Technical High School of Campinas

The Technical High School of Campinas (Portuguese: Colégio Técnico de Campinas, COTUCA), maintained by the University of Campinas, in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, is a school that provides free of charge courses at secondary education level on: Nursing, Computer Sciences, Mechanical, Electrical, Foods Technology, Environment, Plastics, Labor Security, Medical Equipment, Telecommunications, Quality and Productivity Management, Mechanical Projects Assisted by Computer and Metallic Materials.[citation needed]

Location

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The building of COTUCA is located on Culto a Ciencia Street at a historical heritage site of the city of Campinas, where it was built in 1918 by Benedict Quirino during a project by architect Ramos de Azevedo. The State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) began its operation in this building in 1967, where it taught: Chemistry, Food Engineering, and Medicine. In the same year, the COTUCA began to work with the courses of Electrotechnics, Mechanics, and Food. This building also houses the Unisoft, junior company of the course of computing.[citation needed]

The facilities spam an interior area of 6,500 square meters and, as a historical heritage, is preserved and maintained in accordance with its original features.

Courses offered

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Mode: A - Internal Concomitance
Course Name Course Code Shift Vacancies Duration Stage (hours)
Food 25 Full Day 40 3 Years 720
Electronics 26 Full Day 40 3 Years 720
Nursing 27 Full Day 40 3 Years 700
Software (Information Systems and Support) 28 Full Day 40 3 Years 400
Mechanics [Day/ Night] 29/ 36 Full Day/ Night 40 3/ 4 Years 720
Mode: B - Foreign Concomitance
Course Name Course Code Shift Vacancies Duration Stage (hours)
IT (Programming and Internet) [Day/ Night] 30/ 42 Evenings/ Night 40 2 Years 400
Plastics [Day/ Night] 31/ 44 Mornings/ Night 30/ 40 2 Years 320
Labor Safety 53 Night 40 2 Years 460
Mode: C - Subsequent to High School
Course Name Course Code Shift Vacancies Duration Stage (hours)
Environmental Technician 32 Night 30 2 Years 460
Electronics 40 Night 40 2 Years 720
Nursing 49 Evenings 30 2 Years 700
Hospital (Medical Equipment) 51 Night 40 1 Year 480
Mechanics (Automation and Control) [Night/ Night] 43/ 45 Night/ Night 40 2 Years 720

The Hospital (Medical Equipment) course has an additional prerequisite to have vocational training in: electronics, Electrotechnics, or Mechatronics Industrial Computers.

Sport: D - Technical Expertise
Course Name Course Code Shift Vacancies Duration Prerequisites
Management (Quality and Productivity) 52 Night 40 1 Year Be a middle level technical trained professional
Mechanical Computer Aided Projects 54 Night 30 1 Year Be middle level trained in a vocational industry
Metallic Materials 55 Night 20 1 Year Be middle level trained in: Mechanics, Plastics, Metallurgy, and Chemistry

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