COPPE / UFRJ

Name

COPPE / UFRJ

Legal name

Instituto Alberto Luís Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia

Website

https://coppe.ufrj.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Government Funding: As a public institute within the Brazilian federal university system (UFRJ), COPPE is primarily funded through government appropriations from the Ministry of Education (MEC) and research agencies including CAPES, CNPq, and FAPERJ. No tuition fees are charged for stricto sensu graduate programs.
2. Applied Research Contracts and Agreements: COPPE administers contracts and agreements with companies for applied research development projects, generating revenue through R&D service agreements with industry partners.
3. COPPETEC Foundation: Fundação COPPETEC serves as the foundation interface for managing research projects, partnerships, donations, and endowments with private sector and government entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

COPPE/UFRJ (Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia) is a public graduate engineering institute delivering Master's and Doctorate education across 13 stricto sensu programs spanning biomedical, civil, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, oceanic, production, transportation, metallurgical/materials, nanotechnology, systems/computer, and energy planning engineering. The institute also conducts applied research and development services with industry and government partners through the COPPETEC foundation, and operates an innovation ecosystem (Coppe-i) including a technology business incubator, social innovation platforms, and technology transfer programs.

Product overview

COPPE/UFRJ (Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia) is a graduate engineering institute offering 13 stricto sensu postgraduate programs (Engenharia Biomédica, Civil, Elétrica, Mecânica, Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Nuclear, Oceânica, Química, Nanotecnologia, Produção, Sistemas e Computação, Transportes, and Planejamento Energético) plus interdisciplinary areas, evaluated by Capes with grades ranging from 4 to 7. The portfolio also includes lato sensu continuing education courses, research laboratories (such as LabIS), and an innovation ecosystem comprising a business incubator, social innovation platforms (Rede Refugia, Droneiros Voluntários, MOB4.0), and the Coppe-i innovation hub. Administrative and IT operations are managed by CISI (IT services) and DPADI (institutional administration), while student support services include the Acolhe COPPE psychosocial center. The institute also offers outreach programs such as InSilicoNet and the Giulio Massarani Pilot School in Chemical Engineering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Coppe-i - Ecossistema de Inovação: Innovation ecosystem for technology transfer and startup incubation
• Coppe-Q - Assessoria de Gestão da Qualidade
• Embrapii-Coppe
• Incubadora de Empresas
• Acolhe COPPE
• Espaço COPPE

