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.
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
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Other name | CINVESTAV-IPN |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 17 April 1961 |
| Founder | Adolfo López Mateos, Jaime Torres Bodet, Antonio Ortiz Mena and Arturo Rosenblueth |
| Director | Alberto Sánchez Hernández |
| Postgraduates | 2,128 |
| Location | Mexico City , Mexico 19°30′33″N 99°07′46″W |
| Campus | 10 across Mexico, mostly urban |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Affiliations | ANUIES, CUDI, UDUAL, National Polytechnic Institute |
| Website | www.cinvestav.mx |
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.