The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro ( or UFTM) is a public university located in the city of

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, formerly FMTM (Faculty of Medicine of the Triângulo Mineiro) and transformed into a

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in 2005 by a federal government decree. The courses currently taught are:

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, Field Education,

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, Food Engineering,

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Introduction

The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro is a Federal Institution of Higher Education. It was founded on May 27, 1953, under the name of Triângulo Mineiro Medical School. Following the success and national and international recognition in the training of physicians, the FMTM served as the basis for the creation of

and

Biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

courses and later in the creation of UFTM. It has its headquarters in Rua Frei Paulino nº 30, Abadia neighborhood, in Uberaba. The UFTM has a total area of 108,889.41m² (own properties), 27,494.44m² of the Hospital of Clinics of UFTM.Hospital of Clinics of UFTM
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and today it sees its area of influence extended, extending to the interior of

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and

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul ( ) is one of Federative units of Brazil, Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso (to the north), Goiás and ...

. The teaching provided by UFTM has been recognized as quality due to its scientific maturation, the progressive qualification of its faculty, investments in research and extension activities aimed at meeting the needs and aspirations of the local community and the region. There has always been a growing interest in UFTM to carry out the indissociability of teaching, research and extension, and in its 50 years of existence the UFTM has been outstanding in the research area, with its concerns aimed at solving local and regional problems. In this sense, it has dedicated special attention to

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Schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever is a neglected tropical helminthiasis, disease caused by parasitism, parasitic Schistosoma, flatworms called schistosomes. It affects both humans and animals. It affects ...

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and other common tropical diseases in the region.

Brief history of UFTM

Traditional in the health study, the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, former Faculty of Medicine of Triângulo Mineiro, was founded in 1953, obtaining authorization for the operation of the

Medical Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

Course from 1954. Since its foundation, it has developed in the aspects quantitative and qualitative, creating and operating, as of 1989, the Undergraduate

, and from 2000 the Graduate Course in

Biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

, baccalaureate. In 2006, the Undergraduate Courses in

and Licentiate in Portuguese /

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and Portuguese /

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were implemented. In 2009, undergraduate courses in

were implemented. In 2010, undergraduate courses in

, Food Engineering,

and

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

were implemented. The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro offers, at the Lato Sensu Postgraduate level, nineteen Medical Residency Programs in various specialties and two Specialization courses. At the undergraduate level Strito Sensu, he created in 1987 the

Postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

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in Human Pathology and now offers

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and

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(with 05 areas of concentration) and in

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and Infectology (with 02 areas of concentration). Since 1987, it has been offered the Course of Perfection in

with 10 vacancies annually, where students from all over

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are received. Due to the high demand and seeking to materialize its proposal to expand teaching activities in the health area, in 1990 the UFTM obtained authorization to create the Cefores - Special Health Training Center, with the objective of training technicians to work in the currently offering five technical courses.

Chronological facts

1953 - Foundation - authorization to operate the Undergraduate Medical Course 1960 - Federalization 1972 - Official start of '' lato sensu '' 1980 - Official Home of the Medical Residence 1982 - Inauguration of Teaching Hospital 1987 - Beginning of the ''stricto sensu'' 1989 - Creation of the Undergraduate Nursing Course 1990 - Implementation of CEFORES, Special Health Training Center 1999 - Creation of the Undergraduate Course in Biomedicine 2005 - Transformation at Federal University of the Triângulo Mineiro 2006 - Implantation of five new courses (Graduation in Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy and Degree in Linguistics - Portuguese / Spanish and Portuguese / English) 2008 - Implementation of the Psychology Undergraduate course 2009 - Implementation of eight new courses (Undergraduate in Physical Education, Social Service and Licentiates in Biological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Geography and History) 2010 - Implantation of seven new courses (Undergraduate in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering) 2012 - Implementation of the Interdisciplinary Field Education Course

Courses offered

UFTM offers undergraduate, postgraduate and stricto sensu courses (Medical Residency, Multiprofessional Health Residency, Academic Master's, Master's and Doctorate), technical and vocational courses, organizes various events. UFTM libraries are available for book lending for the entire UFTM internal community and the external community (up to 15 users of the external community simultaneously). GRADUATION - CAMPI UBERABA The UFTM made available in 2012, 1,354 places in the 25 undergraduate courses: *

Biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

- Bachelor's Degree * Field Education - Bachelor's Degree *

- Bachelor *

Environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...

