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universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

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 ...

, divided by states. Across the country there are more than 2,368 Brazilian schools (public and private) recognized by the MEC (Ministry of Education).

Acre

* Faculdade da Amazônia Ocidental (FAAO) * (FADISI) * Faculdade Meta *

Federal University of Acre The Federal University of Acre ( pt, Universidade Federal do Acre, UFAC) is a Brazilian university with headquarters in Rio Branco, Acre. The university was founded as a law school in 1964, was reorganized as a university in 1971, and was federa ...

(UFAC) * Instituto Federal do Acre (IFAC) * União Educacional do Norte (UNINORTE)

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

Federal University of Alagoas Located in the city of Maceió, the Federal University of Alagoas ( pt, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL or Ufal) is the major university in coastal state Alagoas and one of the main research centers in Brazilian north eastern region (one o ...

(UFAL) * (UNEAL) * (UNCISAL)

Amapá

* Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP) * (UEAP)

Amazonas

Amazonas State University The Amazonas State University ( pt, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, UEA) is a Brazilian public university operated by the state of Amazonas, located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It was established in 2001 by a state law that turned the Univer ...

(UEA) *

Federal University of Amazonas The Federal University of Amazonas ( pt, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, UFAM) is a public university located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It is the oldest university in Brazil and one of the largest universities in the northern region of Br ...

(UFAM) *

National Institute of Amazonian Research The National Institute of Amazonian Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia or INPA) is a public educational and research institution headquartered in Manaus, Brazil. It was founded in 1952, with the purpose of furthering scientific ...

(INPA)

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

* Bahia State University (UNEB) * Catholic University of Salvador (UCSal) * Federal Institute Baiano (IFBAIANO) *

Federal Institute of Bahia The Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia (IFBA) (Bahia Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology) is an institution that offers high and professional educations by having a pluricurricular form. It is a mu ...

(IFBA) *

Federal University of Bahia The Federal University of Bahia ( pt, Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA) is a public university located mainly in the city of Salvador. It is the largest university in the state of Bahia and one of Brazil's most prestigious educational institu ...

(UFBA) *

Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia The Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia ( pt, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, UFRB) is a Brazilian university, with its main campus at Cruz das Almas, Bahia.

(UFRB) *

Federal University of Southern Bahia The Federal University of Southern Bahia ( pt, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, UFSB) is a public institution of higher education in Brazil. UFSB was created by law 12.818/2013, signed by the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana ...

(UFOBA) *

Federal University of Western Bahia The Federal University of Western Bahia ( pt, Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, UFOB) is a public university located in the cities of Barreiras, Barra, Bom Jesus da Lapa, Santa Maria da Vitória and Luiz Eduardo Magalhães, Brazil. E ...

(UFESBA) *

State University of Feira de Santana The State University of Feira de Santana ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, UEFS) is a public institution of higher education in Brazil, based in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. Until the 1990s, was also the only university in t ...

(UEFS) *

State University of Santa Cruz The State University of Santa Cruz ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, UESC) is a public institution of higher education in Brazil, based in the city of Ilhéus, Bahia. Until the 1990s, it was the only university in the city. As of 2020, the ...

(UESC) *

State University of Southwestern Bahia State University of Southwestern Bahia ( pt, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, UESB) was founded in 1980 in the city of Vitória da Conquista, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Today it has three campuses, located in the cities of Vitória ...

(UESB) *

Universidade Salvador Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS) is a university in the city of Salvador, state of Bahia in the northeast of Brazil. It was founded on 1972 as "Escola de Administração de Empresas da Bahia" (Business school of Bahia), later changed to FACS (Facul ...

(UNIFACS)

Ceará

* Ceará State University (UECE) *

Federal University of Ceará The Federal University of Ceará ( pt, Universidade Federal do Ceará, UFC) is a federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Barbalha, Russas, Quixadá and Crateús, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. UFC is a public ...

(UFCE) * State University of Vale do Acaraú (Uva) * (UniFor) * (URCA) * University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB)

Distrito Federal A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they ...

