Facens University, when founded in 1976, was the first Engineering College in Sorocaba City in the State of São Paulo/Brazil.
Since 1976, Facens has given students the opportunity to practice everything they learn in theory, training great professionals through excellence. It is a philanthropic institution considered a reference not only in the Sorocaba, but also in the State of São Paulo. Moreover, it is worth pointing out that Facens counts on a pool of faculty members with PhD and / or master’s degree. Many of them have ties or work in the market. As a result of our innovative teaching concept which brings together the classroom, marketplace and society, fostering local social impact aligned with United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. Thereby, promoting a fair, humane and sustainable society.
On our internationalized campus, we also host the first Latin American Qualcomm IoT Reference Center and a Huawei office where 40+ interns (Facens students) carry out projects jointly with 30+ professionals from both institutions, Huawei Corporate and Facens University. Not to mention our more than 30 innovation centers, for instance Industry 4.0, CITCC (Innovation, Technology, Construction and Cities Center), BRAIN (Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Nucleus), Smart Campus, LiS (Social Innovation Laboratory), Face (Entrepreneurship Center), Fab Lab, LINCE (Innovation Laboratory in Engineering Competitions), LIGA (Digital Games and APPs Laboratory) among others.
Antonio Carlos Gomes Junior
Director of Industry and Services
Tel: +55 15 3238 11 88 270
E-Mail: antonio.gomes@facens.br