Academic calendar
2026.2 runs Aug 6, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- 2026.2Relevant now
Campus language
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Showing 11 of 11 terms
A
- Alojamento
- The on-campus student housing available at specific rural or vocational campuses like Ipanguaçu or Currais Novos for students from other regions.
C
- COEP
- Coordenação de Estágios e Práticas Profissionais; the office that handles internships and professional placement.
D
- DIGAE
- Diretoria de Gestão de Atividades Estudantis; the office responsible for student welfare, scholarships, and psychological support.
- DP
- Dependência; the status of having failed a subject and needing to retake it while progressing to the next year.
F
- Federal
- How students often refer to the school in general conversation (e.g., 'I study at the Federal').
- Ficha
- The meal voucher or credit used to pay for meals at the Refeitório, often managed via the student ID or SUAP.
G
- Grêmio
- The Student Union representing high school/technical students in campus politics and events.
I
- Iferiano
- A student of IFRN; used with a sense of pride and community identity.
P
- Pular o muro
- Literally 'jumping the wall'; slang for leaving the campus without authorization, often joked about due to the institute's strict attendance rules for minors.
R
- Refeitório
- The main campus cafeteria where students eat lunch and dinner.
S
- SUAP
- Sistema Unificado de Administração Pública; the essential online portal for grades, attendance, and all administrative requests.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Carteirinha
- The student ID card required for campus entry, library loans, and discounted bus fares (Passe Livre).
- CNAT
- The common abbreviation for the Natal-Central campus, the largest and oldest campus in the system.
- DIAC
- The Academic Directorate of Sciences building/department.
- DIAREN
- The Academic Directorate of Natural Resources building/department.
- DIATINF
- The Academic Directorate of Information Technology building/department at the Natal-Central campus.
- Hora-aula
- The 45 or 50-minute class period used to calculate the total workload and attendance percentages.
- Intercampi
- The shuttle bus service that occasionally runs between different campuses for administrative or academic events.
- Miniauditório
- Smaller lecture halls used for specific department presentations or smaller events.
- Q-Acadêmico
- The legacy academic system that was replaced by SUAP, sometimes still mentioned by older students or staff.
- refeit_rio_campus_ipangua_u
- Refeitório Campus Ipanguaçu
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- 2026.2 runs Aug 6, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 11 approved campus terms and 10 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.