Sports are part of the student’s comprehensive education. The IPN academic units feature sports facilities such as football, soccer and five-a-side football grounds, basketball, tennis, baseball, volley-ball courts as well as outdoor gyms. The “Lázaro Cárdenas” Professional Unit houses the “del Carillon” gym, the swimming pool and football grounds, among others. The “Adolfo López Mateos” Professional Unit sports area features the indoors Olympic pool with the largest solar-based heating system in Latin America, the main gym, racing tracks for athletes and cyclists, and the Wilfrido Massieu Stadium, among other facilities. The Institute also features a sports medicine specialty clinic.

Chess, track, basketball, baseball, box, bowling, scuba diving, cycling, hiking, mountain-climbing, body-building, five-a-side football, football, soccer, gymnastics, handball, judo, karate do, kendo, weight-lifting, wrestling, rowing and boating, tae kwon do, tennis, archery, and volleyball are taught and practiced in our facilities.

In 2008, there were 42 teams and 431 national teams in 27 disciplines at the IPN. During such term, athletes and teams brought home more than 616 gold, silver, and bronze medals from national and international championships and competitions.