The Federal Center for Technological Education "Celso Suckow da Fonseca", also known as Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca or Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio de Janeiro, CEFET/RJ), is one of the most traditional Brazilian federal educational institution subordinated to the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca | |
Other name | Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro |
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Former name | Escola Técnica Nacional; Escola Normal de Artes e Ofícios Wenceslau Brás |
Motto | Um olhar para o futuro: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
Motto in English | A look to the future: Federal Technological University of Rio de Janeiro |
Type | Public university system, Federal |
Established | 1917 |
Affiliation | Ministry of Education |
Endowment | 321.044.301,00 (Treasure Union in 2016)[1] |
Chancellor | Carlos Henrique Figueiredo Alves |
Vice-Chancellor | Mauricio Motta |
Students | 10 523 |
Location | , , |
Campus | 8 campuses: Maracanã, Maria da Graça, Nova Iguaçu, Valença, Petrópolis, Itaguaí, Angra dos Reis and Nova Friburgo |
Colors | Blue, White and Gray (yellow occasionally) |
Website | www.cefet-rj.br |
The school's education is focused in the engineering fields of mechanics, information technology, electronics, telecommunication, metallurgy, petrochemical and electrical. Its multicampus headquarters is in Maracanã with an additional campus in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Maria da Graça, and several other campuses in different cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
As of 2020[update], it is offered 20 undergraduate courses.[2]
There are 15 post-graduation courses, being 7 lato sensu (specialization) and 8 stricto sensu (master's and doctor's degrees).
The CEFET/RJ have 8 campi in 7 different cities in the Rio de Janeiro State.
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