Costa Rica Institute of Technology

The Costa Rica Institute of Technology (Spanish: Tecnológico de Costa Rica, TEC) is a public university in Cartago, Costa Rica, dedicated to teaching, research and extension in engineering and the applied sciences and placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.哥斯达黎加理工学院（西班牙语：Tecnológico de Costa Rica，简称 TEC）是哥斯达黎加卡塔戈的一所公立大学，致力于工程与应用科学的教学、研究与推广，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1201-1400 区间。

It was created by Law No. 4777 of 10 June 1971, began teaching in March 1973 from a small house in downtown Cartago and moved to its Dulce Nombre campus with the help of an Inter-American Development Bank loan.该校依据 1971 年 6 月 10 日第 4777 号法律创建，1973 年 3 月在卡塔戈市中心的一所小房子里开始授课，并借助美洲开发银行的贷款迁往杜尔塞·诺布雷校区。

Its legal name remains Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, while the promotional name Tecnológico de Costa Rica was adopted in 2009, and it now enrols about 10,000 students across three technological campuses and two academic centres.该校的法定名称仍为 Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica，2009 年起采用推广名称 Tecnológico de Costa Rica，目前在三个技术校区和两个学术中心共有约一万名学生。

History

• The need for a technological institute focused on engineering was raised during the government of José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, which lasted from 1966 to 1970, because of the competitive requirements of the Costa Rican economy.由于哥斯达黎加经济的竞争需求，若泽·华金·特雷霍斯·费尔南德斯政府（1966 至 1970 年）时期已提出建立一所以工程为重点的技术学院。
• Rafael Ángel González Chaves, a public school teacher from San Ramón, was one of the first proponents of the idea and spent the later 1960s looking for supporters to introduce a bill creating the institute.来自圣拉蒙的公立学校教师拉斐尔·安赫尔·冈萨雷斯·查韦斯是最早的倡导者之一，他在 1960 年代后期奔走寻求支持，以提出创建该学院的议案。
• On 10 June 1971 President José Figueres Ferrer signed Law No. 4777 mandating the creation of the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, and the signing ceremony was held in Cartago, the province chosen for the main campus.1971 年 6 月 10 日，总统何塞·菲格雷斯·费雷尔签署第 4777 号法律，授权创建哥斯达黎加理工学院，签署仪式在卡塔戈举行，该省被选为主校区所在地。
• Figueres argued that the new institution should emulate successful technology schools such as the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, known as TEC de Monterrey, from which he said he would request assistance to start the project.菲格雷斯主张新学院应仿效墨西哥蒙特雷理工学院等成功的理工学院，并表示将向后者请求协助以启动项目。
• Vidal Quirós Berrocal, an engineer and business administrator trained at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, became the first rector at the age of 33 and led the institute from 1972 to 1981.维达尔·基罗斯·贝罗卡尔是工程师与工商管理者，曾在蒙特雷高等技术学院深造，33 岁时出任首任校长，并于 1972 至 1981 年执掌学院。
• The institute began operating from a small house in downtown Cartago, and its first educational programmes started in March 1973.学院最初在卡塔戈市中心的一所小房子里办公，首批教学项目于 1973 年 3 月开课。
• A few years later, a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank allowed the institute to move to its current main campus in the Dulce Nombre district on the outskirts of Cartago.数年后，美洲开发银行的贷款使学院得以迁往卡塔戈郊外杜尔塞·诺布雷区的现主校区。
• In 1983 Roberto Villalobos Ardón was elected rector, and during his term the institute began taking part in the Juegos Deportivos Nacionales, created its first bachelor's degree attached to Business Administration, launched Metallurgy Engineering and opened its first master's programme, in Computing.1983 年罗伯托·比利亚洛沃斯·阿东当选校长，在其任内学院开始参加全国体育运动会，开设了首个隶属于工商管理的学士学位，创办冶金工程专业，并启动首个硕士项目即计算机科学硕士。
• Arturo Jofré Vartanían, a Chilean professor called to Costa Rica to create a school of business administration, became rector in 1987, when 200 students graduated, a figure that had risen to 400 by 1994.智利教授阿图罗·霍夫雷·瓦尔塔尼安受聘到哥斯达黎加筹建工商管理学院，于 1987 年出任校长，当年毕业生为 200 人，到 1994 年已增至 400 人。
• His administration created the first research centres, the Computer Research Centre (CIC) and the Housing and Construction Research Centre (CIVCO), both in 1988.其任内创建了首批研究中心，即计算机研究中心（CIC）与住房与建设研究中心（CIVCO），两者均成立于 1988 年。
