Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro

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.

Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
Other name	Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro
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	Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro (state) , Brazil
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.

Academics

Undergraduate Courses

As of 2020^[update], it is offered 20 undergraduate courses.^[2]

• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Computer Engineering
• Internet Services Technology
• Physics
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Control Engineering
• Telecommunications Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Food Engineering
• Administration
• Workplace safety
• Tourism Management
• Environmental Management
• Applied Foreign Languages for International Negotiations

Post-Graduation Courses

There are 15 post-graduation courses, being 7 lato sensu (specialization) and 8 stricto sensu (master's and doctor's degrees).

Campi

The CEFET/RJ have 8 campi in 7 different cities in the Rio de Janeiro State.

• Maracanã, the main campus, bases in the neighborhood of Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro City
• Maria da Graça, the second campus in the Rio de Janeiro City, in the Maria da Graça neighborhood.
• Angra dos Reis, in the city with the same name.
• Itaguaí, in the city with the same name.
• Nova Friburgo, in the city with the same name.
• Nova Iguaçu, in the city with the same name.
• Petrópolis, in the city with the same name.
• Valença, in the city with the same name.

See also

• CEFET

References

1. "Transparência Pública: Execução Orçamentária - Consulta por Programa de Governo" (PDF). Retrieved 15 Jan 2017.
2. "Graduação".

External links

• Official Page CEFET-RJ (in Portuguese)
• CEFET/RJ - Seu Tempo e sua História (Extensive YouTube Video about the CEFET RJ History in Portuguese)
• CEFET-RJ campus at 229 Maracanã Ave. to the right of the Estádio do Maracanã (Maracanã Stadium) : Google maps aerial view.

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