The ''Instituto Militar de Engenharia'' (IME; ) 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. Its current campus is located in Urca,

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, opposite the entrance to the Sugar Loaf cable car.

History

The Institute was founded by the Maria I during colonial administration in

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, 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 a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

, Portuguese and English. 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 regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Department ** Civil Engineering B.Sc. ** Transportation Engineering M.Sc. *

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that 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 and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

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

Materials Science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...

M.Sc. ** Materials Science D.Sc. *

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

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

Computer Engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

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

Notable alumni

* Euclides da Cunha, Writer and sociologist * Casimiro Montenegro Filho, Founder of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics * Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga,

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n, first female graduate—class of 1950 * Tarcísio de Freitas, Governor of São Paulo

History

Teaching and admission

Engineering programs

Notable alumni

References

External links

See also