The Higher Education School of Chemical Engineering and Extractive Industries was founded as part of the National Polytechnic Institute in 1948. Undergraduate studies in Petrochemical Engineering were first offered by the Institute in 1941 under the now defunct Superior School of Engineering and Architecture. Undergraduate studies in Chemical En…The Higher Education School of Chemical Engineering and Extractive Industries was founded as part of the National Polytechnic Institute in 1948. Undergraduate studies in Petrochemical Engineering were first offered by the Institute in 1941 under the now defunct Superior School of Engineering and Architecture. Undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering were first offered in 1945 under the direction of Dean Guillermo Torres Prieto.