59-1532: (Redirected from Technical High School ) Tech High , Tech High School , or Technical High School could refer to: Brazil Technical High School of Campinas Technical High School of Limeira India Technical High School Payyoli Jamaica "Technical high school", the nomenclature for secondary education in Jamaica United States Arsenal Technical High School (1912-present) in Indianapolis, Indiana Hutchinson Central Technical High School (1954-present) in Buffalo, New York Wendell Krinn Technical High School in New Port Richey, Florida Greene County Technical High School in Paragould, Arkansas McKinley Technology High School (1926-1997; 2004-present), formerly McKinley Technical High School, in Washington, D.C. Memphis Technical High School (1911-1987) in Memphis, Tennessee Oakland Technical High School (1914-present) in Oakland, California Technological High School,
118-439: A Brazilian singer and a composer, respectively, Alan Turing Avenue and others. The area occupied by the campus was part of the much larger Rio das Pedras farm, owned by the prominent Almeida Prado family. In order to establish a new campus, Zeferino Vaz was looking for a large, flat area in the outskirts of the city, where he would have the freedom to design the campus and its surroundings from scratch. Interested in developing
177-628: A disproportionately high number when compared to much larger and older institutions in the country such as the University of São Paulo . It also produces more patents than any other research organization in Brazil, being second only to the state-owned oil company , Petrobras . In the early 1960s the Government of the State of São Paulo planned to open a new research center in the interior of
236-939: A former name of Midtown High School (1924-present) in Atlanta, Georgia Technical High School (1923-present) in Omaha, Nebraska Technical High School (Salt Lake City, Utah) , in National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City Technical Senior High School (1917-present) in Saint Cloud, Minnesota Technology High School (Rohnert Park, California) in Rohnert Park, California Technical High School, Springfield, Massachusetts (1905-1986) United Kingdom Technical High School could refer to
295-523: A new campus in Limeira, and in 2008 the School of Applied Sciences was created, offering programs such as public administration , business management , nutrition and industrial engineering . The total undergraduate class size for the new campus is 480 students per year. In 1967 Unicamp absorbed the School of Odontology of Piracicaba, founded in 1955 and located 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of
354-638: A school set up after the Education Act 1944 that was midway between a Grammar School and a Secondary Modern School . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tech High School . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tech_High_School&oldid=1203714625 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
413-405: A semester long. While there is a suggested curriculum for each program, students are free to choose any classes to attend during a specific semester, and class attribution is done in the basis of grade average , with higher-graded students having priority when choosing classes. Students are admitted to a single program and are expected to take all the classes required to complete that program in
472-625: A training and residency center for the students of medicine, nursery and speech therapy . While not part of Unicamp, the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) is a research institution focused on physics, structural biology and nanotechnology that maintains close ties with the university and is operated as part of the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM). The laboratory
531-454: Is a public research university in the state of São Paulo , Brazil. Established in 1962, Unicamp was designed from scratch as an integrated research center unlike other top Brazilian universities, usually created by the consolidation of previously existing schools and institutes. Its research focus reflects on almost half of its students being graduate students, the largest proportion across all large universities in Brazil, and also in
590-489: Is also home to 22 interdisciplinary centers which conduct research and outreach on topics ranging from dance (such as LUME ) to computing and education (such as NIED ). Unicamp is also responsible for two technical high schools , the Technical High School of Campinas (COTUCA) and the Technical High School of Limeira (COTIL). Like other public universities in Brazil, Unicamp is almost entirely funded by
649-750: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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. The building of COTUCA
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#1732775339461708-515: 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
767-473: Is structured in a way similar to other public universities in Brazil. The supreme decision body is the University Council (CONSU), composed of all deans, plus several representatives from the academic community, students, administrative staff and the external community. The council meets roughly 4 to 5 times per year, ruling on high level administrative decisions such as approving the budget and has