* Food Engineering *

Production engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufac ...

Electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

- Bachelor *

- Degree *

- Hab. Portuguese English *

- Hab. Portuguese Spanish *

- Bachelor *

- Bachelor's degree *

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GRADUATION - CAMPUS ITURAMA *

- Bachelor's Degree *

- Bachelor's degree

Campus

Currently UFTM counts on campuses in the cities of Uberaba and Iturama, both in the Triângulo Mineiro. In Uberaba: Educational Center of UFTM - CE, Educational and Administrative Center of UFTM - CEA, Campus I Manoel Terra, Unit I Univerdecidade, Unit II Univerdecidade, Unit III Univerdecidade, Hospital of Clinics of UFTM - HC (Teaching Hospital), Scientific Center and Cultural Center of the Peirópolis neighborhood - CCCP and educational unit in the Shopping Center Urbano Salomão, besides several laboratories, projects, annex buildings and cinema outside the campuses. In Iturama: Iturama University Campus.

Educational Center - CE / UFTM

The CE / UFTM, located at Av. Getúlio Guaritá, 159, Abadia, Uberaba - MG, has classrooms and laboratories. Two more buildings are being built in annex, in which they will be housed, as well as classrooms and laboratories, university restaurant, cafeteria, amphitheater, departmental and institutional coordinations and academic directories. The Pro-Rector's Office for Community and Student Affairs at UFTM - ProACE / UFTM is on the 2nd floor of CE / UFTM.

Educational and Administrative Center - CEA / UTFM

The CEA / UFTM, located at Av. Frei Paulino, 30, Abadia, Uberaba - MG, houses the university rectory and the Pro-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies - PROPPG / UFTM, Proext / UFTM University Extension, Teaching - Proens / UFTM, Administration - Proad / UFTM and Planning - Proplan / UFTM. The administrative complex houses two amphitheatres, a hall for solemnities and the central university library.

Campus I - Manoel Terra

Campus I, located at Praça Manoel Terra, s / n, Centro, Uberaba - MG, is the first UFTM building. Headquarters of the former FMTM, the building was until 1952 a chain, when in 1953 was transformed into the Medical School of Triângulo Mineiro. The campus has classrooms, laboratories and morgues. In it is housed the secretariat of the Vocational Training Center - Cefores / UFTM, the technical school of the university, which has technical courses in Clinical Analysis, Nursing, Pharmacy, Computer Science, Nutrition, Radiology, Oral Health and Occupational Safety, besides offering also the popular cursinho.

Peirópolis Scientific-Cultural Complex - CCCP / UTFM

The CCCP / UFTM is a rural academic unit that houses laboratories and museums related to the exploitation of fossils at the excavation site in the Peirópolis neighborhood, the largest in Latin America. Located at Rua Estanilau Collenghi, 194, Peirópolis, Uberaba - MG, the Complex is open for visitation and for sightseeing and school trips. The neighborhood has a complete infrastructure for reception of visitors and researchers and is connected to the urban area by means of a collective transport line to the Eastern Terminal (line I58 - Ponte Alta).

Univerdecidade Units

The units in the Univerdecidade neighborhood (Avenida Dr. Randolfo Borges Júnior, 1250 and 1400, Uberaba - MG) are home to twelve UFTM undergraduate courses. Forming a university city, the three building complexes have classrooms, laboratories, a library, an amphitheater, a cafeteria, a university restaurant and two internal public transportation lines, which directly connect the UFTM to the Western Terminal (line F15 - Distrito Industrial II and line F17 - UFTM).

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Introduction

Brief history of UFTM

Chronological facts

Courses offered

Campus

Educational Center - CE / UFTM

Educational and Administrative Center - CEA / UTFM

Campus I - Manoel Terra

Peirópolis Scientific-Cultural Complex - CCCP / UTFM

Univerdecidade Units

See also

References

External links