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UTEL Universidad

Private Mexican online university founded in 2008 in Naucalpan, with SEP/DGAIR-accredited distance-education bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs across business, engineering, law, education and communication.

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Location: Mexico
Founded: 2008
With Innova: 2025 – Present
Seal: Platinum

About the institution

UTEL – Universidad Tecnológica Latinoamericana en Línea is a private higher education institution founded in 2008, with its central office in Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico. It delivers its programs through distance education.

Its programs are accredited individually by the General Directorate of Accreditation, Incorporation and Revalidation (DGAIR) of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education (SEP). Licentiate programs start every 15 days and are organized in trimesters, while master's programs run in bimesters.

UTEL's catalog is one of the broadest in the region, with more than 40 licentiates, over 40 master's degrees and six doctorates, including joint programs with international partners such as a Master in Public Administration with CIFAL Málaga and UNITAR.

Programs offered

Main academic areas and faculties.

Online bachelor's degrees in Business, Management and Finance
Engineering (Industrial, Computer Systems, Software Development, Renewable Energy, Logistics)
Artificial Intelligence and Computer Security
Law (Law, Business Law, International Law)
Psychology and Education
Communication, Digital Media and Design
Tourism, Ecotourism and Agribusiness
40+ online master's degrees (MBA, Public Administration, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Education)
Doctorates in Strategic Business Administration, Education, Law, Finance, Technology Management and Human Development

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What they achieved with Innova

Institutional Evaluations in the USA

Platinum — Excellence · Platinum Seal

2025 – Present

Degrees from its accredited programs found equivalent to degrees earned through distance education at regionally accredited institutions in the United States.
Licenciatura programs evaluated against U.S. bachelor's degrees, and its master's and doctoral programs against U.S. graduate degrees.
Documented credit equivalency to support credit transfer and the recognition of UTEL degrees in the U.S.
Evaluation coordinated by Innova together with a NACES-member U.S. credential evaluation agency.

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Accreditation, Ranking & Ratings Advisory

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Advisory on accreditation, international rankings and ratings.

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