Academic calendar
Periodo Escolar 2027-1 runs Aug 17, 2026 – Jan 22, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Periodo Escolar 2027-1Relevant now
- Periodo Escolar 2027-2
- Periodo Escolar 2028-1
Campus language
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Showing 12 of 12 terms
A
- ANIEI
- Asociación Nacional de Instituciones de Educación en Informática, often relevant for inter-disciplinary engineering events.
B
- Barco
- A 'boat'; a professor who is very easy or gives passing grades with little effort.
- Burro
- A 'donkey'; the term for an IPN student, derived from the school's white donkey mascot.
C
- CEET
- Consejo Estudiantil de la ESIA Zacatenco; the primary student representative body.
- COTEP
- Consejo Técnico Consultivo Escolar; the technical advisory council involving students and faculty.
E
- El Comedor
- The official institutional dining hall where students can get subsidized meals.
- ETS
- Examen a Título de Suficiencia; the high-stakes final exam taken if a student fails a subject twice.
H
- Huelum
- The traditional rallying cry and cheer of the IPN community.
L
- Las Rejas
- The informal food stalls located along the perimeter fence of the campus, popular for affordable street food.
- Los Burritos
- A well-known food spot near the ESIA entrance famous for large burritos.
P
- Poli
- Short for Politécnico; refers to the institution or a member of the community.
R
- Recursar
- The act of retaking a course after failing it previously.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- cafeter_a_esia_zacatenco
- Cafetería ESIA Zacatenco
- Credencial
- The official student ID card required for campus access, library services, and PoliBus use.
- Dictamen
- An official academic resolution required for students who have exceeded time limits or failed multiple subjects.
- Edificio 1
- The main administrative and classroom building for Civil Engineering.
- Edificio de Gobierno
- The building housing the director's office and administrative services.
- El Queso
- The 'Cheese'; the nickname for the Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet due to its circular, perforated architecture.
- La Pesada
- The 'Heavy' area, referring to the laboratories housing heavy machinery and structural testing equipment.
- PoliBus
- The free shuttle bus service that transports students between different points of the Zacatenco campus.
- SAES
- Sistema de Administración Escolar; the essential online portal for checking grades and registering for classes.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Periodo Escolar 2027-1 runs Aug 17, 2026 – Jan 22, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 12 approved campus terms and 9 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.