The Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (Cefet/RJ) had its origin in 1917 as the Normal School of Arts and Crafts Wenceslau Braz. Currently, it is a federal teaching institution that understands itself as a public space for human, scientific and technological formation. It offers technical courses integrated to the secondary, post-secondary, technological, graduate and post-graduate courses lato sensu and stricto sensu (Master and Doctorate), in both face-to-face and distance modalities.