Catholic University of Brasília Catholic University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade Católica de Brasília, UCB) is a private, non-profit, Roman Catholic university located in Taguatinga, in the Federal District, in Brazil. As the only private university in the Federal Distric ...

(UCB) *

Centro Universitário de Brasília The University Center of Brasília ( pt, Centro Universitário de Brasília, UNICEUB) is a private university located in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It is third largest University in Brasília. To join the university they must pass a bian ...

(UniCEUB) * (UniDF) * (UNIEURO) *

Federal Institute of Brasília The Federal Institute of Brasília (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Instituto Federal de Brasília'', IFB), or in full: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Brasília (Portuguese: ''Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciênci ...

(IFB) * Instituto Científico de Ensino Superior e Pesquisa (UNICESP) * (IESB) * (UniP) *

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 ...

(UnB)

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

Federal University of Espírito Santo The Federal University of Espírito Santo ( pt, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, ''Ufes'') is a federal university with headquarters in the city of Vitória, capital of Espírito Santo state, in Brazil. It is the largest and most importa ...

(UFES) * (IFES) * Universidade Vila Velha (UVV)

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 ...

Federal University of Goiás The Federal University of Goiás ( pt, Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG) is a public education, publicly funded university located in the Brazilian state of Goiás, headed in Goiânia and with campuses in the municipalities of Catalão, Goiás, ...

(UFG) * Goiás State University (UEG) *

Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás The Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, PUC-Goiás) is a private and non-profit Pontifical catholic university, located in Goiânia (headquarters) and Ipameri, is the first university of the ...

(PUC-GO) * * (UniP) * (UNIVERSO)

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

Federal University of Maranhão The Federal University of Maranhão ( pt, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, UFMA) is a federal university in the northeastern state of Maranhão, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), ...

(UFMA) * Logos Institute of Theology * Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco (UNDB) * (UNICEUMA) *

Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA, English: ''State University of Maranhão'') is a public state university in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It was founded on March 25, 1987, and is based in São Luís. In addition to the Universidade ...

(UEMA)

Mato Grosso

* Federal Institute of Mato Grosso (IFMT) *

Federal University of Mato Grosso The Federal University of Mato Grosso ( pt, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, UFMT) is a public university in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Responsible for serving the entire state, its main campus is in the capital city of Cuiabá. Small ...

(UFMT) *

La Salle College of Lucas do Rio Verde The La Salle College of Lucas do Rio Verde ( pt, Faculdade La Salle de Lucas do Rio Verde) is a Brazilian private college located to the north of Mato Grosso in Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative ...

Mato Grosso State University The Mato Grosso State University ( pt, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, ''Unemat'') is a public university in the States of Brazil, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It was created in 1978 and it is funded by the State Government of the Mato Gr ...

(Unemat)

Mato Grosso do Sul

Anhanguera-Uniderp University The Anhanguera-Uniderp University is a private university in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil established in 1974 and controlled by the private educational group Anhanguera Educacional, Anhanguera. References

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(UNIDERP) *

Dom Bosco Catholic University The Dom Bosco Catholic University ( pt, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, UCDB) is a private, non-profit Catholic university, located in Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Su ...

(UCDB) *

Federal University of Grande Dourados The Federal University of Grande Dourados ( pt, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, UFGD) is a Brazilian public institution which is located in the city of Dourados, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. External links

* Federal ...

(UFGD) *

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, UFMS), is a public university located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. It has, in addition to the main campus in Campo Grande (the Stat ...

(UFMS) *

Mato Grosso do Sul State University The Mato Grosso do Sul State University ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, UEMS) is a public university in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It has 15 campuses all over the state, and its rectory is located in the city of Do ...

(UEMS)

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

* (UNEC) *

Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais The Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais ( pt, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, CEFET-MG) is an education center located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is a technological institution that ...

