Inatel is short for Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, the National Institute of Communications of
Brazil
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. The Institute is located on a 75,000 m
2 campus in
Santa Rita do Sapucaí
Santa Rita do Sapucaí () is a municipality situated in the southernmost part of the State of Minas Gerais. The city is known as the "electronic valley", since it has plenty of electronic industries, and both a technical school ( ETE - Escola Téc ...
in southern
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
. Founded in 1965, it specializes in
Electrical Engineering
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and
Telecommunication
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
s education and research.
As of 2007, Inatel's monthly tuition was 950
reais
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, and about 5,000 students had graduated from the school.
The Institute sponsors the biennial International Workshop on Telecommunications held in odd-numbered years in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
Researchers at Inatel publish and review technical papers for international conferences.
See also
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List of universities in Brazil
This is a list of university, universities in Brazil, divided by States of Brazil, states.
Across the country there are more than 2,368 Brazilian universities and colleges (public and private) recognized by the MEC (Ministry of Education).
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Educational institutions established in 1965
Engineering research institutes
1965 establishments in Brazil
Universities and colleges in Minas Gerais
Research institutes in Brazil
Telecommunications in Brazil