International Relations Office
Escola Politécnica Da USP – Engineering School
The International Relations Office of Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo (The Engineering School) has a staff of 5 people and aims to promote students, faculty and researchers’ mobility by enhancing cooperation and helping with exchange mobility logistics. On June, 8 2015 Poli celebrates the 1000th Double Degree Students’s Certifications of Escola Politécnica, involving 840 Poli students and 160 students of partner institutions. Nowadays, POLI has over 90 international agreements with several High Education institutions across the globe. Students and faculty members enjoy a multicultural environment, with people of different cultural backgrounds. The large number of agreements with foreign High Education Institutions is one of our distinctive features, an advantage both for Brazilian and for foreign students.
Among other activities, our main tasks are:
About Escola Politecnica of the University of São Paulo
The Escola Politecnica of the Universidade de São Paulo (Poli/USP) celebrates its 131st anniversary in 2024. Founded in 1893, the then denominated Escola Politécnica de São Paulo was integrated to USP in 1934. It become a national reference, now considered the most complete engineering school in Latin America and dedicates its best efforts towards consolidating itself as a world class High Education Institution. By combining tradition and modernity, Poli has always been a synonym for quality and competence.
Escola Politécnica is an Engineering School that has 15 teaching and research departments as well as 17 different courses divided into the 4 major areas of specialization: Civil, Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical:
Civil Construction Engineering Department (PCC)
PCC, an integral part of the Great Civil Area, keeps close relationship with the civil construction productive chain, one of the most important in the country, representing approximately 10% of its Gross Domestic Product. Despite this importance, the sector presents several technological bottlenecks, particularly
concerning its productivity, sustainability and the quality of its products and processes. PCC professors, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and technicians are committed to contributing to overcoming these limitations, and to developing innovative solutions for the problems involving civil construction engineering or those of its customers. To attain its goals, the Department has developed joint work with professionals, along with the public and private non-academic sectors, seeking to diagnose problems, define the priorities for actions and help solve them.
PCC/USP has also interacted with similar institutions in other places in Brazil and abroad, as well as with professionals and their associations; this interaction has contributed to broaden knowledge and to allow a more committed work by its faculty and non-faculty members.
Research line
- Urban Engineering
- Materials and Components
- Real Estate
- Building Systems
- Design Support
- Systems
- Building Process Technology
Laboratories
- LabCad
- Laboratory of Graphics Design and Computer Assisted Design
- Laboratory of Reinforcement
- Corrosion
- Laboratory of Microstructure
- Laboratory of Cladding| Laboratory of Building Systems
Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics (PEF)
PEF is concerned with the creation of the concept and the design of structures, which are the basis of any type of Civil Engineering work. It is also dedicated to studying technological properties of structural materials, issues related to constructive methods, and to structures use, maintenance and recovery.
More recently, PEF has made new connections with its activities in different Engineering areas, such as the Mechanical, Naval and Aeronautic fields. In Environmental Geotechnics, there is also a connection between areas other than Engineering. In Brazil, PEF leads the development of a new area, which is the field of Fire Design Engineering. Researches into this theme started at PEF in the late 1990s; they are now also developing at several Brazilian universities. In the Poli context, the theme has already been the focus of over a hundred publications, comprehension books, papers and presentations at congresses, besides a number of MScs and PhDs works. Since 2010. PEF has also pioneered implementing an optional undergraduate discipline concerning Fire Design.
Research line
- Foundations and Excavations
- Geomechanics
- Environmental Geotechnics
- Deformable Solid
- Mechanics
- Computational Methods in Applied Mechanics
- Earthworks and Rockfill
- Structure
- Planning and Constructive Methods
- Structural Systems and Materials
- Structure Theory
Laboratories
- Laboratory of Structures and Structural Materials (LEM)
- Laboratory of Computational Mechanics (LMC)
- Laboratory of Soil Mechanics (LMS)
Site: https://sites.usp.br/pef/
Department of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering (PHA)
The main areas of expertise of PHA are management of hydric resources, river and marine hydraulic works and Environmental engineering. More recently it has shifted its attention to the environmental field. These activities clearly show the continuous concern in aligning USP with Brazil’s development effort, seeking to provide the community with the technological instruments it needs. PHA keeps many partnerships with many institutions, one of them, with the Department of Water and Electric Power of the State of São Paulo (DAEE), which focuses on the development of activities in the Hydric Resources and Hydraulic Engineering areas. These conditions allow the establishment of the Technological Center of Hydraulics and Hydric Resources (CTH), national reference in its actuation area.
