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Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) – Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME) – Military Institute of Engineering; Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências da Computação do Rio de Janeiro (IST-Rio) – Superior Institute of Technology in Computer Science of Rio de ...
The Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME; English: Army Engineering Institute) is an engineering institute maintained by the Brazilian Army with federal support. IME is the oldest and one of the best ranked engineering schools in Brazil, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
The Polytechnic School of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), also called "Poli", founded in 1792, is the third oldest engineering school in the world and oldest in the Americas, with the Military Institute of Engineering (Instituto Militar de Engenharia - IME) being one of the first institutions of higher education ...
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro is a direct descendant of Brazil's first higher education courses. Created on September 7, 1920 (Brazilian Independence Day) by president Epitácio Pessoa through the Law Decree 14343, the institution was initially named "University of Rio de Janeiro". [11]
UFF was established in 1960, with the name Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UFERJ).The university began with the merger of five existing federal institutions in Niterói, three state institutions and two private colleges, becoming a part of the federal government and being renamed Universidade Federal Fluminense (Federal Fluminense University).
Its legacy is shared by the Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Military Engineering Institute) and the Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Polytechnic School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) — the oldest engineering school of Brazil and one of the oldest in the world.
In 1792, the Royal Academy of Artillery, Fortification and Drawing was founded in Rio de Janeiro, thereby becoming the first higher learning school of engineering in the Americas. Following the arrival of King John VI of Portugal and the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil , other schools of higher learning were founded in Brazil ...
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 ...