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. It offers undergraduate and post-graduate level courses in addition to its sought-after technical high school courses.

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.

The history of CEFET/RJ

Getúlio Vargas

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.

CEFET RJ Front Entrance (Maracanã Ave) Circa 1979 - Taken with a Polaroid Instant Camera

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 former and current logos of the institution

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)

Academics

Technical Courses

Electrical Electronics Control and Automation Telecommunications Mechanics Metrology Automotive Maintenance Buildings Ports Roads Computing

Administration Workplace safety Tourism Environment Nursing Chemistry Foods Meteorology

Undergraduate Courses

As of 2020

, 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).

Panoramic View

The current trees inside the campus Maracanã used to be an extension of the Imperial Garden of Quinta da Boa Vista

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. http://www.cefet-rj.br/index.php/graduacao

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.