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.

Location

The building of COTUCA 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 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.

Courses offered

Mode: A - Internal Concomitance

Course Name	Course Code	Shift	Vacancies	Duration	Stage (hours)
Food	25	Full Day	40	3 Years	720
Electronics	26	Full Day	40	3 Years	720
Nursing	27	Full Day	40	3 Years	700
Software (Information Systems and Support)	28	Full Day	40	3 Years	400
Mechanics [Day/ Night]	29/ 36	Full Day/ Night	40	3/ 4 Years	720

Mode: B - Foreign Concomitance

Course Name	Course Code	Shift	Vacancies	Duration	Stage (hours)
IT (Programming and Internet) [Day/ Night]	30/ 42	Evenings/ Night	40	2 Years	400
Plastics [Day/ Night]	31/ 44	Mornings/ Night	30/ 40	2 Years	320
Labor Safety	53	Night	40	2 Years	460

Mode: C - Subsequent to High School

Course Name	Course Code	Shift	Vacancies	Duration	Stage (hours)
Environmental Technician	32	Night	30	2 Years	460
Electronics	40	Night	40	2 Years	720
Nursing	49	Evenings	30	2 Years	700
Hospital (Medical Equipment)	51	Night	40	1 Year	480
Mechanics (Automation and Control) [Night/ Night]	43/ 45	Night/ Night	40	2 Years	720

The Hospital (Medical Equipment) course has an additional prerequisite to have vocational training in: electronics, Electrotechnics, or Mechatronics Industrial Computers.

Sport: D - Technical Expertise

Course Name	Course Code	Shift	Vacancies	Duration	Prerequisites
Management (Quality and Productivity)	52	Night	40	1 Year	Be a middle level technical trained professional
Mechanical Computer Aided Projects	54	Night	30	1 Year	Be middle level trained in a vocational industry
Metallic Materials	55	Night	20	1 Year	Be middle level trained in: Mechanics, Plastics, Metallurgy, and Chemistry

See also

• State University of Campinas
• Technical College of Limeira