• Because financial resources were scarce, the university created the Technological Foundation (Fundatec) in 1987 to generate alternative funding and strengthen links with the productive sector, and the proceeds helped build the Microcomputer Laboratory (LAIMI).由于财政资源紧张，学校于 1987 年创建技术基金会（Fundatec），以开拓替代性经费并加强与生产部门的联系，其收益帮助建成了微型计算机实验室（LAIMI）。
• During the same period the institute acquired the land for the Technology Transfer Centre (CETT) in Zapote and reached an agreement with the Ministry of Public Education to install the first Colegio Científico.同一时期，学院在萨波特购得建设技术转移中心（CETT）的土地，并与公共教育部达成协议，设立该国第一所科学中学。
• Alejandro Cruz Molina became rector in 1995 with a vision of an institution that would improve the socio-economic condition of Cartago province and support Costa Rica's business and technology sectors.亚历杭德罗·克鲁斯·莫利纳于 1995 年出任校长，其愿景是让学院改善卡塔戈省的社会经济状况，并支持哥斯达黎加的企业与技术部门。
• TEC's active role in attracting foreign private investment was evident in the establishment of Intel in Costa Rica, which particularly affected Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and the Master's in Modern Manufacturing Systems.理工学院在吸引外国私人投资方面的积极作用体现在英特尔落户哥斯达黎加，电子工程、计算机工程与现代制造系统硕士项目尤其受到影响。
• In 2001 the first two programmes, Construction Engineering and Industrial Maintenance Engineering, completed international accreditation with the Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), and the National Accreditation System for Higher Education (SINAES) was created.2001 年，建筑工程与工业维护工程两个专业率先通过加拿大工程认证委员会（CEAB）的国际认证，国家高等教育认证体系（SINAES）也在这一时期建立。
• Eugenio Trejos Benavides was elected rector in 2003 and introduced the Restricted Admission Programme, an option for low-income students from public schools in districts with a low social development index who qualify in the admission test.欧亨尼奥·特雷霍斯·贝纳维德斯于 2003 年当选校长，并推出限制性招生计划，为来自社会发展指数较低地区公立学校、在入学考试中合格的低收入学生提供机会。
• The institute implemented Law 7600 on equal opportunities for people with disabilities, and the National Rehabilitation Council cited TEC as the Costa Rican university with the greatest accessibility for people with a disability.学院落实了关于残障人士机会平等的第 7600 号法律，国家康复委员会称其为哥斯达黎加对残障人士无障碍程度最高的大学。
• New options followed, including Environmental Engineering, Information Technology Administration, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Tourism Management and Sustainable Rural Tourism Management.此后又增设了环境工程、信息技术管理、机电一体化工程、计算机工程、旅游管理以及可持续乡村旅游管理等专业。
• Graduate programmes expanded into doctorates in Natural Sciences for Development, Educational Intervention and Business Management, the last run jointly with the University of Valencia in Spain.研究生教育扩展到自然科学发展、教育干预与企业管理三个博士项目，其中企业管理博士与西班牙瓦伦西亚大学合办。
• Julio Calvo Alvarado, a forest engineer, was elected rector on 2 June 2011 and extended the academic offer to the San Carlos regional campus and to the Alajuela and San José academic centres, adding master's degrees in Electronics, Road Engineering, Supply Chains and Medical Devices.林业工程师胡利奥·卡尔沃·阿尔瓦拉多于 2011 年 6 月 2 日当选校长，把学科布局扩展到圣卡洛斯地区校区以及阿拉胡埃拉和圣何塞学术中心，增设电子学、道路工程、供应链与医疗器械等硕士项目。
• In September 2012 the government declared TEC a Benemérita Institution of Costa Rican education, culture, science and technology, and the Technology Transfer and Continuing Education Centre (CTEC) opened at the San Carlos campus.2012 年 9 月，政府宣布理工学院为哥斯达黎加教育、文化、科学与技术功勋机构，圣卡洛斯校区的技术转移与继续教育中心（CTEC）也同时启用。
• The Institutional Improvement Project, backed by a USD 50 million World Bank loan, financed student residences, a new library, a new cafeteria and buildings for industrial design, information technology, chemistry and environmental studies, occupational safety and teaching and research at San Carlos and San José.机构改进项目利用世界银行 5000 万美元贷款，资助建设学生宿舍、新图书馆、新食堂，以及工业设计、信息技术、化学与环境、职业安全等教学科研楼，并在圣卡洛斯与圣何塞兴建教学与研究设施。
• The Limón Academic Centre enrolled its first students in 2014, Luis Paulino Méndez Badilla was elected rector in 2019 and María Estrada Sánchez became the first female rector in 2023, after 52 years of the institution's history.利蒙学术中心于 2014 年迎来首批学生，路易斯·保利诺·门德斯·巴迪利亚于 2019 年当选校长，玛丽亚·埃斯特拉达·桑切斯于 2023 年成为学院 52 年历史上首位女性校长。

