Since colonial times, the University has been the country’s most important institution of higher learning. As public higher education at the state level has broadened in recent decades, UNAM graduates have been called upon to serve on these faculties. Currently, the Scientific Research Subsystem is comprised of nineteen institutes and ten centers grouped under three broad areas of knowledge: Bio-Chemistry and Health; Mathematics, Physics and Earth Science, and Engineering. [Web site]
Instituto de Astronomía
This institute is comprised of four units: 1. The San Pedro Mártir Astronomic Observatory in Ensenada is one of the northern hemisphere’s finest sites for astronomical studies. 2. The National Astronomical Observatory in Tonanzintla, Puebla, is equipped with a telescope, spectrograph, CCD camera, photometer and Ethernet network. 3. The Institute of Astronomy in Ensenada was established to support the research activities of the San Pedro Martir Observatory. The Institute also works to develop applied technology and instrumentation, and carries out a broad scope of educational and dissemination activities. 4. The Institute of Astronomy at CU oversees the three agencies discussed above and currently carries out a development plan expected to make it one of the world’s leading observatories. [Web site]
Institute of Biology (IBUNAM)
This research institute is devoted to biodiversity research and is the custodian of the National Biological Specimens Collection. The Institute is comprised of the following facilities: 1. University City Botanical Garden holds a vast collection of live specimens in both the greenhouse and exterior gardens. Visitors are invited to walk along diverse paths featuring plants with aromatic properties, uncommon characteristics and unique morphologies. 2. Chamela Biology Station, located in Puerto Vallarta, features a herbarium with 1100 diverse plant species. The station also maintains a collection of vertebrates and freshwater fish. [Web site]
Institute of Biotechnology (IBt)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos, the Institute carries out advanced research across a range of modern biotechnological concerns, including cellular engineering, developmental biology, structural biology, physiology, microbiology, molecular medicine, biocatalysts, bio-processes and botanical molecular biology. [Web site]
Institute of Physics (Morelos Campus)
Institute of Physics of the UNAM carries out cutting edge research in the field of physics, particularly in the areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics; biophysics, condensate matter and theoretical and non-linear physics. [Web site]
Institute of Oceanography and Limnology (ICMyL)
This institute generates important understanding about the country’s seas and inland waters. The recently installed oceanographic buoy installed near the Pacific Island of Socorro will allow researchers to monitor ocean and weather conditions in the Pacific Ocean, and gather additional data relevant to understanding diverse aspects of climate variability. Moreover, in the cities of Puerto Morelos and Mazatlan, the Institute operates an array of academic and service units, including the Marine Ecology Unit, the Marine and Environmental Geology Unit, and the Oceanic and Coastal Regions Unit. The academic services include Granulometrics, Electron microscopy, Nutrient analysis and Computer services. [Web site]
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (ICN)
Headquartered on the Central Campus of CU, its mission is to develop Nuclear Sciences in order to achieve a better understanding of the universe and impel the march of technology and culture in Mexico. The Institute carries out theoretical, experimental, basic and applied research within the following academic spheres: Structure of Matter, High Energy Physics, Plasma Physics, Gravitation, Field Theory, Interaction of Radiation and Matter, High Temperature Physics and Free Radicals, Plasma Chemistry, and Radiation Chemistry and Dosimetry. [Web site]
Institute of Ecology
With its headquarters on the Central Campus of CU, the Ecology Institute strives to develop the field of ecology as a scientific discipline. To this end it carries out advanced scientific research, trains ecologists and technicians, collaborates to disseminate ecological knowledge and promotes projects designed to resolve environmental problems in Mexico and the world. [Web site]
Instituto de Física (IF)
The Institute of Physics is one of Mexico’s most important research centers. Over the years, it has earned international recognition for its research across the broad range of concerns inherent to the field, including applied and experimental research in atomic and molecular physics, condensate matter, mathematics, nuclear medicine, elemental particles, field theory, chemistry, theoretical physics and statistics. [Web site]
Institute of Cellular Physiology (IFC)
The Institute of Cellular Physiology currently enjoys a reputation as one of Mexico’s leading research institutes. It carries out research in the fields of biophysics, cellular biology, molecular genetics and neuroscience. The Institute is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and a specialized library. [Web site]