(CEFET-MG) * Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG) * Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL) *

Federal University of Itajubá The Federal University of Itajubá ( pt, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, UNIFEI; formerly known as the ', EFEI), is a federal university located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is considered the first technological university and one o ...

(UNIFEI) *

Federal University of Juiz de Fora The Federal University of Juiz de Fora ( pt, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF) is a public research university in Brazil. Throughout its over 50 years of existence, the university has undergone significant growth, strengthening the qual ...

(UFJF) *

Federal University of Lavras The Federal University of Lavras ( pt, Universidade Federal de Lavras, UFLA) is a Brazilian university with headquarters in Lavras, Minas Gerais. The university was founded as an agricultural school by Dr. Samuel Rhea Gammon in 1908. Total enro ...

(UFLA) *

Federal University of Minas Gerais The Federal University of Minas Gerais ( pt, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG) is a federalIn the Brazilian Higher Education context, ''Federal'' does not mean ''collegiate'' (even though most Federal Universities in Brazil enjoy a sim ...

(UFMG) * Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) *

Federal University of São João del-Rei The Federal University of São João del-Rei ( pt, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, UFSJ) is a Brazilian university in the city of São João del-Rei in the state of Minas Gerais. It has other campuses in the cities of Ouro Branco, Di ...

(UFSJ) *

Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro ( pt, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro or UFTM) is a public university located in the city of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formerly FMTM (Faculty of Medicine of the Triângulo Mineiro) and ...

(UFTM) * Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) *

Federal University of Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri The Federal University of Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri ( pt, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, UFVJM) is a public university in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, established on September 30, 1953, as the Faculdade de Odontologi ...

(UFVJM) *

Federal University of Viçosa The Federal University of Viçosa (UFV; pt, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, spelled with a c-cedilla) is a Federal University with the main campus located in the city of Viçosa, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The university began as the Highe ...

(UFV) *

FUMEC University Universidade FUMEC (Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura, FUMEC University) is a private and non-profit Brazilian university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. With its 50th anniversary coming FUMEC is part of the group of best unive ...

(FUMEC) *

Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais The Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais ( pt, Escola Guignard) is a university of fine arts in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. It was founded on 28 February 1944 by the Brazilian painter Alberto da Veiga Guignard (1896-1962) on request ...

Inatel Inatel is short for Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, the National Institute of Communications of Brazil. The Institute is located on a 75,000 m2 campus in Santa Rita do Sapucaí in southern Minas Gerais. Founded in 1965, it specia ...

* (IFET-JF) *

Minas Gerais State University The State University of Minas Gerais. ( pt, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, UEMG) is a Brazilian public university. It is the third largest university in the state of Minas Gerais, second only to the Federal University of Minas Gerais a ...

(UEMG) *

Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, PUC-MG) is a private and non-profit Brazilian Catholic university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and ...

(PUC-Minas) * State University of Montes Claros (Unimontes) *

University Center of Belo Horizonte The University Center of Belo Horizonte (UniBH) ( pt, Centro Universitário de belo Horizonte) is a university located in the city of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It is considered the best university center of the city ...

(UniBH) * University of Itaúna (UIT)

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...

* (CESUPA) * (FABEL) * Federal Institute of Pará (IFPA) * Federal Rural University of Amazonia (UFRA) *

Federal University of Pará The Federal University of Pará ( pt, Universidade Federal do Pará, UFPA) is one of the three public universities maintained by the Brazilian federal government in the state of Pará. It was ranked as the 15th largest Brazilian university in ...

(UFPA) *

Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará The Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará ( pt, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, UNIFESSPA) is a multi-campus public university, based in the city of Marabá, with campuses in Santana do Araguaia, São Félix do Xi ...

(UNIFESSPA) * Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA) *

Lutheran University of Brazil The Lutheran University of Brazil (Portuguese: or ULBRA) is a university which covers several states throughout Brazil. History The university has its roots in the parish school of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Canoas (CELSP), in Canoas, Rio ...

