Estácio Speciality : Computer Science
programme: Engineering of Computing Systems

I studied at Estácio and honestly, I didn’t like the experience. As an online student, I often felt left on my own. It felt like there wasn’t much support from the professors, and when I needed guidance, things were not always clear.

The course could be better organized too. Sometimes it was confusing to know what to study, what was important, or even how some activities worked. For a distance learning course, I expected more structure and better communication.

What bothered me the most was feeling like online students were not really taken seriously. Studying online already requires more discipline, so having poor support only makes everything harder.

Overall, I expected more from Estácio. It wasn’t the worst thing ever, but it definitely could be much better.

As an engineering student, I wish the course were better. Some subjects have excellent professors, but suddenly it changes to one, then another, and you get confused by each professor’s teaching method.
Also, they don’t value distance learning students. The service is poor; I try to talk about events on that platform that brings people together online to watch a lecture, and they see the message but don’t respond.
The rule for AAC (Academic Complementary Activities) is terrible, since only 40 hours can be done off-campus; the rest has to be at Estácio itself. But my campus doesn’t consider distance learning students and doesn’t even accept donations like larger campuses do.
On exam day, they don’t give the students proper guidance.
Also, what they teach in the review sessions isn’t necessarily what’s on the actual exam.
In short, there’s a lot of room for improvement. The campus location has a good concept, but it’s terrible to get there and find public and private transportation; there’s practically nothing around. It’s a huge building, but the air conditioning and lights are off.