Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul information
Federal university based in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Not to be confused with UFCSPA, another federal university in the city of Porto Alegre.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(July 2015)
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Other names
UFRGS
Former names
Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (URGS)
Type
Public
Established
First school 1895, creation 1934, federalization 1950
Endowment
US$500 million (2012)
Rector
Carlos André Bulhões
Academic staff
2,867 (2014)[1]
Administrative staff
2,731 (2014)[1]
Undergraduates
30,785 (2014)[1]
Postgraduates
27,216 (2014)[1]
Doctoral students
5,575 (2014)[1]
Other students
855 (2014)[1]
Location
Porto Alegre
,
Rio Grande do Sul
,
Brazil
Campus
Urban and suburban, 371,742 m² of constructed area (2008) and 2,185 ha of total area (2008)[2]
Website
www.ufrgs.br
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul[3] (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities in Brazil,[4][5][6] having one of the largest number of scientific publications. From 2012 to 2019, the university was elected as the best federal university of Brazil.[7] UFRGS has over 31,000 undergraduate students, over 12,000 graduate students, and more than 2,600 faculty members.[8] As a Brazilian public federal institution, students do not pay tuition fees to enroll in courses offered by the university.
Among the main alumni affiliated with UFRGS, there are three former presidents of Brazil, former state governors, former members of the Supreme Federal Court, members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and important Brazilian actors, musicians and journalists.[9]
^ abcdef"UFRGS - UFRGS em números 2014" (in Portuguese).
^"UFRGS - UFRGS EM NUMEROS 2008" (in Portuguese).
^Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
^"Federais dominam o ranking das melhores universidades do Brasil" (in Portuguese).
^"Infografico - Federais dominam o ranking das melhores universidades do Brasil" (in Portuguese).
^"Ranking Inep 2006 Wikipedia" (in Portuguese).[permanent dead link]
^"62 Notable Alumni of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
and 23 Related for: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul information
Brazilian university funded by the Brazilian federal government, located in the city ofRioGrande, RioGrandedoSul, Brazil. Formally established on October...
'"Joyful Harbor"') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state ofRioGrandedoSul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the 12th-most...
university located in Santa Maria, in the state ofRioGrandedoSul, funded by the federal government of Brazil. It was founded in 1960, by Professor José...
veterinary hospital of the FederalUniversityofRioGrandedoSul. After medical treatment for her injuries, she was moved to the university's Center for Conservation...
Santana do Livramento, also spelled Sant'Ana do Livramento, is a city in the state ofRioGrandedoSul, Brazil. It is located along the border with the...
RioGrandedo Norte (UK: /ˌriːuː ˌɡrændi duː ˈnɔːrti/, US: /- ˌɡrɑːn-/, Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒ(i) du ˈnɔʁtʃi] ) is one of the states of Brazil. It...
Institute of Geosciences is a unit of instruction of the FederalUniversityofRioGrandedoSul (UFRGS). It includes the undergraduate courses of Geography...
Mato Grosso doSul (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu du ˈsuw] ) is one of Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West...
pronunciation: [kaˈnoɐs]) is a municipality in the state ofRioGrandedoSul, Brazil, forming part of the Greater Porto Alegre area. Officially declared a...
Historic and Geographic Institute ofRioGrandedoSul (Portuguese: Instituto Histórico e Geográfico doRioGrandedoSul), or IHGRGS, is a private non-profit...
in RioGrandedoSul was a large-scale and long-term project of the Brazilian government, motivated initially by the desire to populate the south of Brazil...
courses at the FederalUniversityofRioGrandedoSul faculties of philosophy, medicine and letters and trained as a translator and interpreter of foreign languages...
Global Information
