The Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) was created by Law No. 11,892, of December 29, 2008 by transformation of the then Federal Center for Technological Education of Chemistry in Nilópolis (CEFETQ). In the same legal provision, the Colégio Agrícola Nilo Peçanha (CANP-UFF) was incorporated into the new institution, becoming a campus.

IFRJ is multi-disciplinary and multicampus of Basic and Higher Education, specialized in offering professional and technological education in different modalities, in research, innovation and extension, enjoying university autonomy.