The Federal University of Santa Catarina ( pt, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC) is a public university in
Florianópolis
Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...
, the capital city of
Santa Catarina in southern
Brazil
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.
Considered one of the leading universities in Brazil, UFSC is the 6th best university in
Latin America
Latin America or
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in the ranking of
Times Higher Education
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Ownership
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; the 23nd by
QS World University Rankings
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, and was ranked as the 10th best institution of higher education in Latin America by the
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. In the annual ranking of the Brazilian newspaper
Folha de São Paulo
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, it is the 6th best Brazilian university, with courses being among the ten best in the country.
The structure of its campus comprises 11 Academic Schools (''Centros de Ensino''), divided by field of study. Every School is divided in
departments, the largest one being the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The oldest school at UFSC is the School of Law. The Department of Law was the first of UFSC's departments to be officially recognized in 1932.
History
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The history of the Federal University of Santa Catarina has its roots in the Polytechnic Institute of Florianópolis founded on March 13 of 1917 by
José Arthur Boiteux
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. Organized as a free institute, it was the first college degree institution of Santa Catarina state. On February 11, 1932 the Law School was incorporated, officially in 1935.
![Florianopolis UFSC praça](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Florianopolis_UFSC_pra%C3%A7a.JPG)
That triggered a movement to start the first state university and on December 18, of 1960 it became the University of Santa Catarina, offering the courses of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Economics, Social Service and the School of Industrial Engineering. On July 15, 1968, as an effort of the Brazilian government to improve college education in Brazil with education reform, the major universities in Brazil were reorganized in Schools and Departments and acquired a new education structure, more resembling the American and English methodology. Since then the university became the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
In 1961 the institution earned a new place in the city to build its structure, located in the region of Trindade near downtown
Florianópolis
Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...
. The area was previously occupied by a model farm called Assis-Brasil and is located near the coast, having several streams crossing the actual campus. The moving was finished in 1980.
A young university, the Federal University of Santa Catarina continues to grow. During the 1980s, it began to invest heavily in the expansion of graduate programs and research, besides supporting the creation of technology centers in the state of Santa Catarina and the development of a number of outreach projects for the community. Today, UFSC has four other campuses distributed in the cities of Araranguá, Blumenau, Curitibanos and Joinville.
Admissions
The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina undergraduate admission process is almost similar to all others in
Brazil
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, using a process called
vestibular
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. It is comprised by several written tests usually performed in 2–3 days. The competition is fierce and the percentage of successful applicants is usually lower than 15% (12,6% in 2018's process).
The admission process for graduate school is more complex and usually involves a test and a recommendation from the previous college. People interested in graduate degrees at UFSC should contact the department of the intended program directly. The Brazilian Ministry of Education, through
CAPES (''Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Nível Superior'', Superior Level Personnel Enhancement Coordination) evaluates graduate programs in Brazil every three years, ranking them from 1 (worst) to 7, being 6 excellence and 7 international excellence level.
The following graduate programs at UFSC have received grades 6 or 7, as per the last CAPES evaluation (2013):
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Aquaculture
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Chemical Engineering
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Chemistry
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Civil Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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Food Engineering
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Food Science
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Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Sciences
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Law
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Linguistics
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Mechanical Engineering
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*Materials Science and Engineering
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Nursing
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Plant Genetic Resources
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Pharmacology
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Philosophy
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Scientific and Technological Education
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Numbers
2016 numbers, provided by the institution.
* 119 undergraduate programs;
* 82 Master's degree programs;
* 55 Doctoral degree programs;
* 45,006 students (total);
* 2,670 professors;
* 3,242 administrative staff.
Academic schools
![Florianopolis UFSC CTC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Florianopolis_UFSC_CTC.JPG)
*School of Agricultural Sciences – CCA
*School of Biological Sciences – CCB
*School of Communication and Arts – CCE
*School of Education – CED
*School of Health Sciences – CCS
*School of Law – CCJ
*School of Philosophy and Human Sciences – CFH
*School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences – CFM
*School of Sports – CDS
*School of Socio-Economic Sciences – CSE
*School of Technology – CTC
Notable faculty
*Alvaro Toubes Prata, professor of Mechanical Engineering, member of the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
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Publications
It publishes a lar ...
*Sergio Colle, professor of Mechanical Engineering, member of the
National Academy of Engineering
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Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer civil engineer
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Notable alumni
*Gean Loureiro, mayor of Florianópolis
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Dário Berger, senator and former mayor of Florianópolis
*Angela Amin, former mayor of Florianópolis
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Esperidião Amin
Esperidião Amin Helou Filho (December 21, 1947) is a Brazilian politician. Born to a family of businessmen and politicians of Lebanese origin, he was twice elected governor of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina and twice mayor o ...
, former governor of Santa Catarina
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Luiz Henrique da Silveira
Luiz Henrique da Silveira (February 25, 1940 – May 10, 2015) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He represented Santa Catarina in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2015. He was governor of Santa Catarina from 2003 to 2006 and 2007 to 2010. He ...
, former governor of Santa Catarina
*Manoel Dias, former Brazilian Minister of Labor
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Michel Doukeris, CEO of
AB InBev
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*Zeca Pires, filmmaker
*Lourenço Sant'Anna, executive producer
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João Nílson Zunino, former president of
Avaí FC
Avaí Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on 1 September 1923. Their home stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, also known as Ressacada, with a capacity of 17,800. They play in b ...
and pathologist
*Sônia Bridi, journalist and former international correspondent of
Rede Globo
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Rankings and reputation
See also
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Brazil University Rankings
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National Rankings
Ranking Universitário Folha
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Universities and Higher Education in Brazil Brazil adopts a mixed system of public and privately funded universities. Public universities can be federally funded or financed by State governments (such as USP, Unicamp and Unesp in the State of São Paulo). Private schools can be for-profit o ...
References
External links
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University website
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Federal universities of Brazil
Educational institutions established in 1962
Universidade Federal de 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, ...
Universidade Federal de 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, ...
1962 establishments in Brazil