826-472: The Technical High School of Campinas (COTUCA) and the Technical High School of Limeira (COTIL). Cotuca was located for 50 years in a historical building near the center of the city built in 1918 which also housed Unicamp for a brief period before the current campus was built. In 2014 it was transferred to the main campus as the old building went through renovations. Both schools are amongst
885-510: The University of California, Irvine campus , build around the same time. Construction started in 1966, with General Castello Branco , the first president of Brazil's military regime, laying the cornerstone of the Institute of Biology, which was inaugurated in 1968, and classes started in the new campus on the following year. In 1971 the area of the campus was expanded by 130 hectares (320 acres), more than doubling its size, to accommodate
944-412: The 2000s, the hospital was changed from a primary and secondary care to a specialized tertiary care center, receiving complex cases from other hospitals and clinics in the region, but around 60% of patients in the hospital are still cases that could be handled by local health centers . The hospital directly employs 3,100 people, and also serves as a practice center for the university's faculty and
1003-552: The Faculty Association, classifying the episode as a "white intervention". Following the dismissal of several institute heads and members of the administration , the administrative workers went on strike, with the support of students and faculty. With activities in the university frozen by the strike, the governor declared a formal intervention in the university in October 1981. Despite the police-backed intervention,
1062-639: The Pro-Rectorate for Extension and Outreach ( Pró-Reitoria de Extensão e Assuntos Comunitários, PREAC). PREAC aims to promote actions of extension and culture through integration with society, disseminating and acquiring knowledge through the academic community. Specialization programs are either offered by Unicamp's extension school, Extecamp, or directly by the schools and institutes. In the past 25 years, over 100,000 students have been reached and in 2014, Unicamp joined Coursera and currently eight online courses are being offered, two of them are between
1121-670: The State of São Paulo, and around 5% are international students. Just as with undergraduate studies, students pay no tuition fees. While the programs are coordinated by the rectorship, the individual institutions have a lot of freedom on defining the focus, length and admission process of each program. Unicamp offers over one thousand extension programs to the community, with different levels of minimum requirements (high school degree, undergraduate degree, etc.) and across all areas of study, focusing mainly on specialization courses and community outreach . The programs are mainly coordinated by
1180-598: The Unisoft, junior company of the course of computing. 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. The Hospital (Medical Equipment) course has an additional prerequisite to have vocational training in: electronics, Electrotechnics, or Mechatronics Industrial Computers. University of Campinas The State University of Campinas ( Portuguese : Universidade Estadual de Campinas ), commonly called Unicamp ,
1239-405: The area of the farm around Barão Geraldo, the family donated an initial area of 110 hectares (270 acres) to the university. The remainder of the farmland was eventually zoned and developed into multiple neighborhoods, but the main historical farmhouse and its surroundings remain, now a protected heritage site and a natural reserve. With the land secured, the campus was designed in a way to ensure
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#17327753394611298-461: The best public high schools in the country, and are highly competitive, with admissions done through a selection exam open to middle-school students. Similarly to other Brazilian institutions, Unicamp is composed of several semi-autonomous teaching units, designated as schools and institutes. Each unit is headed by a director from the faculty, equivalent to a dean , elected by the faculty and student representatives. The university's administration
1357-461: The candidate with the largest number of votes, but it retains the power to choose a different one should it decide to do so. The rector serves for a term of 4 years before a new election is held, and can not be reelected in the following term. Zeferino Vaz was the first rector and held the position for 12 years until his mandatory retirement . Unicamp is composed of a total of 24 units, 10 of which are institutes and 14 are schools. The university
1416-557: The creation of the university. It also has satellite campuses in Limeira , Piracicaba and Paulínia , and manages two technical high schools located in Campinas and Limeira. Funding is provided almost entirely by the state government and, like other Brazilian public universities, no tuition fees or administrative fees are charged for undergraduate and graduate programs. Unicamp is responsible for around 15% of Brazilian research,
