The IME is an educational institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DCT) responsible, within the scope of the Brazilian Army, for higher education in Engineering and basic research. It offers undergraduate, graduate and university extension courses for military personnel and civilians. It is part of the Army Science and Technology System, cooperating with other agencies through the provision of services and the execution of technical and scientific activities. The Institute also cooperates, through teaching and research, for the scientific and technological development of the country.

The Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME), through the national contract between CAPES and IEEE has an unlimited open access agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish articles as open access without open access fees in all IEEE fully and hybrid open access journals. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between 5 November 2024 – 30 October 2027. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME). Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submi​​ssion. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an OA administrator at CAPES. Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.