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.

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.