The Tec educational model from Tecnológico de Monterrey has been included as an international case study in a report from the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has included Tecnológico de Monterrey’s educational model as an international benchmark case in its report New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage.
This document describes how the Tec has managed to embed the development of human skills throughout its curriculum via challenge-based learning, competency‑based assessment, and verifiable digital credentials.
The WEF highlights how the model enables students to demonstrate their abilities in real-world contexts, with support from professors and a network of over three thousand external partners.
It also draws attention to the model’s measurable results in learning, employability, and early‑career readiness.
The Tec’s educational model in the WEF report
On page 33 of its report, the WEF presents the Tec educational model as one of seven success stories for evaluating, developing, and credentialing human-centric skills in educational systems.
This document mentions that the Tec redesigned undergraduate education through the Tec educational model, an institutional reform that moves beyond lectures to challenge‑based learning.
The goal is to comprehensively prepare students for the workforce and to be agents of transformation, equipping them not only with academic knowledge but also with the critical human-centric skills needed to solve real problems in society and the economy.
According to the WEF, the Tec educational model operates as a competency‑based system that incorporates human-centric skills throughout the curriculum.
More than 50% of the curriculum is centered on real‑world challenges co‑created with industry, government and community partners, so students can demonstrate what they can do, not only what they know.
The WEF highlights that students work in multidisciplinary blocks in which they develop competencies through authentic deliverables, simulations, pitches, and applied work.
These experiences are accompanied by institutional rubrics, peer and self‑assessment, and digital portfolios and learning analytics, which compile evidence of both outcomes and decision‑making processes.
The report also underscores the participation of over three thousand external partners, who collaborate with faculty teams to design challenges that ensure relevance of learning and diversity of perspectives.
Alongside disciplinary knowledge, students practice human-centric skills such as:
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Social intelligence
- Reasoning for complexity
- Communication
- Ethical and civic engagement
- Digital transformation
- Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset
The document mentions how technology is integrated as a tool that increases learning gain through experiences such as immersive simulations, complex virtual scenarios, and the use of artificial intelligence in different disciplines.
It also highlights the creation of verifiable digital credentials integrated with student records and a competencytranscript, which are globally verifiable and shareable on professional platforms.
This gives employers transparent evidence of how competencies were developed and applied in authentic contexts.
In terms of results, the WEF documents more than 15 points in learning gains in a sample of over 1,500 students, as well as improvements in employability within three months, rising from 81% to 89%.
According to the report, graduates integrate more smoothly into organizational contexts, bringing strong communication, teamwork, resilience, and ethical reasoning
For the World Economic Forum, the connection between development, assessment and credentialing in one life cycle makes the Tec educational model an example of how higher education can become a scalable engine for adaptability, innovation, and shared value creation.
The Tec and the World Economic Forum: An institutional relationship on the global agenda
The relationship between Tecnológico de Monterrey and the World Economic Forum (WEF) has become stronger in recent years through its participation in spaces for dialogue, knowledge production, and institutional presence at the Davos forum.
David Garza, Executive President of the Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group, confirmed that in 2026, the Tec will once again be present at the Davos World Economic Forum for the third time, having been directly invited.
Garza explained that every January, the WEF organizes an international event to gather leaders from different sectors around the world:
“The World Economic Forum is an organization that holds a very visible, iconic event in January, which is Davos, to bring together over three thousand people from different political, economic, social, and educational spheres around the world.”
Although this invitation is an opportunity for institutional promotion, it is also a commitment, the executive stressed.
“We’ve received this invitation for the third time, which is a great opportunity for promotion. However, it’s also a great responsibility, as we are one of the few institutions from Latin America to be represented,” explained Garza.
According to the executive president, this relationship with the WEF is not limited to attending Davos but has also been reflected in articles, reports, and institutional mentions on the forum’s own platforms.
Garza explained that Tecnológico de Monterrey has also been mentioned in conversations and panels held during meetings at this international event.
“At the Davos event itself, certain experts have made reference to Tec de Monterrey on some of the panels.”
What’s more, some initiatives promoted by the institution have been publicized by the WEF itself, with cases such as distritotec receiving international recognition and being highlighted in videos from the World Economic Forum.
Besides the institutional visibility, Garza explained how the WEF has incorporated the Tec as a participant in knowledge generation on strategic topics.
“The fact that the World Economic Forum has come to us and invited us to become curators and participants in this report has to do with Higher Education in emerging economies.”
Furthermore, research developed by Tecnológico de Monterrey has been cited in the forum’s publications.
“More recently, there was a publication in October that you can find on the World Economic Forum website about Innovation Ecosystems, which refers to what we’re doing here in our education group.”
This relationship also extends to Tecnológico de Monterrey’s participation in different World Economic Forum groups.
“We’re in the University Leaders Community, the Global Futures Council on Human Capital Development, the Strategic Intelligence Network we participate in, and in Urban Transformation.”
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