Unesp (Universidade Estadual Paulista) is one of the largest and most important Brazilian universities, with outstanding performance in teaching, research and the extension of services to the community.

Maintained by the Government of the State of São Paulo, it is one of the three free public universities, alongside USP (University of São Paulo) and Unicamp (State University of Campinas).

Created in 1976, from institutes of higher education that existed in several regions of the State of São Paulo, Unesp has 34 units in 24 cities, of which 22 are in the Interior; one in the State Capital, São Paulo; and one in the São Paulo Coast, in São Vicente.

MISSION
The FUMEC University, in fulfillment of its functions of teaching, research and extension and based on the principles and aims of national education, has as its mission:

to form citizens aware of their social responsibility, bearers of values ​​of justice and ethics, in the different areas of knowledge, suitable for insertion in the various professional sectors and for participation in the development of Brazilian society.

GOALS
Stimulate cultural creation and development of the scientific spirit and reflective thinking;
train professionals in their areas of activity, able to enter the labor market and participate in the development of Brazilian society, and collaborate in their ongoing training;
encourage the work of scientific research and research, aiming at the development of science and technology and the creation and diffusion of culture and thereby develop understanding of man and the environment in which he lives;
to promote the dissemination of cultural, scientific and technical knowledge that constitute the patrimony of humanity and to communicate knowledge through teaching, publications and other forms of communication;
to arouse the permanent desire for cultural and professional improvement and to enable its corresponding concretization, integrating the knowledge that is being acquired in an intellectual structure systematizing the knowledge of the several generations;
to stimulate knowledge of world problems, alongside national and regional problems;
provide services to the population and establish a relationship of reciprocity with it;
promote extension, open to community participation, aiming at the dissemination of achievements and benefits resulting from cultural creation and scientific and technological research generated in the Institution.

CEFET-MG offers to its student a complete academic formation, from the technician of average level to the doctorate. Within the Institution, students of all levels integrate research groups, share knowledge and are guided by a capable and active teaching staff in all levels of education. The acknowledgment of this commitment of the CEFET-MG is seen in the size of the investment of the Federal Government and the State Government in scholarships for our researchers.

Professional and Technological Education

Professional and technical education has changed throughout the history of the institution, in constant dialogue with reality. From the first classes focused on the almost artisanal training in the School of Apprentice Crafts, our courses followed the growing national industrialization, and today they cover service sectors, new technologies and social concerns. The technicians certified by CEFET-MG present a solid scientific and technological formation, as well as experiencing an environment that allows them to contact the new frontiers of development and a critical vision of the society in which they are inserted and in which they will act. Blending tradition and innovation, CEFET-MG’s technical courses help our students in their training for the world of work and the multiple possibilities and demands that contemporary society places on us.

Undergraduate courses

The consolidation of CEFET-MG as an institution of higher education was the result of an institutional policy that consolidated several areas of knowledge, an intense program of training of the faculty and the constitution of new research groups. Currently, CEFET-MG offers 16 undergraduate courses, with about 4000 students.
The professionals graduated by CEFET-MG are able to respond to the challenges of the labor market, ready to propose new solutions and assume the responsibilities of large projects in their area of ​​operation.

Graduate program

CEFET-MG, in the 1980s, agreed with the Loughborough University of Technology a Technical Cooperation Agreement, with the support of CAPES and the British Council, to enable a master’s degree program to deepen the training of faculty and, in this way , CEFET-MG could offer other undergraduate courses besides Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The result of the project was the Master’s Program in Technology which, as early as 1991, had its own faculty and laboratory infrastructure.
By 2013, CEFET-MG already offered seven master’s programs as well as a doctoral program.

Research

The first research groups of CEFET-MG appeared in the 1990s. They were responsible for the registration with the CNPq and the beginning of the Master Programs began. In 2012, CEFET-MG already counted 76 active research groups, thanks to the institutional policy that generated support and encouraged the formation of new sets of researchers. The result of this work is the increase in the number of masters and doctors in the Institution.
An important aspect of research groups is the gathering of students from all levels of education, that is, technical education students work together with undergraduates, masters and doctoral candidates. As a result, CEFET-MG has the largest Junior Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program in the country, with 180 annual grants. The consequence of this work is a student with a high level of knowledge and specialization, and international recognition.