# Puebla opens health university campus in Tepexi > The new campus has 259 undergraduate students in medicine and nursing and 31 high-school students; its first two construction phases cost 131.96 million pesos. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Education - Country: Mexico - Published: 2026-10-18T21:48:10+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-18T21:48:10+00:00 - Source review period: 2026-10 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026.md) *The source does not state the event date; the period shown is the source review period.* The Puebla state government opened a campus of the State University of Health in Tepexi de Rodríguez, aiming to expand health education in the Mixteca region. In a release dated October 17, the state said the campus offers medical and nursing education and is planned for development in four phases. Of the campus’s 290 students, 259 are in undergraduate programmes and 31 are in upper-secondary education. Among undergraduates, 188 study medicine and 71 study nursing and midwifery. The state reported spending 131,955,513.19 pesos on construction and equipment for the first two phases. ## Data ### Tepexi health campus enrolment and investment Student and investment figures published by the Puebla government with the campus opening. Methodology: Enrolment and cost figures are transcribed from the source; investment covers construction and equipment for the first two phases only. | Total enrolled students | Investment in first two phases | |---|---| | 290 | 131955513.19 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026/data/puebla-tepexi-health-campus-enrolment-and-cost?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/puebla-tepexi-health-university-campus-opens-2026/data/puebla-tepexi-health-campus-enrolment-and-cost?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Gobierno del Estado de Puebla]() (Source checked: 2026-10-19; Published: 2026-10-17) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)