Academics

• TEC is a national autonomous institution of higher education dedicated to teaching, research and extension in technology and associated sciences, and it is modelled on the institute-of-technology format rather than on a comprehensive university.理工学院是一所国家自治高等教育机构，致力于技术及相关科学的教学、研究与推广，其建制仿照技术学院模式，而非综合性大学。
• The academic structure is built from schools, each with a director and a school council, grouped under four vice-rectorates for teaching, research and extension, administration, and student life and academic services.学术结构以学院为基础，每个学院设院长与院务委员会，分属教学、研究与推广、行政、学生生活与学术服务四个副校长辖区。
• Engineering programmes include construction, industrial production, electronics, industrial maintenance, biotechnology, mechatronics, computer engineering and computer science.工程类专业涵盖建筑、工业生产、电子、工业维护、生物技术、机电一体化、计算机工程与计算机科学。
• The offer also covers business management, agronomy, environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, industrial design, occupational safety and hygiene and tourism management.学科设置还包括工商管理、农学、环境工程、材料科学与工程、工业设计、职业安全与卫生以及旅游管理。
• Undergraduate study leads to the bachelor's degree and the licenciatura, while graduate study offers master's and doctoral degrees, with the licenciatura requiring a final graduation project in many programmes.本科教育授予学士与执照学位，研究生教育授予硕士与博士学位，许多专业的执照学位要求完成毕业设计项目。
• The first master's programme, in Computing, dates from the 1983 rectorate of Roberto Villalobos Ardón, and the graduate portfolio later added Electronics, Road Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Medical Devices and Business Management.首个硕士项目即计算机科学硕士可追溯至罗伯托·比利亚洛沃斯·阿东 1983 年的校长任期，此后研究生项目又增加了电子学、道路工程、供应链管理、医疗器械与企业管理。
• Doctoral training includes Natural Sciences for Development, Educational Intervention, Business Management with Valencia University in Spain and an Academic Doctorate in Engineering.博士培养包括自然科学发展、教育干预、与瓦伦西亚大学合办的企业管理以及工程学术博士。
• Construction Engineering and Industrial Maintenance Engineering received CEAB accreditation in 2001, and SINAES accredits programmes nationally, including Business Administration at the Limón centre.建筑工程与工业维护工程于 2001 年获得 CEAB 认证，SINAES 则在全国范围内认证专业，包括利蒙中心的工商管理。
• Research is organised through centres such as CIC for computing and CIVCO for housing and construction, both founded in 1988, and through technology transfer units that work with industry.研究通过 1988 年成立的计算机研究中心 CIC 与住房与建设研究中心 CIVCO 等机构组织，并通过与产业合作的技术转移单位推进。
• Fundatec, created in 1987, channels alternative funding and university-industry links, while CETT in Zapote and CTEC in San Carlos provide technology transfer and continuing education.1987 年创建的 Fundatec 负责拓展替代性经费与校企联系，萨波特的 CETT 与圣卡洛斯的 CTEC 则提供技术转移与继续教育。
• TEC's role in the establishment of Intel in Costa Rica strengthened its electronics, computing and advanced manufacturing programmes and its reputation as an applied engineering partner for foreign investment.理工学院在英特尔落户哥斯达黎加过程中发挥的作用，加强了其电子、计算机与先进制造项目，也巩固了其作为外国投资应用工程伙伴的声誉。
• Admission is selective, and the Restricted Admission Programme reserves places for low-income applicants from public schools in districts with low social development who meet the admission standard.招生具有选拔性，限制性招生计划为来自社会发展水平较低地区公立学校的低收入申请者保留名额，前提是其达到入学标准。
• QS data list 9,290 students, 788 faculty members and 184 international students, while THE's 2027 profile records 10,430 students, a student-to-staff ratio of 13.3 and 1.8 per cent international students.QS 数据列出学生 9290 人、教师 788 人与国际学生 184 人，泰晤士高等教育 2027 年资料则记录学生 10430 人、生师比 13.3、国际学生占 1.8%。
• THE's 2027 gender breakdown is 38.2 per cent female and 61.8 per cent male, a profile shaped by the university's engineering concentration.泰晤士高等教育 2027 年数据的性别构成为女性 38.2%、男性 61.8%，这一结构与学校的工程学科集中度有关。
• Teaching is delivered in Spanish at all campuses, and the university's research output is concentrated in agricultural and biological sciences, social sciences, computer science, environmental science and economics.各校区均以西班牙语授课，学校的研究产出集中在农业与生物科学、社会科学、计算机科学、环境科学与经济学领域。
• The San Carlos campus teaches agronomy, computing, business administration, industrial production, electronics and sustainable rural tourism, while Alajuela offers computing and electronics and Limón offers business, computing and industrial production.圣卡洛斯校区教授农学、计算机、工商管理、工业生产、电子与可持续乡村旅游，阿拉胡埃拉开设计算机与电子专业，利蒙开设工商管理、计算机与工业生产专业。
• The government's 2012 declaration of TEC as a benemérita institution recognised its contribution to Costa Rican education, culture, science and technology and confirmed its national mandate in technical higher education.政府 2012 年授予理工学院功勋机构称号，认可其对哥斯达黎加教育、文化、科学与技术的贡献，并确认其在技术高等教育中的国家使命。

