Other name IFB Established December 29, 2008 Location Brasília, DF, Brazil Founded 29 December 2008 | Type Public university Rector Wilson Conciani Phone +55 61 2193-8050 | |
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Campus Urban, 3,950,579 m (42,523,680 sq ft) Address Setor de Grandes Áreas Norte 610 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70830-450, Brazil Similar Federal Institute of Educatio, Federal Institute of São Paulo, University of Brasília, Federal Institute of Educatio, Catholic University of Brasília Profiles | ||
The Brasília Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (Portuguese: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília, IFB) is an Institute of Technology located at the capital of Brazil that offers different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. It is an institution of Higher education and professional vocational education, specializing in science, engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects. It is also a secondary education school focused in vocational training and applied Scientific research.
IFB has the objective of forming ethical citizens and professionals and of being an institution involved with the society. Its actions point toward the development of new technologies, cultural and social investments and the formation of critical citizens. The students abilities are improved and testes through the courses, helping them to develop the "know-how", and values concerning to all the areas.
History
The IFB is a public and federal Institute of Technology created in December 29, 2008, by the federal law no. 11.892, which also created the Rede Federal de Educação Profissional, Científica e Tecnológica, a network of technological institutes covering all states of Brazil and directly vinculated to the Ministry of Education of Brazil (MEC).
When it was created, IFB had only one campus at the rural area of Planaltina, former known as Escola Técnica Federal de Brasília. Nowadays, it is a multicampi institution, based on the north-wing (Portuguese: Asa Norte) of Brasília, with other nine campuses at different administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil): Ceilândia, Estrutural, Gama, Riacho Fundo, Samambaia, São Sebastião, Taguatinga, Taguatinga Centro, and Planaltina. The former is the only campus situated in a rural area.