Instituto Profissional de Canossa abbreviated IPDC, was founded by the Congregation of the Canossian Sisters in Timor Leste on 10 September 2003 with a mission to contribute in the formation of human resources with character, knowledge, skill and strong and deep faith in God for the good of the nation and for the glory of God.
 
At the beginning of its operation, IPDC offered two diploma courses: Office Management and Technical Computer and Informatics for high school graduates who are interested to join the professional world. In addition to preparing individuals who are ready to work, IPDC curriculum also gives an opportunity for graduates to continue their education to a higher level.
After its first five years of operation, in 2007, the East Timorese government through the Ministry of Education initiated a process of accreditation of all higher education institutions in Timor-Leste. It took two years of preparation until finally on September 24 2009, through the Decree of Ministry of Education no. 34/GM-ME/IX/2009, IPDC was granted an accreditation for its operation with a grade of 92.88% by an international accreditation team in cooperation with the National Accreditation Bureau (ANAAA). With this new status, IPDC has successfully produced 120 young graduates with Computer and Office Management qualifications during its two periods of graduation.
With IPDC’s education delivery developing on a solid foundation, together with the growing interest of the society for expertise in the field of Computers, after a decade (2003-2013) the Canossa Foundation has addressed the challenges posed by the International team of Accreditation and upgraded the level of education delivery at IPDC to Strata 1 for the department of Technical Computer and Informatics (TCI)
The establishment of Informatics (TCI) is preceded by a feasibility study carried out by the Quality Assurance Office of IPDC and submitted to the Department of Higher Education in May 2012 and thus Department of Technical Computer and Informatics was established in January 2013 with the level of Honors / Licensure degree. The Curriculum for honors degree/Licensure degree consists of 3200 hours with 213 credit points . The Minimum Curriculum content is therefore 2400 hours, which is equal to 160 credits for Bachelor degree. The construction of the Curriculum is based on the standards set by the Ministry of  Education, and combined with the needs of Information Technology of both the national and international scale. A Survey study covering both national and international curriculums of  Technical Computer and Informatics has been used to design the Curriculum of TCI at IPDC. The curriculum represents the benchmark requirements for the level of qualification in the core concentration and electives.