Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Federal Center of Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Motto	Um olhar para o futuro: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Motto in English	A look to the future: Technological Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Type	Public university system, Federal
Established	1917
Endowment	162.080.772,18 (Treasure Union in 2012)
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
Website	[1]

The Federal Center of Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (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.

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, another one in the city of Nova Iguaçu north of Rio de Janeiro and several campus in 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 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

Undergraduate Courses

Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Control and Automation Engineering Telecommunications Engineering Mechanical Engineering Production Engineering Computer Engineering Food Engineering Computer Science Internet Systems Physics

Administration Workplace safety Tourism Management Environmental Management Foreign Languages Applied to 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

External links

• Official Page CEFET-RJ (in Portuguese)
• Project for preserving the history of the school (in Portuguese)
• CEFET-RJ campus at 229 Maracanã Ave. to the right of the Estádio do Maracanã (Maracanã Stadium) : Google maps aerial view.