OUR HISTORY
In order to foster the strengthening of technical and technological education in Colombia, in 2009 the National Ministry of Education created spaces that allowed for the interaction between the directors of institutions at this level of education, in order to structure proposals geared towards incentivizing their positioning as a key axis for competitiveness and productivity in the country.
The proposal to create a collaboration network between higher technical and technological education institutions emerged from these scenarios of participation – which to this day bears the name REDTTU -, in order to foster the strengthening of the Teaching, Research, Social Outreach, Management and Internationalization aspects of Higher Education Institutions (IES by its Spanish acronym), creating visibility, recognition and positioning for Technical and Technological Education, thus contributing to the Colombian Education System.
The REDTTU Incorporation Assembly was held in the city of Cartagena on March 19, 2010, with the participation of the following Higher Education Institutions as founding members:
1.- Colegio Integrado Nacional del Oriente de Caldas -CINOC-
2.- Colegio Mayor de Antioquia-COLMAYOR ANTIOQUIA
3.- Colegio Mayor de Bolívar-COLMAYOR BOLIVAR
4.- Colegio Mayor del Cauca-UNIMAYOR CAUCA
5.- Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central -ITC-Bogotá
6.- Instituto de Educación Técnica Profesional de Roldanillo, Valle -INTEP-
7.- Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnica Profesional de San Andrés -INFOTEP SAN ANDRÉS
8.- Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnica Profesional de Ciénaga -INFOTEP CIENAGA
9.- Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnica Profesional de San Juan del Cesar -INFOTEP SAN JUAN DEL CESAR-
10.- Instituto Superior de Educación Rural -ISER-Pamplona, Norte de Santander
11.- Instituto Técnico Agrícola -ITA-Buga, Valle
12.- Instituto Técnico Nacional de Comercio -INTENALCO- Cali
13.- Instituto Tecnológico de Soledad, Atlántico -ITSA-
14.- Instituto Tecnológico del Putumayo -ITP-Mocoa
15.- Instituto Tolimense de Formación Técnica Profesional -ITFIP- El Espinal
*Currently, there are 29 affiliate institutions that comprise the IES-TTU universe in the country, as follows:
16.- Conservatorio del Tolima- Ibague
17.- Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte- ENDEPORTE- Cali
18.- Escuela Superior Tecnológica de Artes Débora Arango-Envigado
19.- Institución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho-UNIAJC- Cali
20.- Institución Universitaria Bellas Artes y Ciencias de Bolívar- UNIBAC-Cartagena
21.- Institución Universitaria de Envigado-IUE
22.- Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo-Medellin
23.- Institución Universitaria Tecnológico de Antioquia-TDA-Medellin
24.- Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes-Cali
25.- Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano-ITM-Medellin
26.- InstitutoUniversitario de La Paz-UNIPAZ -Barrancabermeja
27.- PolitécnicoColombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid-Medellín
28.- Unidad Central del Valle del Cauca-UCEVA-Tuluá
29.- Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander –UTS-Bucaramanga