University of Taquari Valley (UNIVATES) (in Portuguese, ''Universidade do Vale do Taquari'') is a private

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based in Lajeado, state of Rio Grande do Sul,

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. It currently has 13,235 students. As of 2011, it had 404 full-time teaching staff. It offers 45 courses on the undergraduate level, 4 on the master's level and one on the doctorate (PhD) level, also counting with 28 research projects, mainly on the areas of

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, food technology and

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. The institution counts with over 109 laboratories, a start-up hatchery, a culture center, a hydro-meteorological information center, a Natural Science museum, a radio and TV station and an olympic stadium. In May 2014 it opened a cultural center, with a library and a theater for 1150 people. In 2013 Univates scored as the 4th best private university center (medium-sized higher education institutions) in Brazil according to MEC's General Courses Index (IGC). Considering both private university centers and private universities, Univates ranks as the 3rd best in

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and 7th in Brazil, among the country's top 3.8% private higher education institutions. In 2015, CAPES selected a Univates project for research and innovation on

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among with 9 other in the whole country, with a grant of approximately R$1,700.000. A 2005 study showed that the institution has a significative impact on the economics of the city of Lajeado and the Taquari Valley region, providing respectively 3.36% and 0.97% of the total amount of working places in that year.

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Univates official website
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