Marcelo Viana receives the key to IMPA Tech from the City Hall.

The Director-General of IMPA, Marcelo Viana, symbolically received the key to IMPA Tech, the institute's first undergraduate course, from the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday morning (17). The Bachelor's degree in Mathematics of Technology and Innovation will operate in a 10,000 m² warehouse, in Porto Maravalley, a hub created by the City Hall to also house startups and technology companies.

The construction of the facility, funded by the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, is in its final stages, and classes will begin in April. With an innovative approach, the new college will train professionals prepared for the technology-related job market.

“This undergraduate program will have the DNA of IMPA, which since 2005 has organized the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad for Public Schools (OBMEP), involving around 21 million children and young people throughout the country and giving us access to the most talented young people Brazil has. Therefore, our proposal was that the selection process should clearly prioritize those with good performance in the Olympiads. This is the profile of students we want, from all parts of the country. We want the most talented young people who want to change the world through mathematics,” said Marcelo Viana.

The key to IMPA Tech was handed over during a City Hall event that distributed passports and kits to 141 students who won a trip to Disney and NASA in Florida (USA). The students won the educational and scientific exploration trip by excelling in the 1st and Mondays Carioca Mathematics Olympiad (OCM), which is also supported by IMPA.

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“We want the guy to go to municipal school and learn, to have an eye for technology, to compete in mathematics olympiads, and then to study at IMPA Tech, the university of mathematics, or one of the great universities we have in Rio, so that afterwards he can start his own company, produce, make money, bring money here and allow more people to be educated, more people to advance. That is our objective,” highlighted Eduardo Paes at the event that took place next to the Museum of Tomorrow.

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The new undergraduate course at IMPA will accommodate up to 100 students in its first year, with investments of R$ 16.7 million transferred by the Ministries of Education and Science, Technology and Innovation. Students approved in the selection process, which takes into account performance in five scientific competitions or in the ENEM Mathematics exam, will receive financial support and student housing (for those over 18 years of age), offered by the City Hall.

“Rio de Janeiro wants to be the capital of mathematics, it wants to be a major world reference in the teaching and learning of mathematics, and IMPA Tech is a college that will take into account your [students'] performance in Olympiads. So, those who are doing well in the Olympiads need to be rewarded. The message we want to convey is that in the city of Rio de Janeiro, studying is worthwhile,” said the Secretary of Education, Renan Ferreirinha.

Graduation

The Bachelor's degree in Mathematics of Technology and Innovation will last four years, and after a basic cycle, students will be able to choose between the following specializations: Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, and Physics.

The selection process for the course began in November with the candidate registration period. On January 2Tuesdays, IMPA Tech will release the list of candidates approved for the second phase: individual and group interviews. The list of those selected for the undergraduate program will be released on February 29th.

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