IMPA Tech plans exchange between universities
Webinar answered questions about the selection process
A week after opening registration for IMPA Tech, IMPA’s first undergraduate course, the institute’s director general, Marcelo Viana, and project scientist Lucas Nissenbaum took part in a webinar on YouTube to answer students’ main questions. More than 100 people interested in the Mathematics of Technology and Innovation bachelor’s degree took part. During the live, Viana confirmed to the audience that IMPA Tech intends to offer the possibility of exchanges with international universities.
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“We do want to have partnerships, especially with leading institutions abroad. I’m not in any way excluding the best Brazilian institutions, but IMPA Tech’s ambitions are international. We are already talking, at a preliminary stage, about mechanisms that will allow us to offer some students with outstanding performance an exchange program with the best institutions in the United States and Europe that have similar characteristics to IMPA Tech,” said Viana.
The webinar also clarified doubts about the curriculum of the new course. Lucas Nissenbaum explained that the degree was planned to offer three hours of theoretical classes complemented by four hours of monitoring.
“We’re going to follow IMPA’s current model of three terms: one is the Summer term, which is a shorter and more intense term. In this period, the student will have two subjects where they will dive deep into the study, but without spending all the time of a semester. At the beginning of the course we have chosen subjects that will develop a basic knowledge of mathematics, at a very good level, with subjects such as calculus, linear algebra and many others. In addition to learning this mathematics in a very rigorous way, the student will have subjects such as introduction to probability, introduction to data science, programming and physics. With these subjects, the student will know a little more about their area of interest and after a year they will already have an idea of what area they want to go into.”
Viana and Nissenbaum stressed that the degree was designed for students who like math and technology. The course will be based in Porto Maravalley, a technology hub developed by Rio’s city hall. As well as IMPA Tech, the site will house start-ups and technology companies. Students approved in the selection process will have student accommodation (available only to those over 18), food and financial assistance. The IMPA Tech webinar is available on IMPA’s YouTube channel. Check it out here!
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