Technical University of the North (Universidad T谷cnica del Norte) (UTN) was established in 1986 to meet regional demands for technical and professional education.
The university is located in Ibarra, a city in northern Ecuador and the capital of the Imbabura Province.
The university comprises five faculties and one graduate institute. The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences includes programmes in agribusiness, forestry, renewable energy, biotechnology, agroindustry and natural resources management. The Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences offers studies in business administration, accounting and auditing, economics, marketing, gastronomy, tourism and law. The Faculty of Applied Engineering Sciences provides degrees in telecommunications, software engineering, industrial engineering, mechatronics, textiles, electrical engineering and automotive engineering. The Faculty of Health Sciences includes medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and nutrition programmes. The Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities covers subjects such as psychology, pedagogy, sports training, visual arts and communication.
UTN has contributed more than 2,000 research records in subject areas including agriculture, nutrition, biodiversity and environmental science.