Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Institute of Technology
Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
ITBA building
Motto	Ad Lucem Serenitate Tendo
Motto in English	To the light peacefully I go
Type	Private
Established	November 20, 1959; 64 years ago (November 20, 1959)
Rector	Ing. Andrés Basilio Agres
Academic staff	About 514
Undergraduates	Above 1,650
Location	Buenos Aires , Argentina
Website	itba.edu.ar

The Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, ITBA) is an Argentine private university located in the city of Buenos Aires. Its focus is primarily on Engineering, Information Technology and Business studies. In spite of being a small university, with only about 1650 undergraduate students, ITBA is regarded as one of the best engineering schools in Latin America, with an annual graduation average of 200 engineers, about 10% of the annual national total. ITBA maintains cooperation agreements with over 50 universities in 20 countries.

History

ITBA was created on November 20, 1959, by a group of Navy officers and professionals, with the purpose of advancing the teaching of engineering in Argentina. Its first rector was Viceadmiral Carlos Garzoni, followed by Viceadmiral Leandro Maloberti [es], who served briefly as the Navy's Chief of Naval Operations in 1962.

The main building is located in the neighborhood of Puerto Madero, on the grounds of the old Argentine Navy Hospital. The new campus is located in new southern Technological Hub of Buenos Aires, in the Parque Patricios neighbourhood.