Campus

• The main campus is in the Dulce Nombre district on the outskirts of Cartago, about 24 kilometres east of San José, and it combines teaching buildings, laboratories, residences and sports facilities on one site.主校区位于卡塔戈郊外的杜尔塞·诺布雷区，距圣何塞约 24 公里，教学大楼、实验室、学生宿舍与体育设施集中于此。
• The institute began in a small house in downtown Cartago, and the move to Dulce Nombre followed a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank in the years after the first programmes started in 1973.学院最初在卡塔戈市中心的一所小房子里办学，1973 年首批项目开课后，学校借助美洲开发银行贷款迁往杜尔塞·诺布雷。
• TEC operates three technological campuses, in Cartago, San Carlos and San José, and two academic centres, in Alajuela and Limón, giving it a presence in the Central Valley, the northern zone and the Caribbean coast.理工学院运营卡塔戈、圣卡洛斯与圣何塞三个技术校区，以及阿拉胡埃拉与利蒙两个学术中心，覆盖中央谷地、北部地区与加勒比海岸。
• The San Carlos campus at Santa Clara was created in 1975 at the request of Education Minister Fernando Volio so that the institute would take over the San Carlos Agricultural Technical School, and the Agronomy programme began in 1976 with financing from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration.圣卡洛斯校区位于圣克拉拉，1975 年应教育部长费尔南多·沃利奥的要求设立，由学院接管圣卡洛斯农业技术学校，农学专业于 1976 年在中美洲经济一体化银行资助下开办。
• San Carlos now teaches agronomy, computing, business administration, industrial production, electronics and sustainable rural tourism, hosts the CTEC centre and has student associations for each of its main programmes.圣卡洛斯如今教授农学、计算机、工商管理、工业生产、电子与可持续乡村旅游，设有 CTEC 中心，并为每个主要专业设有学生协会。
• The San José campus is in Barrio Amón and was previously known as the San José Academic Centre, while the Alajuela centre uses the Interuniversity Campus of Alajuela managed by CONARE.圣何塞校区位于阿蒙区，此前称为圣何塞学术中心，阿拉胡埃拉中心则使用由全国高等教育委员会（CONARE）管理的阿拉胡埃拉跨大学校区。
• The Alajuela centre teaches the Bachelor's in Computer Engineering and the Licenciatura in Electronics Engineering and hosts some graduate classes, but it lacks recreational areas, residences, sufficient classrooms and a cafeteria.阿拉胡埃拉中心开设计算机工程学士与电子工程执照学位，并承担部分研究生课程，但缺少休闲运动区、宿舍、充足教室与食堂。
• The Limón Academic Centre opened in Barrio Roosevelt in 2014 with business administration, computing and industrial production, and its business administration programme is the only one in the province with SINAES accreditation.利蒙学术中心于 2014 年在罗斯福区启用，开设工商管理、计算机与工业生产专业，其工商管理是该省唯一获得 SINAES 认证的项目。
• The Technology Transfer Centre in Zapote and the Technology Transfer and Continuing Education Centre in San Carlos link the university to firms, while the Institutional Improvement Project added residences, a library, a cafeteria and specialised teaching buildings.萨波特的技术转移中心与圣卡洛斯的技术转移与继续教育中心把大学与企业连接起来，机构改进项目则增添了宿舍、图书馆、食堂与专门教学大楼。
• After Law 7600 on equal opportunities for people with disabilities, the National Rehabilitation Council cited TEC as the Costa Rican university with the greatest accessibility, and the campus has since adapted its routes and buildings.在关于残障人士机会平等的第 7600 号法律之后，国家康复委员会称理工学院为哥斯达黎加无障碍程度最高的大学，校园此后持续改造通道与建筑。
• The university's visual identity changed under Rector Alejandro Cruz, when the original green and yellow gave way to blue and a right-triangle symbol suggesting technology and transformation, with the original logo designed by the Colombian-Costa Rican artist Hortensia Fernández Caballero.学校的视觉形象在亚历杭德罗·克鲁斯校长任内改变，原有的绿色与黄色让位于蓝色以及象征技术与变革的直角三角形标志，最初的标志由哥伦比亚裔哥斯达黎加艺术家奥尔滕西娅·费尔南德斯·卡瓦列罗设计。

