| Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute | |
| Native Name: | Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional |
| Established: | 17 April 1961[1] |
| Type: | Public |
| Founder: | Adolfo López Mateos, Jaime Torres Bodet, Antonio Ortiz Mena and Arturo Rosenblueth |
| Director: | Alberto Sánchez Hernández |
| Postgrad: | 2,128[2] |
| City: | Mexico City |
| Country: |  |
| Campus: | 10 across Mexico, mostly urban[3] |
| Colors: | Green and white |
| Other Name: | CINVESTAV-IPN |
| Affiliations: | ANUIES,[4] CUDI,[5] UDUAL,[6] National Polytechnic Institute |
| Website: | www.cinvestav.mx |
The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (in Spanish: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional or simply as CINVESTAV-IPN) is a Mexican non-governmental scientific research institution affiliated with the National Polytechnic Institute and founded by president Adolfo López Mateos on 17 April 1961,[1] initially planned as a postgraduate department of the National Polytechnic Institute; this was later modified by President José López Portillo, on 17 September 1982.[1]
The modification by President Portillo stipulates that it is a decentralized organ of public interest, with legal personality and own patrimony. Cinvestav receives an annual subsidy by the Federal Government to fund its operations.[1]
The institute is divided into 10 research centers; 3 of these are in Mexico City, while the others are dispersed across the country. They are located as follows:[3]
Zacatenco, Coapa (south) and San Borja
The institute is divided into 33 departments:
| Natural Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Physics | |
| Applied Physics (Mérida) | |
| Mathematics | |
| Chemistry |
| Biological sciences and health | |
|---|---|
| Cell Biology | |
| Marine resources (Mérida) | |
| Molecular Biomedicine | |
| Biochemistry | |
| Pharmacobiology (South) | |
| Pharmacology | |
| Physiology, Biophysics and Neuroscience | |
| Genetics and Molecular Biology | |
| Molecular pathogenesis | |
| Toxicology |
| Technology and engineering sciences | |
|---|---|
| Automatic control | |
| Biotechnology and Bioengineering | |
| Biotechnology and Biochemistry (Irapuato) | |
| Computing (Zacatenco) | |
| Electrical engineering (Zacatenco) | |
| Computing (Guadalajara) | |
| Electronic design (Guadalajara) | |
| Electric power systems (Guadalajara) | |
| Automatic control (Guadalajara) | |
| Telecommunications | |
| Ceramic engineering (Saltillo) | |
| Genetic engineering (Irapuato) | |
| Metallurgical engineering (Saltillo) | |
| Information Technology Laboratory (Tamaulipas) | |
| Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing (Saltillo) | |
| Materials (Querétaro) | |
| Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Sciences |
| Social sciences and humanities | |
|---|---|
| Human ecology (Mérida) | |
| Educational research (South) | |
| Mathematics education | |
| Methodology and theory of science |
Cinvestav ranks 4th within research centers in Latin America and holds the position 118 in the world.[7]