(ULBRA) *

Pará State University Pará State University ( pt, Universidade do Estado do Pará, UEPA) is the only public university maintained by the state government of Pará, Brazil. The university has over 14,000 students enrolled in its 57 courses, from which 23 are undergrad ...

(UEPA) *

Universidade da Amazônia The Universidade da Amazônia (English: ''University of Amazon''; often abbreviated as UNAMA) is a Catholic, private university in the Brazilian state of Pará. Established in 1993, it was the first private university in the North of Brazil. ...

(UNAMA) * (UNIP-PA)

Paraíba

* Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) *

Federal University of Paraíba Federal University of Paraíba ( pt, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, UFPB) is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Along with Federal University of Campina Grande, they're the main ...

(UFPB) * Paraíba State University (UEPB)

Paraná

* (UniFil) * (UNINTER) * Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR) *

Federal University for Latin American Integration The Federal University for Latin American Integration ( pt, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-americana, UNILA) is a public university located in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, at the tri-national border shared by Braz ...

(UNILA) *

Federal University of Paraná The Federal University of Paraná ( pt, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR) is a public university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. UFPR is considered to be one of the oldest universities in Brazil. UFPR ranks as 37th best univers ...

(UFPR) *

Federal University of Technology – Paraná The Federal University of Technology – Paraná ( pt, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, links=no, UTFPR) is a federal university with campuses in thirteen cities located in the state of Paraná. UTFPR is one of the most renowned U ...

(UTFPR) *

Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná The Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUCPR) is a private, not-for-profit Catholic university. The main campus is located in Curitiba, the capital city of the State of Paraná, Brazil. ...

(PUC-PR) * State University of Londrina (UEL) *

State University of Maringá The State University of Maringá ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, UEM) is a public university whose main campus is in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. It was founded in 1970 and recognized in 1976 by the Federal Government of Brazil. Its acade ...

(UEM) *

State University of Ponta Grossa The State University of Ponta Grossa ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, UEPG) is a public higher education institution in the state of Paraná, Brazil. The university has two campuses in the city of Ponta Grossa and one campus in the ci ...

(UEPG) * (UNICENTRO) * (UENP) * Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR) *

Universidade Paranaense The Universidade Paranaense (abbreviated Unipar) is one of the private universities of the State of Paraná, Brazil. Based in the city of Umuarama, and campuses in the following cities: Cascavel, Cianorte, Francisco Beltrão, Guaíra, Paranava ...

(UNIPAR) *

Universidade Positivo The Universidade Positivo (abbreviated UP) is a private universities of the State of Paraná, Brazil. Universidade Positivo's campus is in the Campo Comprido district of Curitiba and occupies an area of more than 400,000 m Universidade Positi ...

(UP) * (UTP) * University of the State of Paraná (UNESPAR) *

Western Paraná State University The Western Paraná State UniversityHome PortaUnioeste's webpage in English Accessed on: June 8, 2020. ( pt, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Unioeste, in Portuguese) is a public university of the State of Paraná, Brazil. Created in 1 ...

(UNIOESTE)

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

* Catholic University of Pernambuco (UniCaP) *

Federal Institute of Pernambuco The Pernambuco Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology (Portuguese language, Portuguese: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco, IFPE) is a Brazilian institution of higher education located in Pernam ...

(IFPE) * Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) *

Federal University of Pernambuco Federal University of Pernambuco ( pt, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE) is a public university in Recife, Brazil, established in 1946. UFPE has 70 undergraduate courses and 175 postgraduate courses. , UFPE had 35,000 students and 2,000 ...

(UFPE) * Federal University of the São Francisco Valley (UNIVASF) *

University of Pernambuco The University of Pernambuco ( pt, Universidade de Pernambuco, UPE; formerly ', FESP) is a public state university located in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), ...

(UPE)

Piauí

* Centro Universitário Uninovafapi (UNINOVAFAPI) *

Federal University of Piauí The Federal University of Piauí ( pt, Universidade Federal do Piauí, UFPI) is a federal university in Teresina, Piauí. It is the major university in the state of Piauí and one of the main research centers in Brazil's Northeast Region. See ...

