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Brazil · Rio Grande do Norte

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN)

Federal institute · Federal (public) · Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

Enrolments, 2024

5,764

5,216 in person · 548 at a distance

Entrants

1,986

Graduates

534

Tuition

All courses free

as marked in the census

56 courses with students · 940 teaching staff · 1 enrolments of foreign nationals (0.0%).

Figures are enrolments (matrículas) in undergraduate courses on the 2024 census, not people: a student on two courses is counted twice. Postgraduate study is not in this census.

What students study

  • Education2,031 · 35.2%
  • Computing & ICT1,305 · 22.6%
  • Engineering, manufacturing & construction1,172 · 20.3%
  • Business, administration & law706 · 12.2%
  • Arts & humanities198 · 3.4%
  • Services131 · 2.3%
  • Agriculture, forestry, fisheries & veterinary120 · 2.1%
  • Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics101 · 1.8%
  • Bachelor's (bacharelado)673 · 11.7%
  • Teaching degree (licenciatura)2,031 · 35.2%
  • Technology degree (tecnológico)3,060 · 53.1%

Largest courses

  1. Matemática518
  2. Sistemas Para Internet515
  3. Análise E Desenvolvimento De Sistemas448
  4. Gestão Pública401
  5. Física363
  6. Gestão Ambiental349
  7. Redes De Computadores342
  8. Química323
  9. Engenharia Civil274
  10. Informática229
  11. Engenharia De Energias219
  12. Geografia208

Course names as the census records them. “Abi” is a common entry programme whose students choose a degree later.

Fees and admission

Federal and state institutions charge no tuition for undergraduate courses — that is in Brazil's constitution — and the census marks each course as free or not. Private institutions set their own fees, which the census does not record. Admission to public universities is mostly through the national ENEM exam and SISU; cut-off scores are not in the census, but the ministry's Sisu cut-offs for the participating public institutions are in the matcher.

Also in Natal: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade Potiguar, Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau de Natal, Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte

Source: Inep/MEC — Microdados do Censo da Educação Superior 2024, listed on dados.gov.br under Creative Commons Attribution. Changes: course records summed per institution, names converted from capitals, and categories translated by CollegeMatcher. Course names are Inep's, in Portuguese.