Center National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique esale e le setho ho tloha ka 1981.
E thehiloe ka 1949, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST) ke mokhatlo oa tsamaiso ea sechaba. E khomaretse Lekala la Sekondari le Thuto e Phahameng le Lipatlisiso tsa Saense. Maikemisetso a yona ke a latelang: ho kenya letsoho ho hlaloseng le ho kenya tshebetsong leano la naha la saense; ho hlahisa le ho phethahatsa mananeo a lipatlisiso tsa saense le thekenoloji; ho phatlalatsa litaba tsa mahlale le tsa tekheniki; ho netefatsa kamano pakeng tsa Patlisiso le Ntlafatso; ho etsa bonnete ba ho tsamaisoa ha tlhahisoleseding ea saense le ea theknoloji le ho kenya letsoho thupelong ea saense ea bafuputsi. Mesebetsi ea CNRST e akaretsa likarolo tse ngata tsa bohlokoa tsa bophelo ba moruo le moruo oa Burkino Faso. Mesebetsi ea lipatlisiso ea CNRST e etsoa ke litsi tsa 4: Setsi sa Lipatlisiso sa Tikoloho le Temo (INERA), Setsi sa Applied Sciences le Technological Research Institute (IRSAT), Health Sciences Research Institute (IRSS) le Institute of Sciences of Society ( INSS).
