Organization
The Institute is organized around 81 academic units including 16 vocational high schools (operates as CECyT), 26 university colleges, 20 scientific and technical research centers, 12 continuing education centers, 2 support units for educational innovation, 2 development support units and business development and 3 Learning Support Units, located primarily in Mexico City, although several extension and research facilities are distributed over 17 different states.
Some units (particularly the semi-autonomous, internationally renowned CINVESTAV) enjoy a high degree of academic and budgetary freedom. The Institute as a whole is headed by a Director-general appointed by the President of Mexico, usually (but not always) after some consultation with members of its academic community. Since 2009 its Director-general is Yoloxóchitl Bustamante Díez.
In addition its academic endeavors, and as part of its cultural promotion strategy, the Institute operates Once TV México, the oldest public broadcast service in Latin America featuring original cultural, scientific, and entertainment programming, foreign shows and classic, rare, and non-commercial films from all over the world.
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