Instituto de Geofísica (IGEF)
The Institute carries out scientific and technological research in Geophysics and associated fields, while striving to support the research and teaching efforts of its academic personnel in order to contribute to the formation of outstanding professionals and bring the benefits of scientific knowledge to a broad segment of the population. The Institute is comprised of the following departments: Space Sciences, Geomagnetism, Exploration, Natural Resources, Seismology and Volcanology. These functions are carried out with the support of a set observatories and laboratories that include the Teoloyucan Magnetic Observatory for monitoring cosmic and solar radiation; the Radio Probe and Interferometry Station; the University Isotopic Geochemistry Laboratory that houses a plasma spectrometry laboratory fo the study of paleomagnetism and nuclear geophysics; the University Petrology Laboratory and digital cartography and paleolimnology laboratories. The Institute also operates the following academic support services: The National Seismological Service, the Oceanographic Service and the Magnetic Service. [Web site]
Institute of Geography (IGg)
The Institute of Geography is the country’s most important agency in the field of geography. As such, it is a leader in both scientific and formative endeavors. Its mission is to organize, conduct and disseminate the results of basic and applied research aimed at attaining a better understanding of the potential of Mexico’s natural, economic and social resources, and how they are currently exploited. Moreover, the Institute provides scientific and technical orientation to both public and private research and educational institutions, and carries out significant actions to disseminate the results of research, including print and web-based publications and academic conferences. The Institute is organized in three departments as follows: Physical Geography, Social Geography, and Economic Geography. These departments embrace a broad range of fields from climatology, geomorphology, and environmental impact of human activity to natural hazards and hydrography. Other areas of research are centered on historical geography and the history of geography, demographics, regional-urban geography, agrarian economy, mining and energy, transportation, tourism economic regionalization and land use planning. [Web site]
Instituto de Geología
The Institute is comprised of five departments. The Department of Edaphology carries out basic and applied science research on soil evolution, processes of soil degradation, and soil contamination and disturbance. The Department of Regional Geology focuses its research efforts on the Geology of Mexico, the endogenous and exogenous processes involved in its origins and its geologic-economic assets, including ground water, energy resources and environment. The Department of Paleontology carries out diverse lines of research in the field of the paleobiota of Mexico. This work includes gathering, preparation, cataloging and description of fossil specimens, and their subsequent interpretation in order to arrive at an understanding of their significance and usefulness with regard to prospecting, exploration and exploitation of natural resources. The Institute also operates the Northwest Regional Station in Hermosillo, Sonora. Founded in 1974, this station is devoted to geological studies in the northwest of Mexico, formative activities within the Earth Science postgraduate program and disseminating the results of its research. Its lines of research include stratigraphy, plate tectonics, seismology and the petrology, and geochemistry of magnetism. [Web site]
Institute of Engineering (IIUNAM)
The Institute of Engineering is Mexico’s leading research center in the field of engineering. It contributes to Mexico’s progress through advanced engineering studies, including basic and applied research oriented to solving national problems, and formative activities at the master’s degree and PhD level. The Institute also endeavors to ensure dissemination of the results of the research it sponsors. [Web site]
Institute of Biomedical Research
This Institute belongs to the Scientific Research Subsystem and is headquartered on the Central Campus of Ciudad Universitaria. By virtue of agreements with the health sector, the Universities of Veracruz, Xalapa, and the Autonomous University of Xalapa, the Institute is able to operate a chain of satellite offices. In its early days, the Institute carried out research oriented toward cellular biology and physiology. More recently and in order to achieve an understanding of these phenomena and arrive at viable treatments and cures, research has turned toward human biology and pathology at the molecular, cellular, organism and demographic levels. [Web site]
Materials Research Institute (IIM-UNAM)
