| Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute | |
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| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
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| Established | 17 April 1961[1] |
| Type | Public |
| Director | René Asomoza Palacio |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Campus | 10 across Mexico, mostly urban[2] |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Nickname | CINVESTAV |
| Affiliations | ANUIES,[3] CUDI,[4] UDUAL,[5] 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) is a Mexican non-governmental scientific research affiliated to the National Polytechnic Institute and founded by president Adolfo López Mateos on 17 April 1961,[1] initially planned as a posgraduate department of the National Polytechnic Institute, which was later modified by President José López Portillo, on the 17 September 1982.[1]
That modification 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]
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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:[2]
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) |
| Materials (Querétaro) |
| Social sciences and humanities |
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| Human ecology (Mérida) |
| Educational research (South) |
| Mathematics education |
| Methodology and theory of science |
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