The Technological University of Panama, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) in Spanish, is the second largest university in Panama. It is a state university comprising six faculties in seven campuses nationwide. The main campus is a 60-hectare piece of land located in Panama City, the country’s capital city. UTP started operations as a Polytechnic Institute in 1975 offering programs in electromechanical engineering, industrial engineering, civil engineering, computer systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. Six years later, UTP officially becomes a university consisting of five faculties (six, since 1996). UTP is the country’s leading university in engineering programs and one of the most important universities in Central America. It offers programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels in six faculties: the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, the Faculty of Computer Systems Engineering and the Faculty of Science and Technology. It also offers programs in conjunction with other institutions of higher education in Europe and the United States.