The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo - IFSP - is a federal teaching autarchy.

Founded in 1909 as the School of Apprentice Crafts, it is recognized by the São Paulo society for its excellence in free quality public education.

During its history, it also received the names of Federal Technical School of São Paulo and Federal Center of Technological Education of São Paulo. With the transformation in the Institute, in December 2008, it became of university relevance, standing out for its autonomy.

With the change, the Federal Institute of São Paulo began to allocate 50% of the vacancies for technical courses and at least 20% of the vacancies for undergraduate courses, especially in the areas of Science and Mathematics. In addition, it will continue offering initial and continuing training courses, technologies, engineering and postgraduate courses.

In addition to face-to-face courses, the Federal Institute of São Paulo offers the Technical courses in Administration and Computer Science for the Internet and, as of 2012, the Superior of Teacher Training in Distance Learning (EaD).

The IFSP is organized in several campuses and has more than 40 thousand students enrolled in the 36 units distributed in the state of São Paulo.