For better development in its activities, PHA is organized into three great areas (hydric resources, hydraulic works and sanitation).
Research line
- General Hydraulics
- River and Maritime Hydraulic Works
- Hydric Resources
- Water Reuse
Laboratories
- Basic Sanitation Technological Center of Hydraulics and Hydric Resources (CTH)
- Sanitation Laboratory (LabSan)
- Laboratory of Support Systems to Decisions in Environmental Engineering of Hydric Resources (LabSid)
- Laboratory of the International Center of Reference in Water Reuse (Cirra)
Site: http://www.pha.poli.usp.br/ – https://sites.usp.br/pha/
Transportation Engineering Department (PTR)
PTR, one of the four departments dedicated to undergraduate courses in Civil engineering at Poli, also accounts for graduate courses in Transportation Engineering, besides participating in the interdepartmental MSc program in Logistic Systems Engineering. PTR is divided into three segments. The first, Transportation Planning and Operation, involves urban transportation, traffic engineering, transportation system modeling and analysis, logistic system planning and operation, terminals and transportation economics. The second, Transportation Infrastructure, focuses on the design, construction and maintenance of transport routes, paving materials, pavement mechanics and pavement management. Last but not least, the third, Spatial Information, includes topography, geodesy, cartography, geoprocessing and remote sensing.
Research line
- Transportation Systems
- Transportation Operation Management
- Urban Transportation
- Logistics
- Paving Materials
- Pavement Mechanics
- Pavement Management
- Geometric Design of Transportation Routes
- Topography, Geodesy and Cartography
- Geoprocessing.
Laboratories
- Transportation Planning and Operation Laboratory (LPT)
- Laboratory of Methodological Studies on Transportation (LEMT)
- Laboratory of Modeling and Algorithms in Transportations and
- Logistics (LMAT)
- Pavement Technology Laboratory (LTP)
- Pavement Mechanics Laboratory (LMP)
- Topography and Geodesy Laboratory (LTG)
- Geoprocessing Laboratory (LGP)
- Laboratory of Transportation Technology and Information (LTIT).
Site: https://www.ptr.poli.usp.br/
Chemical Engineering Department (PQI)
PQI’s main area of expertise is undergraduate and graduate programs, teaching and research. Among the most relevant results are several projects sponsored by companies and by funding agencies, in areas of technological innovation projects or partnership with companies, also emphasizing the creation of CETAI (Petrobras Center of Excellence in Process Automation Technology) and of CEPEMA (Center for Environmental Research and Training) installed in Cubatão. The department holds a National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) in the field of environmental applications of Chemical Engineering.
PQI is also responsible for a most successful experience with the Chemical Engineering undergraduate course. Taught on a semester basis up to 1999, it then started to be offered on a four-monthly basis, also called cooperative course. The main characteristic of this system is the intercalation of academic and training modules every four months, in which the student is fully dedicated either to academic activities at Poli or to training activities/internships in industries. The success of this model has been verified by the employability of the outcoming students.
Research line
- Electrochemistry and Corrosion
- Biochemical Engineering
- Food Engineering
- Thermodynamics and Unit Operations
- Process Modeling, Simulation, Control and Optimization
Laboratories
- Pollution Prevention and Environmental Remediation Electrochemistry and Corrosion (LEC)
- Bioprocess Engineering (GEnBio)
- Food Engineering (LEA)
- Thermal and Mechanical Separations (LSTM)
- Process Systems Engineering (CESQ-LSCP)
- Pollution Prevention (GP2).
Site: http://pqi.poli.usp.br/
Computer and Digital Systems Engineering Department (PCS)
PCS activities encompass techniques for developing and applying computational systems and information technology. PCS acts in different Computer Engineering areas, including automation, software engineering and artificial intelligence. Besides its participation in the undergraduate program, PCS integrates the Electrical Engineering graduate program of Poli and keeps close relations with the productive sector, other research institutions and public organizations. It is, today, a national reference in the area and is even acknowledged in the international scientific context.