The Institute grew from a germ that was the Materials Center first launched in 1967 to research the physics of matter at low temperatures. Two years later, it diversified its range and launched studies on polymers and metallic substances, changing its name to the Materials Research Center. In its current incarnation, the Institute’s mission is to carry out research into the structure, properties, processes of transformation, and performance of materials, as it collaborates with industry and other educational institutions here and abroad across a broad range of advanced projects, centered largely on ceramics, polymers, metallic substances, superconductors and semiconductors. [Web site]
Mathematics and Systems Applied Research Institute (IIMAS)
This institute is one of UNAM’s nineteen Science Research Subsystems and belongs to the Physics-Mathematics Area. It is an outgrowth of the Electronic Calculation Center founded in 1958 with the installation of an IBM-650, Mexico’s first computer. The Institute is devoted to both research and formative training of professionals in applied mathematics, systems, and computer science and engineering. Moreover, it ensures that advanced knowledge in these disciplines is available to the UNAM research community and the community at large. [Web site]
Institute of Mathematics (IM)
The Institute of Mathematics carries out research across the broad range of universal mathematics, including Algebra, Analysis, Computation, Logic, Topology, Geometry, Statistics, Probability, Graph and Combinatorial Theory, Differential Equations, Dynamic Systems and Optimization. [Web site]
Instituto de Neurobiología (INB)
Headquartered in the northern district of Queretaro City on the Juriquilla Campus, as part of UNAM’s decentralization and regional development thrust, the Institute of Neurobiology is the direct descendent of the Mexican School of Integrative Neurobiology Research founded in the 1940s. Despite Mexico’s tradition of neurobiological studies, the UNAM was long without an agency specifically devoted to the field. Therefore, within the so called “Decade of the Brain,” the UNAM founded the Institute of Neurobiology in order to promote formative training of neuroscience professionals and carry out advanced research. [Web site]
Institute of Chemistry
The Institute of Chemistry carries out research across a broad array of sub-disciplines. The Department of Biochemistry is devoted to the study of enzymes and proteins of plant, insects and marine organisms. It is equipped with advanced laboratory facilities for experimental biochemical research. The recently created Department of Physical Chemistry consists of ten research specialists from the fields of quantum chemistry, mechanical statistics and physical chemistry in biological applications, and it is largely devoted to theoretical research using computational modeling. The Department of Natural Substances works to understand, preserve and exploit the vast depository of chemical compositions inherent in the earth’s rich biodiversity. The Department of Inorganic Chemistry carries out unique and varied research in the fields of inorganic chemistry; organometallic chemistry; representative, transitional and group f elemental chemistry; catalysis, bioinorganic chemistry, and supramolecular chemistry. The Department of Organic Synthesis is devoted to understanding the synthesis of organic products and designing new synthetic methodologies and applications for preparing important synthetic intermediaries. [Web site]
Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología (CNyN)
A direct outgrowth of the Condensed Matter Center (CCMC), the Nanoscience and Technology Center is devoted to formative, multidisciplinary training of researchers and engineers. Headquartered in Baja California Norte, the Center maintains important ties with institutes, universities and high tech companies in the technological corridor between San Diego and Los Angeles. [Web site]
Center for Applied Science and Technological Development (CCADET)
The Center operates under the auspices of the UNAM Scientific Research Coordinating Office and is characterized by its multidisciplinary academic staff. This conjunction of disciplines from across the broad array of fields involving engineering and physical-mathematics imbues the Center with the unique ability to propose interdisciplinary research and development projects oriented to solving contemporary problems. The Center has established four main lines of research in order to better focus the efforts of this multidisciplinary approach: Scientific Instrumentation, Micro- and Nano-technologies, Information Technology and Science, and Technology Education. The academic-administrative organization is divided into the following departments: Instrumentation and measurements; Information technology; Technology sciences; and Optics and microwaves. [Web site]
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera
