Pará State University ( pt, Universidade do Estado do Pará, UEPA) is the only

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maintained by the

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Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...

, Brazil. The university has over 14,000 students enrolled in its 57 courses, from which 23 are undergraduate and 34 are graduate programs. Those programs are offered across UEPA's 20 campuses in the cities of

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

(five campuses),

Paragominas Paragominas is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. Paragominas mine, one of the largest bauxite mines in the world, is approximately 70 km away. According to an estimate dated 1 July 2020, the city has a pop ...

Conceição do Araguaia Conceição do Araguaia is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Pará in the Northern Region, Brazil, Northern region of Brazil. The city is served by Conceição do Araguaia Airport. See also *List of munici ...

, Marabá,

Altamira Altamira may refer to: People * Altamira (surname) Places *Cave of Altamira, a cave in Cantabria, Spain famous for its paintings and carving *Altamira, Pará, a city in the Brazilian state of Pará * Altamira, Huila, a town and municipality in ...

Igarapé-Açu Igarapé-Açu is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The population of the municipality is approximately 39,023 inhabitants according to IBGE estimate in 2020 See also *List of municipalities in Pará This is ...

, São Miguel do Guamá, Santarém,

Tucuruí Tucuruí is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The city is served by Tucuruí Airport. The name Tucuruí is a Tupi word that means "river of ants" or "river of locusts". It's the concatenation of two tupi word ...

Moju Moju is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Pará This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil. Pará is divided ...

Redenção Redenção (Portuguese for " redemption") may refer to: Places *Redenção, Ceará, Brazil *Redenção, Pará, Brazil *Redenção da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil Entertainment *Redenção (album) Fresno is a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto ...

, Barcarena,

Vigia de Nazaré Vigia or Vigía may refer to: Places * Vigia (mountain), a mountain on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde * Vigia, Pará, a municipality in the State of Pará, Brazil * Vigía del Fuerte, a town in Colombia * Finca Vigía, the house of Ernest ...

Cametá Cametá is a Brazilian municipality in the state of 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 ...

, Salvaterra, and

Castanhal Castanhal is a city near the eastern edge of the state of Pará, Northern Brazil. It is located some 65 km east of the state's capital Belém and 50 km inland SE of the Bay of Marajo. It is accessed by car or bus via federal highway BR- ...

References

Relatório Anual de Gestão da UEPA - Exercício 2019 http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4095582

External links

Official Website of the State University of Pará
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