The Federal University of Goiás ( pt, Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG) is a
publicly funded university located in the
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian state of
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...
, headed in
Goiânia
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...
and with
campuses in the municipalities of
Catalão
Catalão () is a city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory.
Demographics
*Population density: 17.85 inhab ...
,
City of Goiás, and
Jataí
Jataí is a municipality in southern Goiás state, Brazil. Its population was 103,221 (2021) in a total area of . Jataí is a major producer of agricultural products, including soybeans, rice, and corn. It has the largest herd of cattle in the ...
.
Founded on December 14, 1960, after the merger of previously existing colleges, UFG is the only
federally funded institution of higher education in the state, the richest and most populous in the
Central-West Region of Brazil. The activities of the university involves 28,899 students in 150 undergraduate courses.
According to the
National Institute of Studies and Research on Education, linked to the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
, UFG is the second best university in the Central-West Region, behind only
University of Brasília
The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...
.
The university administers the
Professor José Ângelo Rizzo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1969 in the municipality of
Mossâmedes
Mossâmedes is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mossâmedes is located northwest of the state capital, Goiânia in the Anicuns Microregion. It is connected by paved roads with Itaberaí to the north and Anicuns to the sou ...
.
Undergraduate courses
See also
References
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Education in Goiás
1960 establishments in Brazil
Educational institutions established in 1960
Federal universities of Brazil