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The Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Acre (Ifac) is a Brazilian higher education and technical institution, based in the state of Acre. The institute was created by transforming the Federal Technical School of Acre. Its Rectory is located in Rio Branco, capital of the state.

Ifac was created by Brazilian Law Number 11,892, of December 29, 2008. It has the legal nature of an autarchy, with administrative, asset, and financial autonomy. It is an institution of basic, professional, and higher education, multicurricular and multicampus, specialized in offering professional and technological education in different types of education. For such, it is based on the combination of technical and technological knowledge in its teaching practice. The Federal Institute of Acre began its installation in 2009, occupying rooms provided by the Federal University of Acre and the Dom Moacyr Institute, in the capital and, in other cities of the state, in buildings provided by the municipal governments and by the Government of Acre in the municipalities of Sena Madureira and Cruzeiro do Sul. In compliance with the Brazilian Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education, in 2010 Ifac began its work with the offer of courses of initial and continued training (FIC) and technical training of medium level, specifically on Environmental Control, Safety at Work, Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, Agroecology, Maintenance and Support of Informatics, and Cooperativism.

In 2011, the offer of higher education courses began, namely in Agroecology, Biology, Physics Degree, Mathematics, Chemistry, Logistics, and Environmental Management.

Campuses
Currently, Ifac has 6 campuses in all Acre, having teaching units in all the regional ones that compose the state, that is, Campus Rio Branco and Campus Baixada do Sol, which belong to Baixo Acre; Campus Cruzeiro do Sul, from Juruá; Campus Tarauacá, from Envira; Campus Sena Madureira, from Purus; and Campus Xapuri, from Alto Acre.

In addition to the Campus, the Institute also has support centers for distance education activities, which are located in the municipalities of Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, Tarauacá, Xapuri, Porto Acre, Plácido de Castro, Acrelândia, Senador Guiomard, Sena Madureira, and Feijó. In addition to these units, the institute has articulated partnerships with other municipalities to implement new Centers in the interior of the State, offering technical courses in the modality of Distance Education and support to the courses of Initial and Continuing Education (FIC) through the National Program of Access to Technical Education and Employment (Pronatec). With the adoption of a multicampus structure, Ifac offers professional, scientific, and technological education of various axes and areas, which enables a greater educational range to the Acre population, also promoting the encouragement of the participation of teachers and other professionals in education. Additionally, students may have part in projects of teaching, research, and extension of regular school activities.

Ligações externas

 * Official Website
 * Rede Federal de Educacão Profissional, Científica e Tecnológica