CINVESTAV


The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute 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:
The institute is divided into 33 departments:
Natural Sciences
Physics
Applied Physics
Mathematics
Chemistry

Biological sciences and health
Cell Biology
Marine resources
Molecular Biomedicine
Biochemistry
Pharmacobiology
Pharmacology
Physiology, Biophysics and Neuroscience
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular pathogenesis
Toxicology

Technology and engineering sciences
Automatic control
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Biotechnology and Biochemistry
Computing
Electrical engineering
Computing
Electronic design
Electric power systems
Automatic control
Telecommunications
Ceramic engineering
Genetic engineering
Metallurgical engineering
Information Technology Laboratory
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Materials
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Sciences

Social sciences and humanities
Human ecology
Educational research
Mathematics education
Methodology and theory of science

World ranking

Cinvestav ranks 2nd within research centers in Latin America and holds the position 109 in the world.