The Higher Institute of Technology Zacapoaxtla started as an ambitious project during the administration of then Governor Lic Manuel Bartlett Diaz, negotiating with the Ministry of Education building.; still, by decree published in the Official Gazette of the State the August 4, 1997, date of creation of the Higher Institute of Technology Zacapoaxtla as decentralized public agency of the State Government, with legal personality and its own assets. The history of the Superior Institute of Technology Zacapoaxtla is based on the background that take us back to 1996, on 20 August, when will begin.On August 4, 1997 was published in the Official Journal of the Entity, the "decree creating the Instituto Tecnológico Superior deZacapoaxtla," which was amended and published in the Official Gazette of the Bank, on Monday December 17, 2001 adicionándole various provisions which are assigned duties as head of educational processes it.The activities at the Institute had started on July 1, 1996, with racing Degree in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering with a total of 130 students, located in a building on South Street on April 2, corner of Brigadier Lobato in Zacapoaxtla city.