The Federal Institute of Santa Catarina is an institution of higher, vocational, and middle education located in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. IFSC awards undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as professional and technical education in different areas of knowledge: life sciences, humanities, social sciences, formal sciences, physical sciences, and applied sciences. The Institute, which has several different campuses across the state of Santa Catarina, is a federally funded institution, directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education. Its main campus is in Florianópolis.