Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba

Centro Universitário Facens , or UniFacens (formerly Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba), is a private university founded in Sorocaba, Brazil. It is maintained by the Sorocaban Cultural Association of Technological Renovation (Associação Cultural de Renovação Tecnológica Sorocabana) (ACRTS) and recognized as a private non-profit.

Undergraduate programs

Architecture

• Architecture and Urbanism

Engineering

• Agricultural Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Food Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

Health sciences

• Biomedicine
• Nursing
• Veterinary Medicine
• Dentistry
• Psychology

Technology degrees

• Technology in Systems Analysis and Development
• Technology in IT Management
• Technology in Digital Games

Innovation Centers

UniFacens operates under an education concept, with “hands-on” learning as its main methodology. The institution has laboratories known as “Innovation Centers,” where students develop projects. The following are centers within UniFacens:

• Smart Campus
• FabLab
• LIGA (Innovation Laboratory for Games and Apps)
• LINCE (Innovation and Student Competitions Laboratory)
• FACE (Facens Center for Entrepreneurship)
• LIS (Social Innovation Laboratory)
• Industry 4.0
• BRAIN
• CEDEPS (Center for Product and Systems Development)
• ED+ Content Hub

LINCE

LINCE (Innovation and Student Competitions Laboratory) is the innovation center dedicated to competitions, where undergraduate and graduate students develop projects that simulate the experience of a company. The following projects are part of LINCE:

• B'Energy Racing (Formula SAE Electric)
• MAIA (Applied Mobility and Artificial Intelligence)
• V8 Racing (Formula SAE Combustion)
• Baja Mud Racing (Baja SAE)
• Falcons Aero (SAE Aerodesign)
• Omegabotz (Robotics)
• StrongerTech (Concrete Technology)
• Facens Rockets (Rockets)
• Facens³ (Nano-satellites)

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