The Federal University of the São Francisco Valley ( pt, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, UNIVASF) is a
publicly funded university serving the
São Francisco Valley in the states of
Pernambuco,
Bahia and
Piauí
Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...
in Brazil. It is headquartered in
Petrolina and has
campus
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es in the municipalities of
Juazeiro,
Senhor do Bonfim
Senhor do Bonfim is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Bahia in the Nordeste, North-East region of Brazil.
Esporte Clube Ipitanga da Bahia, EC Ipatinga de Bahia is the local association football team.
Refer ...
, and
Paulo Afonso, Bahia;
Petrolina, and
Salgueiro
Salgueiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of ''Sertão Pernambucano'' . Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants.
It is the see city of the R ...
Pernambuco; and
São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí. In 2019, the university enrolled a total of 6,211 students across all campuses in 31 programs of study.
In 2019, ''
Folha de São Paulo'' ranked UNIVASF 106th nationally, with its
animal science program ranked in the top 25.
History
The university was created with a federal law passed on June 27, 2002, with a mandate to operate across state lines in the historically under-developed semi-arid ''
Sertão'' of Brazil's
northeast
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. It began operations in 2004. From 2015, its medical school was affiliated with a
teaching hospital in Petrolina: the ''Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.''
See also
*
List of federal universities of Brazil
References
External links
*
Vale do Sao Francisco, Universidade Federal
Universities and colleges in Pernambuco
Universities and colleges in Bahia
Universities and colleges in Piauí
Educational institutions established in 2002
2002 establishments in Brazil
Petrolina
Paulo Afonso
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