It is one of the most recognized universities along with ITESM Campus Tampico in the southern area of the state of Tamaulipas.

[citation needed] It serves all the metropolitan area of Tampico, Ciudad Madero and Altamira, the northern part of the state of Veracruz and the eastern part of the state of San Luis Potosí.

IEST also provides the Preparatoria IEST (Secondary school), at campus Ciudad Valles, which consists of Upper and Lower Secondary Education (Preparatoria and Secundaria), with no undergraduate or graduate services.

The academic departments, with their respective majors at campus Altamira for undergraduate level are: The academic departments, with their respective masters at campus Altamira for graduate level are:

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