(UFPI) * (UESPI)

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

* Catholic University of Petrópolis (UCP) * Centro Universitário IBMR (IBMR) * Estácio de Sá Universities (UNESA) * Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro (CEFET/RJ) *

Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro The Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: ''Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro'', IFRJ), or in full: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: ''Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e T ...

(IFRJ) *

Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, UFRRJ) is a public university located in Seropédica in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It possesses the largest campus among Latin American ...

(UFRRJ) *

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro or University of Brazil (UFRJ; pt, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro or ') is a public research university located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the ...

(UFRJ) *

Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO), is one of the four federally funded public universities in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has several campuses in the ...

(UNIRIO) *

Fluminense Federal University The Fluminense Federal University ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Federal Fluminense'', UFF, named after the state's demonym) is a public higher education institution located mainly in Niterói and in other cities of Rio de Janeiro state. It was f ...

(UFF) *

Fundação Getulio Vargas Fundação Getulio Vargas (''Getulio Vargas Foundation'', often abbreviated as FGV) is a Brazilian higher education institution and think tank founded on December 20, 1944, with the mission to "stimulate Brazil’s socioeconomic development". Its ...

(FGV-Rio) *

Instituto Militar de Engenharia The ''Instituto Militar de Engenharia'' (IME; en, Military Institute of Engineering) is an engineering institute maintained by the Brazilian Army with federal support. IME is the oldest and one of the best ranked engineering schools in Brazil ...

(IME) * Petrópolis Medical School (FMP/FASE) * Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) *

Rio de Janeiro State University Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ; pt, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) is a public research university in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the country. The universit ...

(UERJ) *

State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro The State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense "Darcy Ribeiro", UENF) is a public university located in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The university was planned ...

(UENF) * Universidade Candido Mendes (UCAM) * (UCB) * (UNIGRANRIO) * (UNIG) * (UNIVERSO) *

Universidade Santa Úrsula University Santa Úrsula is a private university (Roman Catholic) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1937 by Alceu Amoroso Lima. It was the first of Rio de Janeiro's higher education institutions to accept women. The main campus is lo ...

(USU) *

Universidade Veiga de Almeida Universidade Veiga de Almeida (''Veiga de Almeida University'', often abbreviated as UVA) is a private university with campuses located in Rio de Janeiro and Cabo Frio, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Br ...

(UVA) * University of Vassouras (USS) * West Zone State University (UEZO)

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", re ...

* Federal Rural University of the Semi-arid Region (UFERSA) *

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN) is a public Brazilian university funded by the Brazilian federal government, located in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Formally ...

(UFRN) * (UERN) * (UnP)

Rio Grande do Sul

Catholic University of Pelotas The Catholic University of Pelotas ( pt, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, UCPel) is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in Pelotas, one of the more southern cities of the country. It is one of the largest and most prestigious B ...

(UCPel) *

Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis The Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis ("Ritter dos Reis University Center" in English), better known as UniRitter, is a university in Brazil, with two campuses in the cities of Canoas and Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul. ...

(UniRitter) *

Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul The Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, IFRS), or in full: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, link=no, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tec ...

(IFRS) *

Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

(UFCSPA) *

Federal University of Pampa The Federal University of Pampa ( pt, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Unipampa) is a public university established in 2006 in the Southern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Unipampa was created by Law 11640 of January 11, 2008 as the Fede ...

(Unipampa) *

Federal University of Pelotas The Federal University of Pelotas ( pt, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPEL) is a Brazilian public higher education institution, maintained by the Federal Government with administrative headquarters in the city of Pelotas, in the state of Rio ...

(UFPel) * Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) *

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, 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 univers ...

(UFRGS) *

Federal University of Santa Maria The Federal University of Santa Maria ( pt, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM) is a Brazilian public university located in Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, funded by the federal government of Brazil. It was founded in 1 ...

