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, opposite the entrance to the Sugar Loaf cable car.

History

The Institute was founded by the

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in 1792, as the ''Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho'' (Royal Academy of Artillery, Fortification and Drawing), on the model of the Fortification, Artillery and Drawing Academy of Lisbon. IME is the third oldest engineering school in the world and the oldest in

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. The school is known for having produced some of Brazil's most notable researchers and public figures.

Teaching and admission

The school's undergraduate admission exam is considered one of the most difficult in the country, due to the high level of the questions presented on the tests. Applicants are evaluated through a set of examinations in

Math Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

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and

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. The exam questions feature exercises from previous Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Olympiads, as well as new ones. The Brazilian Ministry of Education develops a periodical evaluation (both through tests applied on undergraduate students and infrastructure and faculty evaluation), and IME is usually ranked among the top three schools of the country in each of its Engineering disciplines.

Engineering programs

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

Department ** Civil Engineering

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** Transportation Engineering M.Sc. *

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Department ** Electrical Engineering B.Sc. ** Electronics Engineering B.Sc. ** Electrical Engineering M.Sc. ** Telecommunications Engineering B.Sc. *

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

Department ** Mechanical and Automotive Engineering B.Sc. ** Armament Mechanics Engineering B.Sc. ** Materials Engineering B.Sc. ** Materials Science M.Sc. ** Materials Science D.Sc. *

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

Department ** Chemical Engineering B.Sc. ** Chemistry M.Sc. ** Chemistry D.Sc. * Cartography Engineering Department ** Cartography Engineering B.Sc. ** Cartography Engineering M.Sc. *

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Department ** Computer Engineering B.Sc. ** Computing and Systems M.Sc. * Defense Engineering Graduate Program ** Defense Engineering M.Sc. ** Defense Engineering D.Sc.

Notable alumni

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n, first female graduate—class of 1950

History

Teaching and admission

Engineering programs

Notable alumni

References

External links

See also