Research line
- Computer Architecture
- Automation
- Reliability and Safety
- Software and Database Engineering
- Foundations of Computer Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Networks
- Interactive Technologies
Laboratories
- Laboratory of Computer Architecture and Networks (LARC)
- Agricultural Automation Laboratory (LAA)
- Applied Reliability Laboratory (LCA)
- Laboratory of Knowledge Engineering (KNOMA)
- Languages and Adaptative Technologies Laboratory (LTA)
- Open Systems Laboratory (LSA)
- Basic Software and Architecture Laboratory (LASB)
- Intelligent Techniques Laboratory (LTI)
- Laboratory of Software Technology (LTS)
- Interactive Technologies Laboratory (INTERLAB)
Site: https://pcs.usp.br/
Electronic Systems Engineering Department (PSI)
PSI is dedicated to four great areas of interest: microsystems and nanosystems, signal processing, integrated systems and projects of information and processing systems. The curricular structure of the Electronic Systems degree encompasses basic courses in the areas of computation, microelectronics, communication, control, energy and automation, in order to graduate engineers with a more broad profile. PSI teaches more than 1,000 undergraduate students, as it is responsible for the Electricity and Electronics standard disciplines for all Electrical Engineering courses.
In the graduate courses, PSI shares the responsibility for the Electrical Engineering program with three other departments (Telecommunication and Control Engineering – PTC, Computer and Digital Systems – PCS and Energy and Electrical Automation – PEA). It is responsible for the Microelectronics sub-area, and shares the Electronic Systems area with PTC.
Research line
- Circuits and Electrical Systems
- Electronic Materials
- Processes and Devices Microwaves and Optoelectronics
- Signal Processing
- Integrated Systems and Dedicated Systems Project
- Sensors and Microsystems
- Computing Systems
Laboratories
- Microelectronics Laboratory (LME)
- Signal Processing Laboratory (LPS)
- Integrated SystemsLaboratory (LSI)
Departamento de Engenharia de Energia e Automação Elétricas (PEA )
PEA is responsible for the courses of electrical engineering with emphasis in electrical energy and automation. It also develops researches and extracurricular activities in the same two areas: energy and automation. The first one focuses on electric power production up until its final use, encompassing energy planning with emphasis on integrated planning of resources, on the expansion of the power system, and on power sources. The second main area of interest is the building, harbor and industrial processes of the automation area, besides the supervision and control of electric power systems.
More recently, it has also started to divert its attention to issues related to the electric power quality and its regulatory aspects.
Research line
- Automation of Electric Power Systems and Industrial Processes (ASEPI)
- Power Electronics and Static Converters (EPCE)
- Simulation of Electromagnetic and Mechanical Phenomena in Electrical
- Devices (MAG)
- Production, Transportation and Use of Electric Energy (PTEE)
Laboratories
- Center for Regulation and Power Quality Studies (ENERQ)
- Generation, Transmission and Distribution Automation Group (GAGTD)
- Group of Automation of Port and Industry Systems (GAESI)
- Energy Group (GEPEA)
- Team of Studies in Transients in Power Systems (GETSP)
- Machinery and Motion Team (GMACQ)
- Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory (LMAG)
- Power Electronics Laboratory (LEP)
- Laboratory of Electric Systems Protection (LPT)
- Optic Sensors Laboratory (LSO)
Site: http://www.pea.usp.br/
Telecommunication and Control Engineering Department (PTC)
PTC is responsible for five general disciplines of the Electrical Engineering undergraduate course, as well as for the specific disciplines of two of its programs: Automation and Control and Telecommunication. Its research activities are organized in three areas: automation and control, signal and communication and biomedical engineering. The first one’s main area of research is about control and automation systems, industrial processes control and robotics. The second one is dedicated to studies on wideband communication, mobile communication, high speed networks and optical communication, among other themes. The third one concentrates its studies on signal processing for neurological and coronary diagnostics, and electronic prosthesis for people with disabilities, among other areas. Several of these researches are financed by companies, as well as by governmental and fostering agencies. PTC also keeps scientific and technological cooperation agreements with several universities and research institutes, both in Brazil and abroad.