(UFSM) * (IC-FUC) *

(ULBRA) * Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) *

Rio Grande do Sul State University The Rio Grande do Sul State University ( pt, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul, UERGS) is a Brazilian public university. It was founded in 2001 in the city of Porto Alegre and its campuses are distributed across several cities in the Ri ...

(UERGS) *

Sul-Rio-Grandense Federal Institute Sul-Rio-Grandense Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (in Portuguese: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-rio-grandense, IFSul) is a Brazilian federal public institution, linked to the Ministry of Educatio ...

(IFSul) * (URCAMP) * Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) *

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos Unisinos ( Portuguese: ''Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos'' -- literally "University of Bells' River Valley") is a Brazilian private Jesuit university founded in 1969. Its main campus is located in Southern Brazil, in the city of São Leopo ...

(Unisinos) * Universidade Feevale (FEEVALE) *

Universidade Franciscana Universidade Franciscana is a private university center in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and La ...

(Unifra) * (Unilasalle) * (UNIJUÍ) * (URI) *

University of Caxias do Sul The University of Caxias do Sul ( pt, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, UCS) is a higher education institution in the northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has units in the cities of Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves, Vacaria, Canela, Far ...

(UCS) * University of Cruz Alta (UNICRUZ) *

University of Passo Fundo The University of Passo Fundo (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Universidade de Passo Fundo''), also known as UPF, is a Brazilian private university. Founded in 1968, it is located in the city of Passo Fundo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It ...

(UPF) * University of Taquari Valley (UNIVATES)

Rondônia

* (FAMA) *

Federal University of Rondônia The Federal University of Rondônia ( pt, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, UNIR) is located in the state of Rondônia, in Brazil. It is the only public university in Rondônia. Campuses The Federal University of Rondônia has 8 campuses loca ...

(UNIR) * Instituição de Ensino Superior de Cacoal (FANORTE)Fanorte
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Roraima

Federal University of Roraima The Federal University of Roraima ( pt, Universidade Federal de Roraima, UFRR) is a Brazilian public institution which is located in Boa Vista, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is ...

(UFRR)

Santa Catarina

Federal Institute of Santa Catarina The Federal Institute of Santa Catarina ( pt, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina, IFSC) is an institution of higher, vocational, and middle education located in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. IFSC awards undergraduate and graduate deg ...

(IFSC) *

Federal University of Fronteira Sul The Federal University of Fronteira Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, UFFS) is a public, federally-funded Brazilian university serving the interior of Southern Brazil. It was formally founded by act of legislature in September 20 ...

(UFFS) *

Federal University of Santa Catarina The Federal University of Santa Catarina ( pt, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC) is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. Considered one of the leading universities in Brazil, ...

(UFSC) *

Santa Catarina State University Santa Catarina State University ( pt, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC) is a State Public University in Brazil. It was established in 1965. UDESC is located in Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, primarily in Florianópolis a ...

(Udesc) * (Univille) *

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense The Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (Unesc) is a community university, located in the municipality of Criciúma, in the southern part of Santa Catarina, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (P ...

(UNESC) * (UNOESC) * (Uniplac) * (Unisul) * (Univali) * (FURB)

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

;Public *

Federal Institute of São Paulo The Federal Institute of São Paulo (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Instituto Federal de São Paulo'', IFSP), or in full: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo (Portuguese: ''Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciê ...

(IFSP) *

Federal University of ABC Federal University of ABC ( pt, Universidade Federal do ABC, UFABC) is a Brazilian federal public institution of higher learning based in Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo, municipalities belonging to the ABC region, both in the state of ...

(UFABC) *

Federal University of São Carlos The Federal University of São Carlos ( pt, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar) is a public research university located in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. History On December 13, 1960, a federal statute determined the creat ...

(UFSCar) *

Federal University of São Paulo The Federal University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP) is a university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Until 2005, UNIFESP was exclusively for Health Sciences, but after that year the university became multis ...

