UNITEC is a private institution of higher education and it was created on December 17, 1986. Its foundational purpose was to create an alternative for university education, with the purpose of a more innovative approach to academics, and for a more effective approach to the educational model. 

In 2005 the University Technological Center (CEUTEC) was also founded. It is an educational option that implements the Blended Learning Model for people who currently work full or part-time, but want to study at a higher learning level of education, within a flexible schedule. In the same year, CEUTEC joined with Laureate International Universities, the largest Private Universities Network in the world, with 80 higher educational institutions in 29 countries, two online institutions and approximately 950,000 students worldwide. 

Currently it has seven campuses: four in Tegucigalpa, two in San Pedro Sula, and another in La Ceiba, which together contain more than 20,000 students enrolled. 

UNITEC is a Global University and the only one in Honduras which offers a wide international academic mobility for students and teachers, as well as academic exchanges, dual degree programs, internships at our Walt Disney World parks, and summer courses at universities. There are also other highly prestigious opportunities UNITEC offers with the Laureate Network, and independently from it, in destinations like USA, Spain, Taiwan, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and the countries of Central America.