- Source: CINVESTAV
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, initially planned as a postgraduate department of the National Polytechnic Institute; this was later modified by President José López Portillo, 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; 3 of these are in Mexico City, while the others are dispersed across the country. They are located as follows:
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:
World ranking
Cinvestav ranks 4th within research centers in Latin America and holds the position 118 in the world.
References
External links
(in Spanish) Official website
http://research.webometrics.info/en/Latin_America/Mexico
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- National Autonomous University of Mexico