1475-465: The day, and to increase utilization of classrooms and the existing infrastructure, reaching one third of total available places. The period also saw an expansion of the technology industry in the region, centered around Unicamp , with Motorola , IBM , Solectron , Lucent Technologies and many others set up research labs and production centers in the region driven by the large number of highly qualified students graduating every year, culminating in
1534-527: The district, resulting in entire new neighborhoods being zoned , planned and built, usually by the same Almeida Prado family. Work on the new campus began on October 5, 1966, and the first building completed was the Institute of Biology , followed by administrative buildings. In the same year, Zeferino Vaz was nominated the rector . In parallel to the new campus, new units were opened in other cities, absorbing local schools. The Dental School of Piracicaba
1593-477: The final word in internal administrative processes. Routine administration is left to the rector, similar to a university chancellor in English-speaking countries, and the rectorate. The rector is chosen by the governor of the State of São Paulo from a list of 3 candidates elected by the university's community, including students and administrative staff. Traditionally, the governor always selects
1652-418: The following week, on April 19, 1982, the intervention was lifted, and academic activities resumed normally. After the crisis, Unicamp saw a period of renewal and restructuring. In 1983 the bylaws were rewritten, ensuring the autonomy of the academic community, and the new management structure for the campus was implemented. In 1986 the newly created University Council replaces the previous Directive Council as
1711-423: The government , in this particular case of the State of São Paulo. Funding is provided mainly from sales taxes , but a small percentage of total budget is obtained from donations, paid extension programs and corporate sponsors. The total budget proposed for 2016 is of R$ 2.3 billion, a decrease by almost 7% in real terms when compare to 2015. Fixed costs (payroll, interest and debt service) will account for 92.2% of
1770-499: The government funding. And additional 4% is spent on student assistance and 2% on utilities. A problem faced by Unicamp, and other public universities in Brazil, is the high dependency on economic conditions, that directly impact tax earnings, while most of the expenses, payroll specially, are indexed to inflation . While not as critical as in similar universities (at the University of São Paulo payroll accounted for over 106% of
1829-461: The hospital opened its first clinics and patient facilities in 1979, but was only fully operational in 1985, when the School of Medical Sciences was transferred from Campinas' maternity to the new campus. The hospital has almost 1,000 beds, and serves half a million people every year through Brazil's unified public health system , SUS , performing on average 40 surgeries and 13 births every day. In
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1888-428: The large number of graduate programs it offers: 153 compared to 70 undergraduate programs. It also offers several non-degree granting open-enrollment courses to around 8,000 students through its extension school. Its main campus occupies 3.5 square kilometres (860 acres) located in the district of Barão Geraldo , a suburban area 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the downtown center of Campinas , built shortly after
1947-413: The largest in the country's history. The flagship campus of the University of Campinas is located in the district of Barão Geraldo, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the center of Campinas. It currently occupies an area of 350 hectares (860 acres) situated in a valley surrounded by gentle rolling hills and is bounded on the west by the urban area of Barão Geraldo, on the south and east by farmland and to
2006-414: The largest public hospital in the region. Expansion on the campus continued rapidly, with new buildings, institutes and expansions being added nearly every year. However, by the late 1970s, the university faced a crisis. During its rapid expansion, it relied on draft bylaws, mostly borrowed from the University of São Paulo, and lacked formal internal regulations with the aging Zeferino Vaz, while no longer
2065-490: The main campus in Campinas. With over 1,000 students, the school was initially located in a historic building near the center of the city, and in the 1970s a new campus was built, occupying an area of 60 hectares (150 acres) in what was then the outskirts of the city, and a short distance from USP's ESALQ . In the neighboring city of Paulínia, the university operates a multidisciplinary research center focused on biosciences, acquired in 1986 from Monsanto and integrated into
2124-399: The maximum collaboration between the different sciences, with buildings laid along radial streets emanating from a central circular plaza, which also hosted administrative buildings. The layout of the campus would eventually be used on the design of the university's logo, created by Max Schiefer , which is essentially a simplified map of the core circle of the campus. This design is similar to
