CINVESTAV
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
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Other name | CINVESTAV-IPN |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 17 April 1961[1] |
| Founder | Adolfo López Mateos, Jaime Torres Bodet, Antonio Ortiz Mena and Arturo Rosenblueth |
| Director | Alberto Sánchez Hernández |
| Postgraduates | 2,128[2] |
| Location | , 19°30′33″N 99°07′46″W / 19.50917°N 99.12944°W |
| Campus | 10 across Mexico, mostly urban[3] |
| Colors | Green and white |
| 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]
Organization
Campuses
The institute is divided into 10 research centers; three of these are in Mexico City, while the others are dispersed across the country. They are located as follows:[3]
- Mexico City: Zacatenco, Coapa (south) and San Borja
- Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Irapuato, Guanajuato
- Mérida, Yucatán
- Querétaro, Querétaro
- Saltillo, Coahuila
- Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Departments
The institute is divided into 33 departments:
| Natural Sciences |
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| Physics |
| Applied Physics (Mérida) |
| Mathematics |
| Chemistry |
| Biological sciences and health |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Human ecology (Mérida) |
| Educational research (South) |
| Mathematics education |
| Methodology and theory of science |
World ranking
In a 2019 ranking, Cinvestav was ranked fourth within research centers in Latin America and held position 118 in the world.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d GulfBase.org. "Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados Unidad Mérida (CINVESTAV)". Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ Gobierno de México. "Centro De Investigación Y De Estudios Avanzados Del Ipn". Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute. "CINVESTAV in Mexico". Archived from the original on November 9, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Eduación Superior (ANUIES). "Instituciones Afiliadas, Distrito Federal" (in Spanish). Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet A.C. (CUDI). "Membresía CUDI. Universidades, Centros e Instituciones de Investigación" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ Unión de Universidades de América Latina (UDUAL). "Directorio de Instituciones Afiliadas a la UDUAL" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ "Latin America - Ranking Web of Research Centers". research.webometrics.info. Ranking Web of Research Centers. July 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
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