The Aeronautics Technological Institute (Instituto Tecnólogico de Aeronáutica - ITA) is a federal public academic institution located in São José dos Campos, Brazil. ITA is rated as one of the top and most prestigious engineering college university in Brazil, accepting little more than 100 students per year. Image File history File links Ita. ... Nickname: Capital of the Valley, Capital of the Airplane Motto: Aura Terraque Generosa Location in Sao Paulo State and Brazil Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Mayor Eduardo Cury (PSDB) Area    - City 1,099. ...

It is one of four institutes that compounds the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA), having its facilities, along with its laboratories and R&D centers, inside the campus of CTA. The Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial - CTA) is the national military research center for aviation and space flight of the Federative Republic of Brazil and subordinated to the Brazilian Air Force. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campi) is Latin for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... The letters CTA may refer to the Chicago Transit Authority or the Common Travel Area between the UK and Ireland. ...

Library of ITA, designed by Oscar Niemeyer

The institution was created in 1950, being responsible and contributing in a great extent for the research and development of the aerospace and defense sectors in Brazil, including the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Embraer and Avibrás. It is subordinated to the Aeronautical Command, being the educational arm of the Brazilian Air Force. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 588 KB) library of ITA, brazilian university - architecture project of Oscar Niemeyer File links The following pages link to this file: São José dos Campos Aeronautics Technological Institute ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 588 KB) library of ITA, brazilian university - architecture project of Oscar Niemeyer File links The following pages link to this file: São José dos Campos Aeronautics Technological Institute ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) is a search unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), whose main goals lie in fostering scientific research and technological applications and in qualifying personnel in the fields of Space and Atmospheric Sciences and Applications and Space Engineering and Space... Embraer, the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. is a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer. ... Avibrás Indústria Aerospacial is a diversified Brazilian company which designs, develops and manufactures mainly defense products and services. ... Brazilian Air Force Seal The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, or FAB) was founded on January 20, 1941, during the Second World War. ...

ITA offers regular engineering undergraduate courses (Bachelor's of Engineering) and graduate programs including master's and doctorate degrees. All undergraduate students are granted full scholarships during entire five-year period. Complete residential facilities and board are offered to the students. They have the choice to become part of the military or keep their condition as civilians. The college is known for being rigorous, demanding focus and a great effort from the students. Engineering is the application of scientific and mathematical principles to develop economical solutions to technical problems, creating products, facilities, and structures that are useful to people. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Look up Graduate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Trivia

The first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, earned an undergraduate Aeronautical Engineer degree at ITA. Marcos César Pontes (born March 11, 1963) became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched towards the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. ...

Undergraduate courses

• Aeronautical Engineering
• Aeronautical Infrastructure Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Mechanical-Aeronautical Engineering

Graduate Programs

• Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering
• Aeronautical Infrastructure Engineering
• Electronics & Computer Engineering
• Physics

External links

• ITA homepage in English
• [pt:Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica]