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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Mexico · Latin America

#943World rank of 1,038
25.5ICI scoreout of 100
#2National rank, of 3 in Mexico
#29Regional rank, of 38 in Latin America
181Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
129Company groups worked with (39 on two or more works)

Tecnológico de Monterrey is ranked #943 of 1,038. Its strongest pillar is breadth (74): partners spread across many research fields. It is held back most by co-creation (14): 181 verified industry works against about 390 expected for its mix of fields; and by scale (17): a network of 39 company groups on two or more joint works.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #657 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
14

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 181 verified works against about 390 expected for its fields (0.46 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
7

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 4 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
17

The size of its industry network: company groups on two or more works, sustained partnerships, and its place in the worldwide network of universities and companies. 39 company groups on two or more joint works; 4 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
74

How varied its partners are, judged by each company's main research field. Measured across the main research fields of all the company groups it worked with.

Each pillar is a percentile among the 1,038 ranked universities: a value of 80 means a higher value than about 80 in every 100 of them. The ICI score (25.5) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 943 of 1,038 overall; 2 of 3 in Mexico; 29 of 38 in Latin America. Standing bands: Platinum for ranks 1 to 100, Gold 101 to 300, Silver 301 to 600. How the index is built →

In numbers

The evidence behind the position

1.6%of its 11,432 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.46Industry co-authorship rate: 0.46 times what its mix of research fields would predict (181 verified works; about 390 expected)
4sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In Mexico

2 of 3 ranked universities in Mexico

  1. #1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México world #745, score 36.4
  2. #2 Tecnológico de Monterrey world #943, score 25.5
  3. #3 Instituto Politécnico Nacional world #997, score 20.4

All ranked universities →   Latin America: 29 of 38 →

Where it works with industry

Sector strengths

Verified industry works by sector, with its position in each sector ranking. A university is ranked in a sector once it has at least 20 verified works there; sectors with fewer than 50 eligible universities are provisional.

Not yet ranked in any sector: a sector ranking needs at least 20 verified works in the sector. Its largest sector is Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, with 13.5.

Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
13.5under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
12under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
10under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
7.5under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
7under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
5under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
4.5under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
3.5under 20 works
Clean Energy Transition
3.5under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
3under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
2under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
2under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
2under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
1.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
1under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
102counted in the overall index

79 of its 181 verified industry works fall within the 21 sectors. The rest have research topics that belong to no industry sector (basic science, for example) or are consortium papers with 100 or more authors, which the sector indices leave out; all of them count fully in the overall index.

Who it works with

Company partners, 2021 to 2025

Tecnológico de Monterrey co-authored verified work with 129 company groups, consortium papers aside: 39 of them on two or more works, and 4 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 129 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
Reliance IndustriesIndiaMaterials Science113 of 5
Toyota Central Research and Development LaboratoriesJapanMedicine74 of 5
General MotorsUnited StatesEngineering72 of 5
ASMLNetherlandsEngineering72 of 5
NestléSwitzerlandMedicine64 of 5
Altair EngineeringUnited StatesEngineering61 of 5
AstraZenecaUnited KingdomMedicine62 of 5
RocheSwitzerlandMedicine54 of 5
John DeereGermanyEngineering43 of 5
SanofiFranceMedicine32 of 5
Carl ZeissGermanyEngineering32 of 5
EurofarmaBrazilMedicine32 of 5

A company group brings together a company's subsidiaries and research labs under one name. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at this university. Consortium papers with 100 or more authors are left out of this table.

Examples of its work with industry

Most-cited verified joint works

Its most-cited verified works with 30 or fewer authors, leaving out guidelines and consensus statements. Citation counts are those of the open scholarly record at harvest. Each title links to the work.

Over time

Verified industry works by year

38.52021
29.52022
362023
352024
422025

2025 is not yet complete: papers published late in the year are still being added to the open record, and coverage may not be equally complete for every university, so compare years with care. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at the university, so some totals end in .5.

Funded partnerships (reported, not scored)

Publicly funded research projects with companies

European Union: 1 Horizon projects with company partners

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects starting 2021-2025 in which this university and at least one company take part (16 distinct companies). Company partners include: Baltic Open Solutions Center Sia, Cardam Sro, Crytur Spol Sro, Deloitte Advisory S.r.o., Devices & Technologies Torino S.r.l., Eaton Elektrotechnika Sro.

  • MERIT Central Bohemia Mobility Programme for Excellence in Research, Innovation and Technology 2023, 16 companies

Shown for context from the public grant registries; they do not enter the score in Edition 1. Comparable open registries of company partners exist for the European Union and the United Kingdom but not yet for most other research systems, and in some countries national research organisations take part on behalf of university laboratories, so these counts are not comparable between countries.

Evidence checked

247 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 253 of 500 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 129 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 35 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 33 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 13 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 10 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 5 part of a street or district address
  • 28 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

If a partner is missing or should not be here, send the evidence; corrections are free and reviewed against the public record.

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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Tecnológico de Monterrey ranks #657 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

Something wrong? Every figure comes from the public record and can be checked. If a partner is missing or should not be there, tell us and we will review it with the evidence. The 2027 edition will be calculated with the same published methodology. The window for universities to submit data for it is open now: submit data for the 2027 edition. The index is free, public and independent. No commercial relationship with any university or company changes any position, and no one can pay to be included, excluded or moved.