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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.
== Organization ==
=== Campuses === The institute is divided into 10 research centers; three 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 == In a 2019 ranking, Cinvestav was ranked fourth within research centers in Latin America and held position 118 in the world.
== References ==
== External links == (in Spanish) Official website http://research.webometrics.info/en/Latin_America/Mexico