Established 1917 Phone +55 21 2566-3022 Number of students 10,523 | Founded 1917 | |
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Former name Escola Técnica Nacional; Escola Normal de Artes e Ofícios Wenceslau Brás CEO Carlos Henrique Figueiredo Alves (2011–2019) Motto Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Um olhar para o futuro, Federal Technological University of Rio de Janeiro) Similar Federal Center for Technolo, Federal Institute of Rio de Ja, Federal Fluminense University, Federal University of Rio de, Federal University of the Stat Profiles | ||
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. It offers undergraduate and post-graduate level courses in addition to its sought-after technical high school courses.
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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 campus in different cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
The history of CEFET/RJ
In Brazil, the Federal Centers of Technical Education (CEFETs) reflect an evolution of a kind of educational institution that in the 20th century helped to industrialize the country. The history of these centers is connected to the origin of professional education in Brazil going back to 1909 when President Nilo Peçanha mandated the creation of the apprenticeship Schools in every Brazilian state capital vis-à-vis providing free elementary and professional education.
The institution we know as CEFET/RJ started in 1917 as the Escola Normal de Artes e Ofícios Wenceslau Brás. In 1919 the school moved under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. After the reformulation of the Ministry of Education in 1937 it became part of the network of professionalizing schools maintained by the Federal Government.
The school was also known as:
Escola Tecnica Nacional, Escola Tecnica Federal da Guanabara (1965)
Escola Tecnica Federal Celso Suckow da Fonseca (in 1967, as a posthumous homage to its first director)
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (1978)
Post-Graduation Courses
There are 15 post-graduation courses, being 7 lato sensu (specialization) and 8 stricto sensu (master's and doctor's degrees).