The Department of Industrial Engineering (DEI) at PUC-Rio offers excellent teaching (undergraduate and graduate), research and extension activities, resulting in the training of Engineers and researchers with successful careers in Industry and Academia, publications of the highest impact on qualified national and international scientific journals, and successful partnerships with the Society.

The Scientific Technical Center (CTC) has a teaching staff of approximately 200 professors working continuously, with doctorates obtained in the best institutions in the country and the world. Interactions with the market take place through consultancy and the provision of highly specialized services, for the development of products and processes, and by training or improving human resources.