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.
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The CINVESTAV annual revenue was $224.4 million in 2026.
807 people are employed at CINVESTAV.
CINVESTAV is based in Mexico City, Mexico City.
The NAICS codes for CINVESTAV are [541, 54, 541713, 5417, 54171].
The SIC codes for CINVESTAV are [87, 873].