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The Pernambuco Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology is a Brazilian institution of higher education located in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Its rectory is headquartered in Recife, Pernambuco. The IFPE is one of the oldest and most traditional among the Federal Institutes, it has 9 campuses and offers Technical, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as researches and scientific production.HistoryThe IFPE was founded on 23 September 1909, making it the oldest federal institute in Brazil. It has already been given numerous names, such as: Escola de Artifícies do Recife(1909), Liceu Industrial, Escola Técnica do Recife e Escola Técnica Federal de Pernambuco(ETFPE). Most of those names were related to its mission in the past: Give to Pernambuco people an industrial education with high standards.The IFPE has been hosted in 4 different locations until now, they were: The Mercado Delmiro Gouveia, in the Derby Neighborhood(1910-1923), then it moved to The Ginásio Pernambucano School, and finally it moved back to Derby. In 1975, the IFPE suffered its biggest disaster, at that time a huge flooding hit Recife, specially at Derby Neighborhood, since the IFPE was hosted on the banks of the Capibaribe River it was very affected. After this, on 17 January 1983, the school decided to move to a new and today's location, at the Cidade Universitária neighborhood.This new place is located in the most educational neighborhood in Recife, there is hosted the Federal University of Pernambuco(UFPE), the Pernambuco Federal Institute of Technology(ITEP), the Regional Center of Nuclear Science(CRCN), the Superintendência de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste(Sudene), and the Recife Military School(CMR). Its structure was considered a model for all the technical schools of that time.