Ignacio A. Santos School of Medicine

The School of Medicine was founded to satisfy the country's need for high quality medical training and innovation in biomedical research.

In the 1970s, Ignacio A. Santos, an entrepreneur and philanthropist in Monterrey donated the Hospital San Jóse (HSJ) to ITESM to establish the new program.

[1] Another reason for the establishment of the school was to provide advanced and specialized training, which before was studied by Mexican students in the United States.

Currently this program offers positions in 18 fields, including anesthesiology, clinical quality improvement, general surgery, geriatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, ophthalmology, pediatrics, psychiatry, diagnostic radiology, cardiology, critical care medicine, neonatology, clinical neurology, pediatric neurology and urology.

[8] The method that is used in most of the courses is PBL (problem based learning), where the teacher adopts the role of tutor, working with small groups of 6-8 students.

This method requires that the students define the fields of knowledge that they have to study and learn to solve health problems.

Those who aim to be part of EMIS are able to apply after graduating from high school with an average start age between 18 and 20 years.

After the first requirement is fulfilled the next step is to get a score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (PAA) Admission to the institute, exceeding 1350 points.

The San José hospital was donated in 1969 by Don Ignacio A. Santos and his wife Doña Consuelo De La Garza Evia with the main purpose of giving place for investigation and treatment of patients with oncologic issues.

degree is Campus Ciudad De México, in 2011, ITESM decided to build a new facility called "Scientific Park".

[19] The Guadalajara campus has teaching facilities in the Puerta de Hierro Hospital, where the school has invested almost a million dollars.