The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, UFMS), is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

located in the state of

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and ...

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. It has, in addition to the main campus in Campo Grande (the State's capital), nine campuses located in the following inland cities:

Aquidauana Aquidauana is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It takes its name from the river with which the name is shared. The first European settlers were imperial soldiers who arrived during the Paraguayan War and were ...

Chapadão do Sul Chapadão do Sul is a municipality located in the Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collect ...

, Corumbá,

Coxim Coxim is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population was 33,459 (2020) and its area is 6,412 km². It was founded in 1729. It is located at the confluence of the Coxim and Taquari Taquari is a munici ...

, Naviraí, Nova Andradina,

Paranaíba Paranaíba is the easternmost Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population was 42,276 (2020) and its area is 5,402.778 km². References

Municipalities in Mato ...

, Ponta Porã e

Três Lagoas Três Lagoas ("Three Ponds") is a municipality in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It is the third most populous city in that state. Founded in 1915, colonization began in 1880 by Luís Correia Neves Filho, Antônio Trajano dos Santos e Protásio Garci ...

History

The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul's history begins in 1962, with the establishment of the University of Pharmacy and Odontology, being located in Campo Grande, which then belonged to the state of Mato Grosso. Furthermore, during the 1960s, the

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had plans to fund federal universities in each state capital. However, the southern population of Mato Grosso would not have access to them, which helped to increase the strength of the separatist movement and made the former state governor,

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, start to plan the creation of the State University of Mato Grosso, in Campo Grande. Meanwhile, in 1966, the University of Pharmacy and Odontology became Campo Grande's Biological Sciences Institute, which added a Medicine course to its curriculum. In 1967, the state of Mato Grosso's administration established the Human Sciences and Modern Languages Institute in Três Lagoas and the Superior Institute of Pedagogy, in Corumbá. In 1969, the State University of Mato Grosso was finally created. This new institution incorporated all of the above, and extended its reach, in 1970, to the towns of Aquidauana and Dourados, with the creation of two Centers of Pedagogy. The State University of Mato Grosso's creation was officialized on the 4th of November, 1970. In 1977, the state of Mato Grosso was divided in two by the former president

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. Therefore, the State University of Mato Grosso was now mainly located in cities that belonged to Mato Grosso do Sul. To solve this problem, the federal government established the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, with its main campus being in Campo Grande, the new state's capital. Thus, the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, as it is today, was officially created in 1979, by the law number 6.674, enacted by former president

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Campuses

The university has nine campuses, located in the cities of Campo Grande,

, Corumbá,

, Naviraí, Nova Andradina,

Municipalities in Mato ...

, Ponta Porã and

. The campus located at the city of Campo Grande, capital of the state of

, is the main administrative headquarters of the University. It also counts with its own

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and two

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s. The

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located at the city of Dourados was separated from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in 2006, giving birth to its own

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: the Federal University of Grande Dourados, by the Law number 11.153 In 2015, a campus in the city of

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was opened, however being closed a few years later, in 2019. Even so, the building of the campus kept acting as a Advanced

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Unit.

Graduation Courses

Campo Grande campus

* Biological Sciences **

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Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

Physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

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** Environmental Engineering **

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

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Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

Human Sciences Human science (or human sciences in the plural), also known as humanistic social science and moral science (or moral sciences), studies the philosophical, biological, social, and cultural aspects of human life. Human science aims to expand our ...

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Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

Social Sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...

** Social Communication **

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* School of Computing **

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** Systems Analysis ** Systems Development and Analysis ** Computer Networks *

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** Law *

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Veterinary School Veterinary education is the tertiary education of veterinarians. To become a veterinarian, one must first complete a veterinary degree in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM , V.M.D. , BVS, BVSc, BVMS, BVM, cand.med.vet). In the United States and ...

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Dentistry School Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of ...

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Aquidauana campus

* Biological Sciences **

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Maria Aparecida Pedrossian University Hospital

The Maria Aparecida Pedrossian University Hospital was opened in 1971 as a way to support the

of the former State University of Mato Grosso, but needed to be closed right afterwards due to lack of resources, being reopened only in 1975. The hospital has multiple facilities, including its own

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center, intensive therapy center for adults and children,

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obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

center,

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, among others. Also, hemodialisys and

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services are also performed at the facility. Procedures are completely free of charge, as the hospital is a part of the Brazilian unified

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system. Currently, it counts with medical residency in 20 specialties, being reference in high risk motherhood, attending bearers of

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and treating contagious diseases.

Criticism

The university has been criticized for owning

Morenão Morenão, also known as Estádio Universitário Pedro Pedrossian, is the home ground of Operário and Esporte Clube Comercial. It is located at Cidade Universitária ("University City", in English), in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. ...

, a soccer stadium used by professional teams. Critics say that the purchase of the stadium was a wrong use of governmental funds. However, part of Morenão is used for academic research.

Notable alumni

Several notable students have been through some form of education by the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Among them, it is worth mentioning

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, former

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for the

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government, who specialized in orthopedics by the Federal University. Also, names such as

Wellington Fagundes Wellington Fagundes (born June 1, 1957) is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Mato Grosso in the Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate since 2015. Previously he was a deputy from Mato Grosso from 1991 to 2015. He is a member of the Party of th ...

, senator for the state of

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;

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for the state of

; and

Neiva Guedes Neiva Maria Robaldo Guedes, or Neiva Guedes, (born Ponta Porã, 10 December 1962) is a Brazilians, Brazilian biologist and a specialist on Natural environment, environment and species conservation. In November 1989, Neiva came across a flock of hy ...

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References

* http://www2.ebserh.gov.br/web/humap-ufms. * https://www.ufms.br/universidade/historico/. * Brasil, lei n° 6.674. 5 de jul de 1979. * Brasil, lei complementar n° 31. 11 de out de 1977. * Souza, Débora Nepomuceno de; Bittar, Mariluce (2013-05-27). "Política de educação superior e os programas de permanência para universidades públicas - 2003-2010". ''Série-Estudos - Periódico do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UCDB'' (in Portuguese).

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2318-1982

External links

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