Established in 1987, Instituto Tecnológico de Lázaro Cárdenas (Cardenas Institute of Technology) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the small city of Lázaro Cárdenas (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Michoacan. Officially recognized by the Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico (Secretariat of Public Education of Mexico), Instituto Tecnológico de Lázaro Cárdenas (IT Lázaro Cárdenas) is a coeducational Mexican higher education institution. Instituto Tecnológico de Lázaro Cárdenas (IT Lázaro Cárdenas) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. IT Lázaro Cárdenas also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, as well as administrative services.