The Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (, CEFET-MG) is an education center located in the Brazilian state of

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. It is a technological institution that offers a broad range of courses in the State of Minas Gerais, in the southeast of Brazil. With approximately 15,000 students, 650 professors and 400 staff members, the institution carries out teaching associated with research and communitarian extension in the secondary and higher education levels. Campuses I, II and VI are located in Amazonas Avenue in

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. The other campuses (Decentralized Education Units - UNEDs) located within the state of

, the cities of Leopoldina, Araxá,

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, Timóteo,

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and

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.CEFET-MG ofertará novos cursos na Unidade de Contagem

Courses

Secondary level

CEFET-MG offers secondary (high-school) level education at all campuses. High-school students at CEFET-MG also graduate with a degree from one of the many professional and technological courses offered by the institution. Students are admitted through admission exams held at the end of each calendar year.

Professional and Technological education

CEFET-MG offers professional and technological courses in three ways: *Integrated: for students who have not yet graduated from high-school and wish to do so at CEFET-MG; *External: for students currently enrolled at other secondary schools; *Subsequent: for people who already have a high-school degree. Students are admitted through admission exams held on a semestrial basis, except for the integrated courses. The courses (some offered only in certain campuses) are: *Biomedical Equipment *Chemistry *Computer Networks *Computing *Construction *Electromechanics *Electronics *Electrotechnology *Environmental Control *Environmental Studies *Fashion Design *Highways *Hospitality *Mechanics *

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

*Metallurgy *Mining *Transit

Undergraduate courses

CEFET-MG's undergraduate courses are offered in most campuses, most notably ''Campus'' I and ''Campus'' II. Students are admitted through ENEM, a nationwide high-school-level examination which takes place towards the end of each calendar year. Admitted students are then sorted into two groups according to their ENEM score, one starting late February/early March of the following year (1st semester students) and the other in August (2nd semester students). CEFET-MG offers the following undergraduate courses:

Bachelor's degrees

*Business *Portuguese *Civil Engineering *Civil Production Engineering *Computer Engineering *Control and Automation Engineering *Electrical Engineering *Environmental and Sanitary Engineering *Industrial Automation Engineering *Materials Engineering *Mechanical Engineering *Mechatronic Engineering *Mining Engineering *Transportation Engineering *Technological Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry & Chemical Engineering)

Technological degrees

*Pedagogy

Graduate courses

CEFET-MG offers master's and doctoral degrees as well.

Master's degrees

*Business *Chemistry *Civil Engineering *Electrical Engineering *Mining Engineering *Energy Engineering *Language Studies *Materials Engineering *Technological Education *Mathematical and Computational Modeling

Doctoral degrees

*Language Studies *Mathematical and Computational Modeling *Civil Engineering

Research

CEFET-MG supports around 40 research groups, most of them receiving governmental grants to carry on their research. To fulfill this, CEFET-MG has celebrated cooperation agreements with a meaningful number of high level Brazilian higher education institutions and universities in France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, among others – Australia, Italy and Spain are in prospection at the moment.

References

External links

Official page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Centro Federal De Educacao Tecnologica De Minas Gerais Technical universities and colleges in Brazil Universities and colleges in Minas Gerais