Products and services

• Engenharia Biomédica (Biomedical Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Biomedical Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 7 (international excellence).
• Engenharia Civil (Civil Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Civil Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 7.
• Engenharia Elétrica (Electrical Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Electrical Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 6.
• Engenharia Mecânica (Mechanical Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Mechanical Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 7.
• Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 6.
• Engenharia Nuclear (Nuclear Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Nuclear Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 6.
• Engenharia Oceânica (Oceanic Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Oceanic Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 5.
• Engenharia Química (Chemical Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Chemical Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 7.
• Engenharia de Nanotecnologia (Nanotechnology Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Nanotechnology Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 4.
• Engenharia de Produção (Production Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Production Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 5.
• Engenharia de Sistemas e Computação (Systems and Computer Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Systems and Computer Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 7.
• Engenharia de Transportes (Transportation Engineering Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Transportation Engineering for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 6.
• Planejamento Energético (Energy Planning Program) Postgraduate stricto sensu program in Energy Planning for Master's and Doctorate students, rated CAPES grade 6.
• Incubadora de Empresas da COPPE (Business Incubator) Technology business incubation services for startups and innovative enterprises emerging from COPPE's research environment, providing commercialization pathway.
• Coppe-i Ecossistema de Inovação (Innovation Ecosystem) COPPE's broader innovation ecosystem encompassing the business incubator, Embrapii-Coppe, technological business incubator for community cooperatives (ITCP), and Inova COPPE-EQ.
• Escola Piloto em Engenharia Química Prof. Giulio Massarani Continuing education program in Chemical Engineering, offering modules in advanced materials characterization techniques including FTIR, DRIFTS, RAMAN, UV-Vis, NMR, XRD, MS, TPR, GPC, thermal analysis, and biotechnology.
• LabIS – Laboratório de Informática e Sociedade Research laboratory under the Systems Engineering and Computer Science Program developing accessibility software (LibrasOffice), educational games (Damática), community banks (Mumbuca and Preventório), and offering programming courses for public school students.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 of 13 programs rated at Capes scores 5-7 (international excellence levels)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tsinghua University (China)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with one of China's leading universities. This partnership has resulted in the creation of the China-Brazil Center for Climate Change and Innovative Energy Technologies (Centro China–Brasil de Mudança Climática e Tecnologias Inovadoras para Energia).
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / PNUDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration under Project BRA/15/010 to strengthen and expand Brazil's National System for Racial Equality (Sinapir). COPPETEC Foundation was selected to deliver a government innovation laboratory through the U.Lab project.
• European Commission (LASIN Project)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLASIN - Latin American Social Innovation Network, funded by the European Commission, implemented a university-community engagement model combining curricular and extra-curricular activities, practical training, workshops and mentorship.
• Embrapii (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbrapii-Coppe is an accredited unit of Embrapii, Brazil's industrial innovation agency, enabling cooperative research projects with industry in engineering.
• Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights (MMFDH) / BrazilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to decentralize public policies on racial equality and strengthen the National System for Racial Equality (Sinapir) through the UBUNTU.lab innovation program.
• UNESCO Chair for Ocean SustainabilityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOPPE participates in UNESCO's Ocean Decade activities, integrating science, education, public policies and civil society around ocean sustainability themes.
• InSilicoNet Network (7 universities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of seven universities of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, UERJ, PUC-Rio, UFF, UFRRJ, SENAI CETIQT) and engineering professionals in Process Systems Engineering. Structured as a collaboration space for digital tools and PSE-based solutions to technological, social and environmental problems.
• Ideas de Friburgo NGOminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with Ideas de Friburgo NGO to provide physical infrastructure (space, computers, local staff) for training youngsters from public schools in Python programming and IT skills in Nova Friburgo.
• Made in Rio (Ideas for Future)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration for Hackathon IA Coppe 2026, organized by Incubadora de Empresas da Coppe/UFRJ and Made in Rio, focused on AI solutions for energy transition challenges.
• Fundação COPPETECcoreOthersFundação COPPETEC is the technology park foundation affiliated with COPPE/UFRJ, managing technology transfer, research contracts with industry, endowments, and innovation ecosystem operations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• KAIST: South Korean government-funded graduate research university specializing in science and engineering, with a similar model of public funding and industry-driven research, though operating at substantially larger scale and with a much stronger record of technology commercialization and spinout creation.
• ETH Zurich: Swiss federal institute of technology with a similar government-supported public research university model to COPPE, though operating at significantly larger scale, with broader international reach and a more established technology transfer apparatus.
• MIT School of Engineering: Globally dominant engineering school with substantially broader scope and resources than COPPE. Functions as a benchmark for research excellence and industry partnership models, though operating at a vastly different scale and with much larger commercial R&D activity.

Direct peers

• Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA): Brazilian federally-funded engineering institute offering graduate and undergraduate engineering programs with strong industry and defense connections. Comparable in mission, public funding model, and elite status to COPPE within Brazil's engineering education landscape.
• Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF): Brazilian federal research institute affiliated with MCTI that shares COPPE's public research institute model, government funding structure, and graduate-level research training mission, though focused on physical sciences rather than engineering disciplines.
• Escola Politécnica da USP: The engineering school of the University of São Paulo, one of Brazil's premier engineering institutions with comparable scale and graduate research programs across multiple engineering disciplines. Direct domestic competitor for top Brazilian engineering talent, research funding, and industry partnerships.
• UNICAMP School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC): State University of Campinas engineering school offering graduate research programs in electrical, electronics, and computing engineering with high Capes evaluation scores, directly comparable in scope and quality to COPPE's Capes 7-rated Systems and Computing Engineering program.
• Tsinghua University School of Engineering: China's leading engineering school and COPPE's international partner through the China-Brazil Center for Climate Change. Comparable in graduate engineering research depth, multidisciplinary scope, and government-backed institutional support model.

Regional players

• Universidad de Chile Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Chile's leading engineering and applied sciences faculty at a public research university, a strong regional peer with similar public-university model and graduate engineering programs in Latin America, though operating at smaller scale and with different national industry linkages.
• UNAM Faculty of Engineering: Mexico's largest engineering school at the National Autonomous University, a major Latin American peer to COPPE with comparable public-university research model and graduate engineering programs, though operating in a different national context and serving primarily Mexican industry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CoppeUFRJ
• YouTubeyoutube.com/coppeufrj
• Facebookfacebook.com/coppe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coppe-ufrj
• Instagraminstagram.com/coppeufrj

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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