Here at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Queretaro, you have the option to choose from a list of courses taught in English or Spanish. As an international student, you have the option to select courses from the different study areas that we have in order to fulfill your academic needs.

For further information about the courses available during the semester you are interested in, please check the course catalog of each area below:

1. Administration and Social Sciences
2. Architecture, Industrial Design and Civil Engineering
3. Engineering
4. Basic Sciences
5. Cultural and Language Offer

Before submitting your course selection, please remind and take into account the following things according to the academic rules of Tecnologico de Monterrey:

Classes and Evaluation System

The average class size is of 30 students. Teamwork, projects in small groups and student participation are all highly encouraged by your lecturers at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Homework is assigned regularly and, in order for you to eligible to take your final exam, your class attendance must be at least 80% (additional exams may be given throughout the semester).

Grading Scale

The grading system used by the Tecnológico de Monterrey is from 1 to 100, with 70 being the minimum passing grade.

Our courses are evaluated in units. Units are understood to be the hours per week a student is expected to work in order to complete the course. They include both classroom (3 hours) and homework time (5 hours).

In accordance with this information, an 8-unit course is equivalent to 3 US credits or 5 European ECTS credits. Nevertheless, the correspondent equivalency should be determined by the student’s home university.