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{{short description|Engineering institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Army Engineering Institute
 | native_name            = Instituto Militar de Engenharia
 | native_name_lang       = pt-br
 | image                  = Instituto militar de engenharia.jpg
 | established            = {{start date and age|1792|12|17}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]]
 | rector                 = [[Divisional general|Gen.]] Juraci Ferreira Galdino
 | city                   = [[Rio de Janeiro]]
 | state                  = [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|RJ]]
 | country                = [[Brazil]]
 | undergrad              = 400 - 450
 | coordinates            = {{wikidatacoord|display=it}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]], Praça General Tibúrcio, [[Urca]]
 | logo                   =
[[File:Escudo de Instituto Militar de Engenharia.svg|80px]]
 |80px
 | website                = [http://www.ime.eb.br Official website]
}}

The '''''Instituto Militar de Engenharia''''' ('''IME'''; {{langx|en|'''Army Engineering Institute'''}}) 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]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], opposite the entrance to the [[Sugarloaf Mountain (Brazil)|Sugar Loaf]] cable car.

==History==
The Institute was founded by the [[Maria I of Portugal|Maria I]] during [[Colonial Brazil|colonial administration]] in [[1792]], as the ''Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho'' (Royal Academy of Artillery, Fortification and Drawing), on the model of the [[Military Academy (Portugal)|Fortification, Artillery and Drawing Academy of Lisbon]]. IME is the third-oldest engineering school in the world and the oldest in [[Americas]]. 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 [[Mathematics|Math]], [[Physics]], [[Chemistry]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[English language|English]]. The exam questions feature exercises from previous Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Olympiads, as well as new ones.

The Brazilian [[Ministry of Education (Brazil)|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]] Department
** Civil Engineering [[B.Sc.]]
** Transportation Engineering M.Sc.
* [[Electrical Engineering]] Department
** Electrical Engineering B.Sc.
** Electronics Engineering B.Sc.
** Electrical Engineering M.Sc.
** Telecommunications Engineering B.Sc.
* [[Mechanical Engineering]] 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]] Department
** Chemical Engineering B.Sc.
** Chemistry M.Sc.
** Chemistry D.Sc.
* [[Geomatics#Geomatics engineering|Cartography Engineering]] Department
** Cartography Engineering B.Sc.
** Cartography Engineering M.Sc.
* [[Computer Engineering]] 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 [[Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica|Technological Institute of Aeronautics]]
* [[Francisca Fernández Hall|Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga]], [[Guatemala]]n, first female graduate<ref name=USCdG>{{cite web|last1=Morang|first1=J|title=Mujeres y la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala|url=https://periodicodigitalecc.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/mujeres-y-la-universidad-de-san-carlos-de-guatemala/|website=Periódico Digital ECC|publisher=Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala|access-date=19 June 2015|location=Guatemala City, Guatemala|language=es|date=9 July 2014}}</ref>—class of 1950<ref name="Brazilian graduation">{{cite web|title=Concludentes de 1950 Conclusive 1950|url=http://www.ime.eb.br/1954-a-1950.html|website=Instituto Militar de Engenharia|access-date=25 June 2015|location=Rio de Janeiro, Brazil|language=pt|archive-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064203/http://www.ime.eb.br/1954-a-1950.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Tarcísio de Freitas]], [[List of governors of São Paulo|Governor of São Paulo]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martins' |first1='Thays |date=30 October 2022 |title=Apoiado por Bolsonaro, Tarcísio de Freitas é eleito governador de São Paulo |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/10/5048004-apoiado-por-bolsonaro-tarcisio-de-freitas-e-eleito-governador-de-sao-paulo.html |website=Política |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ime.eb.br|IME official website}}

==See also==

*[[Brazil University Rankings]]
*[[Universities and Higher Education in Brazil]]
*[[Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (Brazil)]]

{{Brazil services academies and colleges}}
{{Brazilian universities}}
{{Federal Universities of Brazil}}
{{Brazil topics}}
{{Education in South America}}

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