Their love for science leads them to win an international competition

Driven by their passion for science and with a participation of more than 1,337 high school students from different countries the 16th Tec de Monterrey International Science Contest.

A total of 634 schools from countries like Mexico, the United States, Guatemala, Ecuador and Peru were represented in this virtual competition.

The event is an initiative of the School of Engineering and Sciences of the Monterrey campus and seeks to attract the best talent in Computation, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology.

Winner of the Mathematics category.

The contest was held in two stages, the first on April 17, from which the top 20 students in each category who went to final last April 24.

“Science is the language of the universe, and it is through observation, experimentation and measurement that we humans learn and understand our position on this planet”, assured Manuel Zertuche, National Dean of the School of Engineering and Sciences.

“Our goal is to collaborate with you to develop that ability to observe and experiment, and with that to seek solutions to the many problems that we as a society have in the world”added.

Ximena Leyva,, winner of the chemistry category, 16th International Science Contest — Winner of the Chemistry category.

Redesigned to have a greater reach

Ricardo Ipiña, professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, acknowledged that this year the organization of the event took a turn towards digital, which brought great advantages for young people.

“It is year we reinvent ourselves And that helped us to reach many students who previously did not have the possibility to travel, we usually had 700 registered students, now we had more than a thousand.

“We are very happy at the EIC because we reached many more students, in future editions we will seek to make a hybrid model of the contest to reach more young people”, He said.

Rubén Torres,, winner of the biology category, 16th International Science Contest — Winner of the Biology category.

To participate, young people had to have a average equal to or greater than 85 and be under 20 years of age.

The exams were theoretical and comprised of multiple-choice questions on different topics in each area.

They have outstanding participation

Seven PrepaTec students in Monterrey were selected among the first five places of the different categories being Pablo Valeriano Quiroz from PrepaTec Santa Catarina Y Hector David Bahena from Prepa Tec Garza Lagüera the awardees for their performance.

In addition to Diego Alfonso Villarreal and Humberto Alanís from PrepaTec Cumbres, as well as Abel Arizpe, Diego Alán and Hiram Muñoz Ramírez from PrepaTec Eugenio Garza Sada.

While at the national level campus students Puebla, Mexico City, Toluca, Cuernavaca and San Luis Potosí from PrepaTec were other winners.

SalvadorBravo,, winner of the computing category, 16th International Science Contest — Winner of the Computing category.

They reward your dedication

The first five places in the categories Computing, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology were awarded as follows:

1st place: 2 semesters of Traditional Professional in certificates of the Educational Investment Plan (PIE).
2nd place: 1 semester of Traditional Professional in certificates of the Educational Investment Plan (PIE).
3rd place: 10 thousand pesos card on Amazon
4th place: 5,000 peso card on Amazon
5th place: 2 thousand peso card on Amazon

Tristán Sánchez, winner of the Physics category, 16th International Science Contest — Winner of the Physics category.

Jose Carlos Miranda, Dean of the Mexico City Region School of Engineering and Sciences, congratulated the winning students and recognized the importance of continuous improvement in scientific areas.

“Today is not only the result of being talented students, but of having brought that talent through effort, dedication, perseverance and sacrifice” the Dean acknowledged.