The Atmospheric Sciences Center is devoted to furthering the reach of atmospheric and environmental sciences in the UNAM and Mexico. Its broad variety of research endeavors are organized under the Department of Environmental Studies and the Department of Atmospheric Studies. Research is principally focused on understanding global and regional atmospheric phenomena; analyzing the interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere; developing weather forecasting models; studying the nature, sources, dispersion, evolution and impact of atmospheric pollution; and promoting the creation of a network of weather observation posts throughout Mexico. These activities provide the underpinning for the Center’s educational and formative training efforts at both the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, which are complemented by programs for disseminating research results. [Web site]
Genomics Science Center (CCG)
Established by the UNAM Board of Regents in 2004 and headquartered in the UNAM Morelos Campus in the City of Cuernavaca, the Genomics Science Center is the direct outgrowth of the Nitrogen Fixation Research Center. Its research work embraces the areas of microbial and plant genetics, ecological research and the human genome. Its seven laboratory-based programs carry out a broad range of inquiry, including microbial genetic research of bacterial genomes, evolutionary and functional genomics, bioinformatics of genetic regulation and comparative bioinformatics. The Center also has research programs involving plant-bacteria bimolecular interaction, microbial ecology and evolution, and applied agriculture. [Web site]
Center for Applied Physics and Advance Technology (CFATA)
Located in Juriquilla, Queretaro, the Center carries out an array of academic and research functions including postgraduate and undergraduate studies programs in Engineering and Materials. The Bachelor of Science degree program is the first in Mexico to apply a multidisciplinary approach for technological innovation. As part of its science dissemination efforts, it publishes a weekly column “Science Today” and maintains the pendulum of Foucault in the Manuel Gomez Morin Cultural Center in Queretaro. [Web site]
Geosciences Centro (CGEO)
Headquartered on the UNAM Juriquilla Campus in Queretaro, this center belongs to the UNAM Scientific Research Subsystem and was created in 2002 to bring together an interdisciplinary group of Earth Sciences researchers around an important regional development pole and enhance the UNAM’s national reach. While carrying out formative training of professionals in the field, the Center’s mission is to become a leading national and international research center in strategic areas of Geosciences in order to achieve a better understanding of the nation’s natural resources and their sustainable exploitation. Since its creation, the Geosciences Center has enjoyed constant growth in terms of infrastructure, productivity and research financing. As such, it has become a magnet for students and researchers from Mexico and the world over. [Web site]
Energy Research Center (CIE)
Located in Temixco, Morelos, it is considered Mexico’s leading renewable energy resources research organization. The Center carries out a wide range of endeavors in advanced education and formative training while maintaining important working relationships with institutions of higher learning in Morelos and programs of dissemination and communication involving both private and public sector organizations. The Center’s research is organized under the Departments of Solar Materials, Energy Systems and Techno-sciences, and is focused on generating advanced knowledge in the field of energy resources, including inquiries with orientations ranging from physical-mathematics, biochemistry, engineering economics and new technologies for sustainable transformation to exploitation and generation of energy resources. [Web site]
Ecosystems Research Center (CIEco)
This center brings together the social and natural sciences and is devoted to research, education and dissemination of knowledge. The Center’s interdisciplinary endeavors entail the conservation, recuperation, zoning and sustainable exploitation of ecosystems and the resources they contain. [Web site]
Environmental Geography Research Center (CIGA)
Originally established in 2001 as the Geography Academic Unit in the City of Morelia, the Center saw the cornerstone set of its new headquarters on the Morelia Campus by UNAM Rector Dr. de la Fuente and Morelia Governor Cardenas in 2005. The Center’s mission is to contribute to the land use policies and management issues of specific territories and natural resources, while carrying out advanced research in the field of environmental geography and associated areas. [Web site]
Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics Center (CRyA)
Headquartered on the UNAM campus in Morelia, Michoacan, the Center was created by the University Board of Regents on March 20, 2003. The Center is the direct descendent of the Morelia Astronomy Unit and is the result of the UNAM’s decentralization efforts for the purpose of developing research, education and dissemination activities in this region of the country. The Center currently carries out both observational and theoretical astronomy and can boast to having become an institution of national and international excellence that creates cutting edge astronomical knowledge through the application of advanced, multiband observation capacities. [Web site]
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