The Instituto Politécnico Nacional

México

• The Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) is a Mexican public institution of research and technological higher education.

• It was founded in 1936 to train technicians and professionals in the areas of engineering, science, new technologies and management.

• It is considered the leading technological higher education institution of Mexico and it has more than 350,000 students enrolled in its 276 academic programs.

The IPN

• The Institute was founded on the premise of supporting the country’s industrialization and national development process, as well as to offer education opportunities to various social sectors, especially the less favored.

• With 75 years of existence, its role in higher education, science and technology, and the quality of services it provides, has propelled it to become a national leader in technological education with broad public recognition.

IPN´s History

President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, founder of the IPN

PhD. Yoloxóchitl Bustamante Diez,

General Director of the IPN

Our General Director

•Appointed by the President of the México as General Director of the IPN for the period 2010-2012.

•She served as General Coordinator of Technological and Academic Liaison of IPN and after that she served as Academic Secretary.

•Throughout the history of the IPN is the first woman to hold this position.

Knowledge areas at IPN

Academic level Knowledge areas

High school •Mathematics and Physics Sciences•Management Sciences

Undergraduate •Engineering•Medical and Biological Sciences•Mathematics and Physics Sciences•Economic, Social and Management Sciences•Information Technologies•Advanced Technologies

Postgraduate

Open and distance

education

25 academic programs •5 technical level•8 undergraduate•12 graduate

Our Community

MIB

Dalton Nuclear Institute

Molecular Imaging Centre

Educational Staff

•16,697 faculty and research staff.

•9,306 administrative and general staff.

Students attending

our faculties

Students enrolled in a distance education

program

Total students

Enrollment 155,628 2,290 157, 918

Number of Academic Programs involved

261 25 286

National Presence

16 High School Center26 Graduate School19 Research Centers25 Foreign Language Center

National Presence

12 Centers of Continuos Education

National Presence

11 Transmission Units of TV Channel Once TV

IPN’s Academic Structure

•Area of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics

Sciences.

•Area of Medical and Biological Sciences.

•Area of Economic, Social and Management

Sciences.Campus at night

Schools by Area

Engineering, Mathematics and Physics Sciences

Medical and Biological Sciences

Economic, Social and Management

Sciences•4 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Schools.•3 Engineering and Architecture Schools.•Textile Engineering School.•Chemical Engineering School.•Physics and Mathematics School.•Computer Science School.•Engineering and Administrative and Social Sciences School.•Biotechnology School.•Engineering and Advanced Technologies School.

•Medicine y Homeopathy National School.•Biological Sciences National School.•Medicine School.•Nursing School.•2 Health Sciences Schools.

•2 Commerce and Management Schools.•Economy School.•Tourism School.

Scientific and Technological Research Centers

-Genomic Biotechnology Research center (CBG in Reynosa, Tamaulipas).-Biotic Products Development Research Center (CEPROBI, Morelos).-Applied Biotechnology Research Center (CIBA, Tlaxcala).-4 Multi-disciplinary Research Centers(CIIDIR, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Oaxaca and Durango).-Multi-disciplinary Research and Studies Center on Environment and Development (CIIEMAD, México).-Multi-disciplinary Research Center of Marine Sciences (CICIMAR, La Paz, B.C.S).

-Nano-science and Micro and Nano-technologie Research Center (CENAMI, México).-3 Research Center in Applied Science and Advanced Technology (CICATA, Tamaulipas, Querétaro and México).-Digital Technology Research and Development Center (CITEDI, Tijuana, B.C.).-Computing Sciences Research Center (CIC, México).-Technological Research and Innovation Research Center (CIITEC, México).-Information Technologies Innovation and Development Research Center (CIDETEC, México).

-Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences Research Center (CIECAS, México).

NETWORKRESEAR-

CHERSRESEARCH LINES

FACULTIES

INVOLVED IN THE

NETWORK

Biotechnology 205

Health ( Obesity, cancer and infectious diseases). Food (Nutraceutical). Vegetal (Crops and bio-energy improvement). Environmental (Organic waste Treatment)

20

Environmental

Sciences192

River and coastal RemediationEnergy fuelDangerous solid waste recycling and integrate fishing industry management

22

Nanoscience y Micro-Nanotechnology

125

Manufacturing of sensors and bio-sensors nanostructured materials for diagnosis and treatment of diseases; and for applications in generation of renewable energy

20

Computer

Sciences81

Mobile Technologies, developing educational,hardware artificial intelligence, computer security, supercomputing

11

Energy 92Solar cells and photovoltaic panels, hydrogen technologies, energy saving, conventional energy systems.

13

Total 695

NETWORKS FOR IMPROVE OUR SCIENTIFIC CAPACITIES AND FOSTER THE IMPACTS OF RESEARCH

OUR HERITAGE

During 75 years the Instituto Politécnico Nacional has left an indelible mark by training more than 1 million of technicians and professionals,

strongly engaged with México.

1,350 Laboratories

15.1 millions m2 Territory

1.24 million m2 Construction

Technology Base Business Incubation Centers

Polytechnic Unit for Business Development and Competitively

Polytechnic Patent Center-Mexican Institute of Industrial

Property (IMPI)

Operation Rules of the Social Integration Trust Fundand Regulations

Other institutional programs

Entrepreneurial Program Technological

Prospective Center

TechnoPoli

The IPN Entrepreneurial Program

IPN Program for Climate Change and Sustainability:

Coordinates research on climate change held in the IPN.

Creates models that simulate climate change and its impacts.

IPN Enviromental Program:

Creates awareness and environmental culture in the IPN´s community.

Promotes the optimal use of resources to carry out a responsible use and consumption of goods, supplies, materials and resources such as water and electricity.

The IPN Program for Managment with a Gender Perspective

Promotes in all areas of the IPN´s community an institutional culture of equality and non-discriminatory treatment to sex differences to ensure the comprehensive training of new professionals as active participants in strengthening gender equity and equality of opportunities between women and men.

International Cooperation

142 International agreements in operation.

Participation in Mobility and Cooperation International Networks in:- Europe (Magalhaes), -Asia (UMAP), - Latin America and the Caribbean (PAME-UDUAL; Coimbra-Brasil and JIMA-Argentina).

Participation in Erasmus Mundus.

Students Facilities

Museums and Planetarium

Sports Facilities

IPN Residence for Researchers

Federal Budget 2011

900 millions US dollars

Enterprises Relationship

Volks Wagen

For further information:

Coordination of Academic Cooperation of the IPN

Dr. Enrique DURÁN PÁRAMO

cca@ipn.mx

eduran@ipn.mx

www.cca.ipn.mx

www.ipn.mx