Reputation

• TEC is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the same band it has held in recent QS editions.哥斯达黎加理工学院在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1201-1400 区间，与其近几版 QS 榜单的位置一致。
• In the QS Latin America and Caribbean Rankings 2027 the university is 90th, placing it among the top 100 institutions of the region.在 2027 年 QS 拉丁美洲与加勒比地区排名中，该校位列第 90 名，进入该地区前 100 名。
• THE places TEC in the 2001+ band of the World University Rankings 2027, reflecting its specialised profile and its relatively small research base compared with comprehensive universities.泰晤士高等教育将理工学院列入 2027 年世界大学排名 2001+ 区间，这反映其专门化特色以及相对综合大学较小的研究规模。
• In THE's Latin America Rankings 2026 the university sits in the 126-150 band, and in THE's Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026 it is placed in the 601-800 band.在泰晤士高等教育 2026 年拉丁美洲排名中，该校处于 126-150 区间，在 2026 年可持续发展影响力评级中处于 601-800 区间。
• QS placed TEC in the 501+ band of its 2022 Employability Rankings, a measure of graduate employability that the university has not appeared in more recent editions.QS 在 2022 年就业能力排名中将该校列入 501+ 区间，这一衡量毕业生就业能力的榜单在近几版中未见该校身影。
• The university is not included in the U.S. News and World Report 2026-2027 global universities table and does not appear in the 2026 main list of the Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校未收录于《美国新闻与世界报道》2026 至 2027 年全球大学榜单，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• OpenAlex indexes 5,240 works affiliated with TEC and 67,573 citations to them, and the QS profile records an h-index of 88 for the institution.OpenAlex 收录该校相关成果 5240 项，累计被引 67573 次，QS 资料记录该校的 h 指数为 88。
• Its research profile is strongest in agricultural and biological sciences, social sciences, computer science, environmental science and economics, fields that reflect its engineering and applied-science mandate.该校的研究优势集中在农业与生物科学、社会科学、计算机科学、环境科学与经济学，这些领域反映其工程与应用科学使命。
• Within Costa Rica, TEC is one of the five public universities, alongside the University of Costa Rica and the National University, and the principal technological institution, and the 2012 benemeritazgo recognised its national role in education, culture, science and technology.在哥斯达黎加国内，理工学院是五所公立大学之一，与哥斯达黎加大学和国立大学并列，也是主要的技术类院校，2012 年的功勋机构称号认可其在教育、文化、科学与技术方面的国家作用。
• The CEAB accreditation of Construction and Industrial Maintenance in 2001 and the SINAES accreditation system gave its engineering degrees external validation and strengthened its standing with employers and foreign investors.2001 年建筑工程与工业维护工程获得的 CEAB 认证以及 SINAES 认证体系，为其工程学位提供了外部认可，并增强了其在雇主与外国投资者中的地位。
