CINVESTAV
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
File:Cinvestav seal.png Official Seal | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 17 April 1961[1] |
Director | José Mustre de León |
Location | , 19°30′33″N 99°07′46″W / 19.50917°N 99.12944°W |
Campus | 10 across Mexico, mostly urban[2] |
Colors | Green and White |
Nickname | CINVESTAV-IPN |
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-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; 3 of these are in Mexico City, while the others are dispersed across the country. They are located as follows:[2]
- 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
Cinvestav ranks 2nd within research centers in Latin America and holds the position 109 in the world.[6]
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.
- ^ 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.
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