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] 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:[3] The institute is divided into 33 departments: Cinvestav ranks 4th within research centers in Latin America and holds the position 118 in the world.