2183-639: The most popular Coursera courses in Brazil. Outreach actions take a variety of forms, including events, publications, technological, educational, cultural and social products and services. The Department for Cultural Development hosts several events, usually open for the surrounding community. Events are also held at the Casa do Lago Cultural Space and at the Cultural Center for Social Inclusion and Integration. Every year, Unicamp also hosts an open doors event ( Unicamp de Portas Abertas , UPA), in which
2242-496: The move of the School of Medical Sciences, until then located across several buildings in Campinas, to the new campus. This expansion saw the construction of a massive public hospital, the Hospital das Clínicas (HC), which began serving the public in 1979. While initial construction was considered complete by 1978, the campus has grown through continuous addition of new buildings and institutes. In 2014, after years of negotiation,
2301-400: The necessary training. Most programs at Unicamp last a total of 4 years, with engineering programs typically lasting 5 years and medicine lasting 6 years. The academic year is aligned with the calendar year , with classes usually starting in late February, and ending in early December, the beginning of summer in Brazil. The year is divided into two semester terms , and all courses are
2360-505: The new university started looking for a location for a new campus. A large area comprising 110 hectares (270 acres) was donated by the Almeida Prado family, located in a valley in the district of Barão Geraldo in the city of Campinas, near the intersections of multiple highways. Until then, Barão Geraldo was a small village surrounded by farmland, in particular sugar cane plantations. The new development brought dramatic change to
2419-421: The north by a lake and a new industrial park built in the 2000s. The campus has a unique design, with the main library, student service buildings and restaurant in a central circular plaza, and most of the academic buildings located in blocks emanating from the center in a radial fashion. The different areas of study are grouped in larger sections, but neighboring other areas with which they share similarities:
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2478-566: The number of semesters prescribed, although they can take 50% longer before facing administrative measures. While each program is usually managed by a single school or institute (exceptions apply, such as Computer Engineering , co-managed by the Institute of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ), classes are usually ministered across different institutes or schools. Program class sizes usually range between 30 and 60 students per year for each program, but some programs can have over 100 students per year, and are named by
2537-500: The opening of the Institute of Computing in 1996. In the 2000s Unicamp consolidated itself as one of the leading research and education centers in Latin America but also brought new challenges: just as with other public universities in Brazil, the high payroll costs (over 90% of the total budget) constrain investment and expansion. This is further aggravated by the economic depression that Brazil has been facing since 2014,
2596-405: The philosophy buildings mark the frontier between human sciences, mathematics and economics, while the School of Food Engineering is bordered by the chemical engineering and biology buildings. The architect responsible for the overall design of the campus was João Carlos Bross . Streets are named after significant contributors to each field, including Elis Regina and Carlos Gomes Streets,
2655-538: The power of the General Coordinator. As retaliation, the State's government removed 6 members of the Directive Council, replacing them with people from the state's Education Council, loyal to the governor, Paulo Maluf . Tensions between the academic community and the government-appointed counselors increased, with the future Minister of Education, Paulo Renato Costa Souza , then president of
2714-492: The rector, acting as a moderating force between parties with conflicting interests, in particular the leftist academic community and the State's government, appointed by the conservative military regime ruling the country. After Zeferino's death in 1981, a conflict took place between the university's General Coordinator, appointed and backed by the government, and the Directive Council, composed of directors of different institutes. The rector introduced new rules reducing
2773-524: The state to promote development and industrialization in the region, and commissioned Zeferino Vaz , founder of the University of São Paulo's School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto , to organize it. In parallel, a medical school was being planned in Campinas, a demand from the local population that dated from the early 1940s. The School of Medicine of Campinas was created by law in 1959, but actual implementation never took place. The new university
2832-495: The supreme body of the university. The last years of the 1980s saw a reformulation of the admissions exam, expansion of the laboratories and the completion of the first units of the student housing. With a new administrative structure capable of supporting continuous growth and with its autonomy secured, Unicamp went through a period of consolidation in the 1990s. There was an increase in night programs , created to provide an alternative for low-income students who had to work during