• TEC's role in Intel's Costa Rican investment and its technology transfer centres have made it a reference point for applied engineering and industry collaboration in Central America.理工学院在英特尔哥斯达黎加投资中的角色及其技术转移中心，使其成为中美洲应用工程与产业合作的参照点。

Student life

• The Federación de Estudiantes del Tecnológico de Costa Rica (FEITEC) is the highest student representative body, made up of the programme associations across the campuses.哥斯达黎加理工学院学生联合会（FEITEC）是最高学生代表机构，由各校区的专业协会组成。
• FEITEC played a decisive role in the democratisation of the institute between 1979 and 1982, when protests for better student conditions and greater participation in governance led to a new organic statute with 25 per cent student representation in decision-making bodies.1979 至 1982 年间，FEITEC 在学院民主化进程中发挥关键作用，学生为改善条件与扩大治理参与而抗议，最终促成新组织章程，使学生在新章程中获得 25% 的决策机构代表权。
• TEC maintains teams in football, basketball, volleyball, swimming, chess, athletics, cycling, handball, futsal, table tennis and korfball, and competes in the JUNCOS national university games and FISU world university events.理工学院在足球、篮球、排球、游泳、国际象棋、田径、自行车、手球、五人制足球、乒乓球与合球等项目设有代表队，参加全国大学生运动会（JUNCOS）与国际大学生体育联合会（FISU）赛事。
• The Asociación Deportiva Instituto Tecnológico has played amateur football since 1977, and in 1981 it won the ACOFA second-division national title and was promoted.理工学院体育协会自 1977 年起参加业余足球，1981 年赢得哥斯达黎加业余足球协会（ACOFA）乙级联赛全国冠军并升级。
• Cultural life includes Áncora TEC, the Tierra y Cosecha folk company, Danza TEC, the Experimental Group of Corporal Expression, JamTEC, the Guitar Orchestra, RitmoTEC and Teatro TEC.文化生活包括 Áncora TEC、Tierra y Cosecha 民俗团、Danza TEC、身体表达实验组、JamTEC、吉他乐团、RitmoTEC 与 Teatro TEC。
• The Institutional Improvement Project added student residences, a new library and a new cafeteria, improving accommodation and study facilities that had lagged behind enrolment growth.机构改进项目增添了学生宿舍、新图书馆与新食堂，改善了此前落后于招生增长的住宿与学习设施。
• The Restricted Admission Programme and the accessibility measures under Law 7600 give students from low-income districts and students with disabilities a more direct route into the institute.限制性招生计划与第 7600 号法律下的无障碍措施，为低收入地区学生与残障学生提供了更直接的入学通道。
• Student associations are organised by programme and campus, with San Carlos maintaining separate associations for agronomy, computing, business, industrial production and electronics.学生协会按专业与校区组织，圣卡洛斯校区分别设有农学、计算机、工商管理、工业生产与电子专业协会。
• With 1.8 per cent international students and Spanish as the language of instruction, campus life is predominantly Costa Rican, while the main campus's location 24 kilometres from San José connects students to the capital's cultural and employment opportunities.由于国际学生仅占 1.8% 且教学语言为西班牙语，校园生活以哥斯达黎加本地学生为主，主校区距圣何塞 24 公里，把学生与首都的文化和就业机会连接起来。