Research line
- Communication
- Biomedical Engineering
- Mathematical Models and Dynamic Systems
- Probability
- Statistics and Stochastic Systems
- Digital Signal Processing
- Control and Automation Systems
Laboratories
- Automation and Control Laboratory (LAC)
- Signal and Communication Laboratory (LCS)
- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (LEB)
Site: http://www.ptc.poli.usp.br/
Mechanical Engineereng Department (PME)
PME embraces areas of knowledge in Mechanical Sciences and Technology, as well as their specific areas of specialization., such as mechanical systems dynamics and control, machinery design and structure, and energy and the fluid systems. When it comes to teaching, its goal is to graduate mechanical engineers with comprehensive, systematic and analytical knowledge based on scientific principles. The main goal is to enhance the engineering students’ knowledge in graduate and extension courses.
PME leads lines of research of academic interest, as well as with the productive sectors in the most vast areas of Mechanical Engineering. There also is a significant scientific production, helped by an outstanding teaching staff, done both nationally and internationally, in areas such as higher education, research and extension projects.
Research line
- Dynamics and Control
- Surface Phenomena
- Fluids Mechanics
- Offshore Mechanics and Maritime Systems Dynamics
- Integrated Design Energy Systems and Thermal
Laboratories
- Equipment Applied Acoustics – ACAPLI
- Center of Automation and Design Technology – CAETEC
- Center of Automotive Engineering Cooling and Air-Conditioning Research Group – GREAC
- Fluid Mechanics Instrumentation
- Laboratory of Dynamics and Control – LDC
- Laboratory of Dynamics and Instrumentation – LADIN
- Laboratory of Environmental and Thermal Engineering – LETE
- Surface Phenomena Laboratory – LFS
- Fluid-Structure Interaction Laboratory – Life&Mo
- Alternative Energy Systems Laboratory – SISEA
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Applied to Biomedical Engineering – MFAAEB
- Dynamics and Fluids Center – NDF
Site: http://www.pme.poli.usp.br/
Mechatronics and Mechanical Systems Engineering Department (PMR)
This department acts in the industrial and services infrastructure sectors, seeking to overcome the technological challenges of automation, productivity and quality. It is responsible for the first course on Mechatronics Engineering established in Brazil, implemented in 1988. It provides its students with a varied curriculum, with emphasis on understanding the fundamental mechanical phenomena while exploring the use of different electronics and computing in automation engineering techniques. In the research area, PMR seeks to combine studies in mechanical phenomena, electronic devices and computation techniques. Its activities are closely related to the metal-mechanical and electro-electronic industry, specially concerning automation, increase in productivity and quality control. For these reasons, PMR encourages the relationship with the productive environment, and has sought to work with private companies and public entities.
Research line
- Biomechatronics
- Manufacturing processes
- Machinery design
- Solid mechanics and impact on structures
- Modeling, control and decision
- Robotics
- Sensors and actuators.
Laboratories
- Design Laboratory
- Decision-Taking Laboratory
- Advanced Perception Laboratory
- Automation Systems Laboratory
- Laboratory of Sensors and Actuators
- Laboratory of Robots for Special Applications
- Computer Geometry Laboratory
- Laboratory of Solid Mechanics and Impact on Structures
- Laboratory of Fabrication Processes
- Reliability Analysis Laboratory.
Metallurgical, Materials and Nuclear Engineering Department (PMT)
PMT is responsible for graduating materials and metallurgical engineers at Poli. It keeps several partnerships with companies and public entities. In research, it stands out in the magnetic and electrical materials fields, semiconductors and stainless steel areas, among many others.
Line of Research
Research line
- Fracture, Corrosion and Wear
- Reducing Fusion and Self-Reduction
- Materials for Advanced Applications
- High-Temperature Metallurgical Processes
- Materials Welding and Junction
Laboratories
- Laboratory of Polymeric Materials Analysis (RHEOLAB)
- Thermal Analyses Laboratory (LAT)
- Laboratory of Self-Reduction and Fusion Reduction (LABRED)
- Laboratory of Microstructural Characterization (LCT)
- Laboratory of Computing in Materials Science (LCCMat)
- Ceramic Dispersions Laboratory
- Macromolecular Engineering Laboratory (LEM)
- Mechanical Essays Laboratory (LABMEC)
- Hydrometallurgy Laboratory (HIDRO)
- Junction and Welding Laboratory (LABSOLD)
- Composite Materials Laboratory (LMC)
- Laboratory of Particulate Raw Materials and Non-Metallic Solids (LMPSol) Laboratory of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis (LABMEV)
- High Energy-Grinding Laboratory (LMAE)
- Laboratory of Polymeric Materials Processing (PROPOLAB)
- Ceramic Processes Laboratory (LPC)
- High-Temperature Processes Laboratory (LPAT)
- Electrochemical Processes Laboratory (LPE)
Site: http://www.pmt.usp.br/
Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department (PMI)
PMI is known for its contribution to the consolidation of mineral engineering in Brazil, especially by graduating new professionals. In 2001, meeting a PMI proposal, the establishment of the Petroleum Engineering habilitation was approved, and it began to be offered in 2002.