(Unifesp) *

Fundação Educacional do Município de Assis The Instituto Municipal de Ensino Superior de Assis (IMESA) (or in English Assis's Municipal Institute of Higher Education) is a city university in the city of Assis Assis is a city and a municipality in the southwestern part of the state of S ...

(FEMA) *

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica The ''Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica'' (ITA; en, Aeronautics Institute of Technology) is an institution of higher education maintained by the Brazilian Air Force and is located in São José dos Campos, Brazil. ITA is consistently ran ...

(ITA) *

Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul (Portuguese: ''Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul'', USCS) is a university in São Caetano do Sul, Brazil. History The institution was first known as ''Faculdade Municipal de Ciências Econ ...

(USCS) * São Paulo State Technological Colleges (FATEC) *

São Paulo State University São Paulo State University (UNESP, pt, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho") is a public university run by the state government of São Paulo, Brazil. UNESP has a combined student body of over 45,000 spread among its 23 c ...

(Unesp) *

State University of Campinas The State University of Campinas ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and Latin ...

(Unicamp) *

Universidade de Taubaté The University of Taubaté (in Portuguese; Universidade de Taubaté; UNITAU) is a municipal (partial city control) university located in the city of Taubaté, São Paulo state, Brazil. The institution is the largest and most traditional higher edu ...

(Unitau) * Universidade Livre de Música (ULM) *

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...

(USP) * Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (UNIVESP) ;Private *

Anhembi Morumbi University Universidade Anhembi Morumbi is a Brazilian private university located in São Paulo and member of the Anima Educação group. Ranked one of the top three private universities in the state of São Paulo, the university is one of the most prestig ...

(UAM) * Bandeirante University of São Paulo (UNIBAN) * Catholic University of Santos (UNISANTOS) * (FEBASP) * Centro Universitário da FEI (FEI) *

Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas is a Brazilian institution of higher education located in the city of São Paulo. The university is better known by the acronym FMU, which is maintained for the sake of tradition, since ...

(FMU) * Centro Universitário Eurípedes de Marília (UNIVEM) * Centro Universitário Ítalo Brasileiro (UniÍtalo) * (CUSC) *

Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing The Higher School of Advertising and Marketing ( pt, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, ESPM) is a private higher education institution in Brazil. Its undergraduate course in Advertising is consistently ranked the best in Brazil. Histor ...

(ESPM) *

Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado FAAP (Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation) was founded in 1947 by Earl Armando Alvares Penteado, whose objective was to support, promote and develop the plastic and scenic arts, culture and teaching. It is one of the most prestigious and respe ...

(FAAP) * (FECAP) *

(FGV) * (FSA) * Insper Institute of Education and Research (Insper) *

Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia (''Mauá Institute of Technology'', short IMT) is a private, non-profit organization with headquarters located in São Paulo (city). The main objective of IMT is to promote technical-scientific education, technologic ...

(IMT) *

Mackenzie Presbyterian University Mackenzie Presbyterian University (Portuguese: ''Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie'') is a private university in São Paulo, Brazil. The Mackenzie Presbyterian University is an institution of higher learning that has strong tradition and history ...

(Mackenzie) * Methodist University of Piracicaba (Unimep) *

Methodist University of São Paulo The Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (Methodist University of São Paulo), also known as UMESP or simply Metodista, is a private university based in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Metodista currently e ...

(Umesp) *

Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas The Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, PUC-Campinas; ) is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in Campinas, the second largest city in the State of São Paulo. The univ ...

(PUC-Campinas) *

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, PUC-SP), locally known as ''PUC'' or the ''Catholic University'' ('), is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It is one of the larg ...

(PUC-SP) * (UNICID) *Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC) *Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP) * (UNISA) *Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP) * (UNG) * (UNINOVE) * (UniP) * (UNISANTA) *Universidade São Francisco (USF) *Universidade São Judas Tadeu (USJT) * (UNIMARCO, closed in 2012)

Sergipe

*Federal University of Sergipe (UFS)

Tocantins (state), Tocantins

*Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) * (UNITINS) * (UFNT)

References

External links

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