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

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and founded by president

Adolfo López Mateos Adolfo López Mateos (; 26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, Secretary of Labor and Social ...

on 17 April 1961, initially planned as a postgraduate department of the National Polytechnic Institute; this was later modified by President

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

, on 17 September 1982. 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.

Organization

Campuses

The institute is divided into 10 research centers; three of these are in

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, while the others are dispersed across the country. They are located as follows: *

: Zacatenco, Coapa (south) and San Borja *

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* Irapuato, Guanajuato *

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* Querétaro, Querétaro * Saltillo, Coahuila * Monterrey, Nuevo León *

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Departments

The institute is divided into 33 departments:

World ranking

In a 2019 ranking, Cinvestav was ranked fourth within research centers in Latin America and held position 118 in the world.

References

External links

Official website
* http://research.webometrics.info/en/Latin_America/Mexico Research institutes established in 1961 Instituto Politécnico Nacional Research institutes in Mexico Laboratories in Mexico Postgraduate schools in Mexico 1961 establishments in Mexico {{sci-org-stub