PMI stands out in the discussion and formulation of public policies for the mineral sector, for the reuse of natural resources and for the protection of the environment. It is invited to elaborate propositions that may be embraced by the competent public organs, in areas such as the mining and technological policy in the State of São Paulo. Its researches aim to understand the problems faced by the Brazilian mineral industry, as well as to contribute to solving them.
Research line
- Technological Characterization of Ores e Mineral Raw Materials
- Environmental Control, Hygiene and Safety in Mining
- Quarry Mining
- Rock Mechanics applied to Mining
- Mineral Research and Economics
Laboratories
- Ore Treatment Technological Characterization Laboratory (LCT)
- Laboratory of Environmental Control, Hygiene and Safety in Mining (LACASEMIN)
- Rock Mechanics Laboratory (LMR)
- Laboratory of Mining Design and Optimization (LAPOL)
- Laboratory of Simulation and Ore Treatment Process Control (LSC)
- Laboratory of Ore and Industrial Wastes Treatment (LTM)
- Laboratory for Transport Phenomena and Chemistry Applied to Mineral Industry (LFQ)
Naval and Ocean Engineering Department (PNV)
Ever since its foundation, PNV has significantly contributed to enhancing maritime and river technology in Brazil. Over five decades, a large number of research works were developed in a partnership with important institutions, among which, the Brazilian Navy, the Institute for Technological Research of the State of São Paulo (IPT) and Petrobras. PNV acts in different areas of research, such as development of new concepts for offshore oil and gas exploration systems, maritime dynamics and hydrodynamics, ocean structures and structural integrity, logistics of maritime and river transport, risk management, and last but not least, naval and ocean project management.
Among the most prominent projects is the Ship Professor Wladimir Besnard, the first remarkable result of the Naval Engineering course at Poli, established by means of an agreement between USP and the Brazilian Navy. In 1983, the ship traveled to Antarctica, marking the beginning of Brazilian researches in that continent.
Research line
- Ocean Systems Control
- Ocean Structures and Structural Integrity
- Hydrodynamics and Ocean Systems Dynamics
- Logistics and Transportations
Laboratories
- Naval and Ocean Engineering Laboratory
site: https://www.poli.usp.br/departamentos/pnv-engenharia-naval-e-oceanica
Production Engineering Department (PRO)
Production engineering is concerned with projects related to improvement and implementation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy, for the production of goods and services, in an economic way, respecting values and cultures. Production engineering (PRO) strives to meet academic and market demands.
It graduates students focusing both on the general and services industry, which encompasses the integration of the expanded production function (logistics) with other functions, such as product project and marketing, as well as the positioning and strategic contribution of the production activities.
It also offers disciplines in the interdepartmental Master Degree in Logistics and in the Design undergraduate course, in a partnership with School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU).
Research line
- Financial Engineering
- Ergonomics and Work Analysis
- Implementation of Information Technology Systems
- Logistics and Supply Chain
- Organization and Management of Service Operation Systems
- Information Technology Planning | Technology and Engineering Policy and
- Management
- Productivity in Operation Systems and Logistics
- Project and Organizational Analysis of Integrated and Flexible Production Quality and Product Engineering
- Productive Restructuring in the Automotive Brazilian Complex
- Technology and Industrial Organization
Laboratories
- Production Economics and Financial Engineering (EPEF)
- Operations and Logistics (GOL)
- Quality and Product Engineering (QEP)
- Information Technology (GTI)
- Work, Technology and Organization (TTO)
Site: http://pro.poli.usp.br/
Escola Politécnica is located at Cidade Universitária (Campus São Paulo, Capital). There is regular public transportation from the Campus to Subway Station (Metrô Butantã).
