IFBAIANO

What IFBAIANO does

IFBAIANO (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano) is a Brazilian federal public educational institution headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, and operating multiple campuses across the state of Bahia, including Campus Catu, the entity referenced in the provided URL. It delivers free technical, undergraduate, graduate, and master's-level education in agriculture, food science, chemistry, IT, surveying, oil & gas, gastronomy, and pedagogical disciplines, and is operated under the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) as part of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific, and Technological Education institutions. The institution's business model is non-commercial: it is funded by federal appropriations, charges no tuition, and distributes services through in-person campus instruction plus a growing Distance Learning (EaD) portfolio, recruiting students through SiSU, dedicated admission portals (ingresso.ifbaiano.edu.br), public notices (editais), and institutional social media.

The institution does not disclose proprietary technology and reports 272 employees. Its product surface comprises integrated high-school technical programs (Agropecuária, Alimentos, Química), subsequent technical courses (Agrimensura, Agropecuária, Petróleo e Gás, Gastronomia EJA), EaD technical tracks (Vendas, Secretaria Escolar, Multimeios Didáticos, Informática, Redes de Computadores), undergraduate degrees (Licenciatura em Química, Tecnologia em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas, Tecnologia em Gastronomia), postgraduate specializations, and the professional master's program ProfEPT. Layered support programs include NAPNE (special-needs inclusion), NEABI (Afro-Brazilian and indigenous studies), CELIN (language center), and Empresas Juniores (junior enterprises). No app, API, AI/ML capabilities, funding rounds, mergers, or private ownership are disclosed in the available data; the entity operates as a government state entity under MEC control.

Name

IFBAIANO

Legal name

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano

Website

https://catu.ifbaiano.edu.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

IFBAIANO is a Brazilian federal public educational institution headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, delivering free technical, undergraduate, graduate, and master's-level education across multiple campuses in Bahia, including Campus Catu, funded by the Ministry of Education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Higher Education

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

Keywords

• Public technical education
• Vocational training programs
• Higher education institution
• Distance learning courses
• Professional graduate programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Salvador

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IFBAIANO is a Brazilian federal public educational institution that delivers free technical, undergraduate, graduate, and master's-level education across multiple campuses in Bahia. It offers integrated technical high school programs, subsequent technical courses, undergraduate degrees (licentiate and technology), postgraduate specializations, and a professional master's program, supplemented by distance learning (EaD) courses and student support programs.

Product overview

IFBAIANO (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano) is a Brazilian federal educational institution comprising multiple campuses, with Campus Catu being one of them. The institution offers a comprehensive portfolio of educational products and services organized across multiple levels: (1) Technical High School Programs (Cursos Técnicos Integrados ao Ensino Médio) in areas such as Agropecuária, Alimentos, and Química; (2) Subsequent Technical Courses (Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes) in Agrimensura, Agropecuária, and Petróleo e Gás; (3) Distance Learning Technical Programs (EaD) including Vendas, Secretaria Escolar, Multimeios Didáticos, Informática, and Redes de Computadores; (4) Undergraduate Degrees (Graduação) including Licenciatura em Química, Tecnologia em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas, and Tecnologia em Gastronomia; (5) Postgraduate Programs (Pós-Graduação) including specializations in scientific education and collaborative learning, plus a Professional Master's in ProfEPT; (6) Support programs including NAPNE (accessibility), NEABI (ethnic studies), CELIN (language center), and Junior Enterprises. The institution also offers a unified educational platform through its portal, student admission systems (SiSU), and certification services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cursos Técnicos Integrados ao Ensino Médio - Agropecuária
• Cursos Técnicos Integrados ao Ensino Médio - Alimentos
• Cursos Técnicos Integrados ao Ensino Médio - Química
• Curso Técnico Integrado EJA - Gastronomia
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes - Agrimensura
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes - Agropecuária
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes - Petróleo e Gás
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes EaD - Vendas
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes EaD - Secretaria Escolar
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes EaD - Multimeios Didáticos
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes EaD - Informática
• Cursos Técnicos Subsequentes EaD - Redes de Computadores
• Graduação - Licenciatura em Química
• Graduação - Tecnologia em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas
• Graduação - Tecnologia em Gastronomia
• Especialização em Educação Científica e Popularização das Ciências
• Especialização em Práticas Educativas para Aprendizagem Colaborativa (CEPEAC)
• Mestrado Profissional em Educação Profissional e Tecnológica - ProfEPT

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IFRN (Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte): Federal Institute in Rio Grande do Norte with a comparable multi-campus, multi-level program portfolio. Useful peer for benchmarking operational scale and program expansion across the Rede Federal.
• IFMG (Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais): Larger Federal Institute in Minas Gerais with a multi-campus, multi-program structure similar to IFBAIANO. Useful peer for scale and program-diversification benchmarking across the Rede Federal network.
• IFCE (Instituto Federal do Ceará): Federal Institute in neighboring Ceará state within the same Rede Federal, offering analogous technical and higher-education programs. Comparable in governance, funding structure, and program portfolio, providing a regional benchmark for institutional performance.
• IFBA (Instituto Federal da Bahia): Another Federal Institute operating in Bahia state, offering similar technical, undergraduate, and graduate programs through multiple campuses. Direct comparator because both share the same federal network mandate, funding structure, and competitive draw for the same student base in Bahia.

Broad incumbents

• SENAI (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial): Brazil's largest private technical education network, funded by the manufacturing sector. Competes for the same technical-student pool, with a stronger industry link but narrower program portfolio and a non-public funding model.
• SENAC (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial): National commercial-sector education network offering technical courses in Vendas, Secretaria, and Informática — overlapping course-by-course with several of IFBAIANO's EaD offerings. Non-public but operates at national scale with employer-aligned programs.
• CEFET-MG: Centros Federais de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, a traditional federal technical-education institution predating the Federal Institutes network. Comparable in technical education focus but historically more engineering-focused and academically established.

Regional players

• UFRB (Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia): Federal university with multiple campuses across Bahia including Cruz das Almas, Valença, and Santo Antônio de Jesus. Overlaps with IFBAIANO on regional recruitment and higher-education enrollment in Bahia, though more academic than technical in orientation.
• FATEC (Faculdade de Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo): State of São Paulo's public technology-faculty network offering free higher-education technology courses. Comparable in offering free public technical higher education, though territorially focused on São Paulo rather than competing directly in Bahia.
• UNEB (Universidade do Estado da Bahia): State-level public university with broad multi-campus presence in Bahia. Competes for undergraduate and graduate students in the same regional geography, offering a broader but less technically focused curriculum.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IFBaianoOficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/ifbaianooficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/IFBaiano.Oficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/ifbaiano
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ifbaiano

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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