Notable people

• Vidal Quirós Berrocal, an engineer and business administrator, was the first rector from 1972 to 1981, took office at 33 and later served as Minister of Public Education from 1974 to 1978 and Minister of Housing from 1982 to 1986.维达尔·基罗斯·贝罗卡尔是工程师与工商管理者，1972 至 1981 年任首任校长，上任时 33 岁，后来于 1974 至 1978 年任公共教育部长，1982 至 1986 年任住房部长。
• Roberto Villalobos Ardón was rector from 1982 to 1987, a period that brought national sports participation, the first business bachelor's degree, Metallurgy Engineering and the first master's programme in Computing.罗伯托·比利亚洛沃斯·阿东于 1982 至 1987 年任校长，这一时期学院开始参加全国体育赛事，开设首个商学学士、冶金工程专业与首个计算机科学硕士项目。
• Arturo Jofré Vartanían, a Chilean professor recruited to create a business school, served as rector from 1987 to 1995 and presided over the creation of CIC, CIVCO and Fundatec.阿图罗·霍夫雷·瓦尔塔尼安是为筹建商学院而受聘的智利教授，1987 至 1995 年任校长，主持创建了 CIC、CIVCO 与 Fundatec。
• Alejandro Cruz Molina was rector from 1995 to 2003 and led the institute's engagement with Intel, the CEAB accreditation of two engineering programmes and the creation of SINAES.亚历杭德罗·克鲁斯·莫利纳于 1995 至 2003 年任校长，推动学院与英特尔合作、两个工程专业的 CEAB 认证以及 SINAES 的建立。
• Eugenio Trejos Benavides, born in Heredia in 1959, was rector from 2003 to 2011, created the Restricted Admission Programme and was the Frente Amplio candidate in the 2010 Costa Rican presidential election.欧亨尼奥·特雷霍斯·贝纳维德斯 1959 年生于埃雷迪亚，2003 至 2011 年任校长，创立限制性招生计划，并作为广泛阵线党候选人参加 2010 年哥斯达黎加总统选举。
• Julio Calvo Alvarado, a forest engineer, was rector from 2011 to 2019 and oversaw the expansion to Limón, the 2012 benemeritazgo, the CTEC in San Carlos and the USD 50 million Institutional Improvement Project.林业工程师胡利奥·卡尔沃·阿尔瓦拉多于 2011 至 2019 年任校长，主持向利蒙的扩展、2012 年功勋机构称号、圣卡洛斯 CTEC 以及 5000 万美元的机构改进项目。
• Luis Paulino Méndez Badilla was elected rector in 2019 and led the institute until 2023, when María Estrada Sánchez, a computer engineer, became the first woman to head TEC.路易斯·保利诺·门德斯·巴迪利亚于 2019 年当选校长并执掌至 2023 年，随后计算机工程师玛丽亚·埃斯特拉达·桑切斯成为理工学院首位女性校长。
• María Estrada Sánchez took office in 2023 for a term ending on 30 June 2027, marking the first female leadership of the institution 52 years after its founding.玛丽亚·埃斯特拉达·桑切斯于 2023 年就任，任期至 2027 年 6 月 30 日，这是学院成立 52 年后首次由女性领导。