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The Federal Institute of Southeast Minas Gerais Is Offering Free Online Technical Courses in Several Cities in MG. Learn How to Compete for Free Courses and Which Areas Are Available!
For those seeking free online technical courses, registrations are now open at the Federal Institute of Southeast Minas Gerais (IF Sudeste MG). The institution recently announced the notices for its selection process for the second semester of 2024, offering over 750 spots in free courses available in various cities.
Check Out Which Free Online Technical Courses the Federal Institute Offers
The free courses are distributed across seven cities: Barbacena, Bom Sucesso, Juiz de Fora, Manhuaçu, Rio Pomba, Santos Dumont, and São João del-Rei. Interested parties can access all information on the Federal Institute’s notice page. The free online technical courses are as follows:
- Agribusiness (50 spots);
- Furniture Design (25 spots);
- Electronics (35 spots);
- System Development (25 spots);
- Mechanical Engineering (25 spots);
- Events (30 spots);
- Real Estate Transactions (30 spots);
- Coffee Cultivation (35 spots);
- Commerce (40 spots);
- Administration (35 spots);
- Industrial Automation (30 spots);
- Electrical Engineering (30 spots);
- Mechanical Engineering (25 spots);
- Tourist Guide (40 spots);
- IT for the Internet (50 spots).
The free courses offered in the Federal Institute’s notice will be in the following modalities: Concurrent Technical Course, a professional education modality offered by IF Sudeste MG to students who are in the 2nd or 3rd year of high school at another educational institution; Subsequent Technical Course, a professional education modality offered by IF Sudeste MG to students who have already completed high school; and Integrated Technical Course with High School in the Adult Education Modality – PROEJA, a professional education modality offered by the Federal Institute Southeast Minas Gerais for students over 18 who have completed elementary school and not completed high school.
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Learn How to Compete for Free Online Technical Course Spots at the Federal Institute
The free online technical courses are offered by IF Sudeste MG in the afternoon and evening shifts and in the online modality. From March 28 to May 7, candidates must register from a computer on the Federal Institute’s page.
The participating units of the selection also provide in-person assistance for registration, at times that can be checked in the notices. Access to the registration system will be done through the candidate’s Gov.br account. The registration is completely free for technical courses.
A novelty of this selection process is the application of the new Quotas Law, which states that candidates will compete for reserved spots only if they do not achieve the required grades for admission through general competition slots.
The reserved spots take into account whether the candidate studied or is studying in public network institutions and specific groups, aspects such as family income and self-declaration of ethnic-racial identity, and whether they have a disability. The formation of classes for the free courses will be determined by a lottery, which will be held in June.
Other Opportunities at IF Sul de MG
The Federal Institute still has registrations open for undergraduate courses and graduate courses, which are as follows:
Undergraduate
Juiz de Fora
- Mechatronics Engineering (18 spots);
- Electrical Engineering (18 spots);
- Physics Teaching (20).
Rio Pomba
- Dairy Technology. (28)
Santos Dumont
- Railway and Metro Engineering. (21)
Barbacena and São João del-Rei
- Tourism Management Technology. (35 for each campus)
Graduate Studies in Free Online Technical Courses:
Juiz de Fora
- Methodology of School Physical Education (20 spots).
Rio Pomba
- Professional Master’s in Animal Nutrition and Production (10);
- Professional Master’s in Food Science and Technology (10);
- Professional Doctorate in Food Science and Technology (5);
- Teaching in Professional and Technological Education. (35)