2891-791: The total funding available in 2014 ), Unicamp currently faces a funding crisis, with total funding expected to decrease in real terms while payroll, which takes around 85% of total university funding, is expected to increase in line with inflation. This situation is aggravated by the long-running trend of raising staff salaries above inflation as a response to the annual strikes led by the workers' union, STU. At Unicamp, academic studies are usually divided into four main areas : exact sciences (which includes formal and physical sciences ), human sciences (roughly equivalent to social science , including Arts ), biological sciences (roughly equivalent to life sciences ) and technologies (including engineering and technical studies). This division reflects on how
2950-572: The university are structured how the campuses was designed. Unicamp offers 70 different degree-granting undergraduate programs, covering nearly all different areas of science. Completing an undergraduate program grants either a bachelor's degree or a licentiate degree, although some programs offer both degrees. In line with the Brazilian educational system, no graduate education is required to practice any profession, including law and medicine, so undergraduate programs vary in length to provide all
3009-401: The university as CPQBA. As part of the acquisition, Unicamp gained access and continued research into subjects previously explored at the center, specially agricultural sciences . Research is usually funded by external parties, such as companies and other universities. In addition to the higher education programs, Unicamp is also responsible for running and funding two technical high schools,
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#17327753394613068-409: The university continued on strike. The appointed institute heads failed to break the stalemate between internal and external forces, and by early 1982, discussions began on a new list of candidates to the rectorship. Eventually, José Aristodemo Pinotti , a former dean of the School of Medical Sciences generally considered a moderate, was selected by the academic community and accepted by the governor. In
3127-529: The university decided to buy the Argentina Farm, located on the east side of the campus, increasing the total area by 60% to 350 hectares (860 acres). This purchase will allow for expansion of the medical sciences and athletics areas, as well as new laboratories. Unicamp's main campus houses the School of Medical Sciences' teaching hospital, the Hospital das Clinicas . Construction started in 1975 and
3186-411: The year of admission: the class of 2015 is composed of all students entering in the year of 2015, regardless of the program length or expected graduation. There is no campus-wide graduation ceremony , with each school or institute conducting its own. Unicamp offers 153 postgraduate programs, with about half of those being masters, serving almost 16 thousand students, one third of which come from outside
3245-472: The young university absorbed the Engineering School of Limeira, which became the School of Civil Engineering . The UNICAMP began offering technology courses in 1974 with the creation of a Sanitary Technology course. The course was designed to be taught during the day with the finish at least two years, in old installations of Faculty of Civil Engineering (FEC) in the city of Limeira. Later, in 1976
3304-463: Was absorbed in 1967, and in 1969 the Engineering School of Limeira. Over the following two decades, the new university expanded rapidly. The campus quickly grew to 19 institutes and schools, and after Zeferino Vaz died in 1981 was named after him. With the campus construction completed, the School of Medical Sciences (formerly the School of Medicine of Campinas) was moved into the new campus, and its teaching hospital , Hospital de Clínicas , became
3363-428: Was created by law on December 28, 1962, but effective functioning begun in 1966. Before that, only the School of Medicine functioned. In April 1963 the first vestibular , the general admissions exam, was conducted, with 1,592 candidates competing for 50 spots in the medicine program. The first lecture in the newly created University of Campinas took place on May 20 of the same year. By 1965, the organizing commission for
3422-503: Was created the course of Construction Technology, with specification in Building or Construction Methods of Soil. While this school was eventually transferred to the Campinas campus in 1989, new programs were launched by the university in Limeira, creating CESET, the School of Technology of Limeira , which still exists and is located near the center of the city, focused on technical higher education . In 2008 Unicamp decided to establish
3481-468: Was designed in 1983 and began operating in 1997, located next to the main campus. The LNLS has Latin America's only particle accelerator , a synchrotron , used as a synchrotron light source designed and built in Brazil for various physical, chemical, geological, and biological studies. Unicamp's presence in Limeira, a city about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Campinas, dates from the late 1960s, when
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