Founded in 1905, Escuela Tecnologica Instituto Tecnico Central (Technological School Central Technical Institute) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the large metropolis of Bogotá (population range of over 5,000,000 inhabitants), Bogota. Officially recognized by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, Colombia (Ministry of National Education of Colombia), Escuela Tecnologica Instituto Tecnico Central is a coeducational Colombian higher education institution. Escuela Tecnologica Instituto Tecnico Central offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. Escuela Tecnologica Instituto Tecnico Central also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, as well as administrative services.