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The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian
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based in
Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
,
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities in Brazil, having one of the largest number of
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s. From 2012 to 2019, the university was elected as the best federal university of Brazil. UFRGS has over 31,000 undergraduate students, over 12,000 graduate students, and more than 2,600 faculty members. As a Brazilian public federal institution, students do not pay tuition fees to enroll in courses offered by the university. Among the main alumni affiliated with UFRGS, there are three former presidents of Brazil, former state governors, former members of the
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, members of the
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and important Brazilian actors, musicians and journalists.


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History

The university originated from the ''Escola de Farmácia e Química'' (School of
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and
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) in 1895. It was expanded in 1896, when the Engineering College was created. This was the beginning of
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in
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
. In the end of the 19th century, the
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and
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schools were founded, the latter being the first school of
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in the state. In November 1934, the ''Universidade de Porto Alegre'' (University of Porto Alegre) was founded, initially composed of the following units: * Engineering School, with its
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,
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and Industrial
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institutes; * Medical College, with its
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institutes; * Law College, with the School of
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; *
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College (called FABICO), which comprises the
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programs; *
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and
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Colleges; *
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, Science and
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Colleges; and * Institute of
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The third transformation took place in 1947, when it became the ''Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul'' (University of Rio Grande do Sul), URGS, incorporating the Law and Dentistry Colleges from
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and with the Pharmacy College from Santa Maria. These units, however, separated from URGS when the
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and the
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were founded. In December 1950, control of the university passed to the
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. After that, the name of the institution became ''Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul'' (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul). The institute also has a profound political history. Between 1964 and 1969, during the worst years of the
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, 33 professors were eliminated, as well as a good number of students. Many high-ranking officials, including three presidents -
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and
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- as well as the majority of the history, philosophy and social sciences teachers in smaller universities throughout the state were educated in the institution. The climate of intellectual debate and analysis of public issues has also been important in training students (often with scholarships and/or student apprenticeships) to work for non-governmental and governmental organisations which contribute to the critical reflection and planning of development programs.


Organization

UFRGS is almost completely located in Porto Alegre, with four campi: ''Campus Centro'' (Downtown Campus), ''Campus Saúde'' (Health Sciences Campus), ''Campus Olímpico'' (Olympic Campus, housing the School of Physical Education, Physitherapy and Dance) and ''Campus do Vale'' (Vale Campus), a few off-campus buildings (including the Business School and the Institute of Arts) and units in other cities, such as the Agriculture Experimental Station and the Campus Litoral Norte (a new campus in the state's northeastern coastal city of Tramandaí).


Infrastructure

Offering graduate and undergraduate courses, UFRGS is the largest university of Rio Grande do Sul. Its more than 300 buildings accommodate 29 faculties, schools and institutes, which are divided into 94 departments. The university spreads through 2,185 ha, and it has 402,000 m² of constructed area. It is divided into four campi and minor units (see above). The undergraduate program’s students make up for a population of about 31 thousand students, while the graduate program has 12 thousand students. The elementary, high-school and technical school sum up to 1,300 students. The university’s infrastructure comprises more than 500 laboratories, 33 libraries, 37 lecture halls, the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (the University's clinical research hospital), UFRGS Press, UFRGS Museum, Botanical Garden, Broadcasting Center, Observatory, 3 buildings for Campus Accommodation, 5 refectories, 2 summer camps and several other centers and facilities.


Colleges, Institutes, and Schools

(Source:) * College of Architecture (Faculdade de Arquitetura) * College of Communication (Facultade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação) * College of Economics (Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas) * College of Education (Faculdade de Educação) * College of Law (Faculdade de Direito) * College of Pharmacy (Faculdade de Farmácia) * College of Medicine (Faculdade de Medicina) * College of Dentistry (Faculdade de Odontologia) * College of Veterinary Medicine (Faculdade de Veterinária) * Institute of Biosciences (Instituto de Biociências) * Institute of Chemistry (Instituto de Química) * Institute of Fine Arts (Instituto de Artes) * Institute of Food Technology (Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos) * Institute of Geosciences * Institute of Health Sciences (Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde) * Institute of Hydraulic Research (Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas) * Institute of Informatics (Instituto de Informática) * Institute of Linguistics, Languages and Literature (Instituto de Letras) * Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (Instituto de Matemática) * Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas) * Institute of Physics (Instituto de Física) * Institute of Psychology (Instituto de Psicologia) * School of Agronomy (Faculdade de Agronomia) * School of Engineering (Escola de Engenharia) * School of Management (Escola de Administração) * School of Nursing (Escola de Enfermagem) * School of Sports (Escola de Educação Física)


Other units


SECOM

SECOM is an executive office of UFRGS directly connected to the Central Administration’s cabinet – as well as to other sectors and the Provosts’ Offices. SECOM defines the communication policies and strategies employed by UFRGS, facilitating services inside the university through the creation of informative and institutional materials. Its goal is to promote new activities and establish initiatives which recognize and publicize the institution’s potential. Some of its sections are the university newspaper, TV channel and radio station.


Hospital

UFRGS university hospital is located in the centre of
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.


Research

;Undergraduate Research Grant Program The objective of the Undergraduate Research Internship Program is to integrated students from undergraduate courses into research activities, technological development and, innovation. Besides contributing for students’ academic and professional growth, the program also offers the opportunity to take part in the community of the university researchers fostering dialogue between undergraduate and graduate programs. ;Research Promotion Program The research promotion program has as goal to support the continuity of research projects, the organization of events and the qualification of technical and administrative personnel, besides stimulating the national and international exposure of works made in research by professors, technical and administrative personnel, and students. ;Science in Society and Science in School Program This program has the compromise of stimulating university developed projects which are turned to popularization and spreading of science and technology in a variety of social groups and in school environment, through participation of UFRGS undergraduate students, in activities which enable the permanent development of human capital in these areas. ;Journal Editing Supporting Program The Journal Editing Supporting Program implements ways of support and stimulus for journal editing at UFRGS. Its objective is to grant visibility to scientific periodicals of the institution.


Admission

Students are accepted through the vestibular, which is an open examination where the top-placed candidates are offered a placement at the university. Since UFRGS is free of charge, the Vestibular is usually a very hard examination since there are many candidates for few open placements. Examinations take place in January and classes begin in March.


ENEM

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, as well as the other Brazilian federal universities, adopted the National High School Examination (ENEM) in 2010 as a standard of admission. The applicants’ participation in ENEM is optative. Initially, their performances in the examination were analyzed together with their performances in the university entrance exam, comprehending 10% of the final grade. However, as of 2019, UFRGS decided to withdraw the sum of 10% in the final score, having only vacancies through the National High School Exam (30%) and/or through the Vestibular (70%).


Quality of education

According to the ranking sponsored by the
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(MEC, Ministério da Educação), UFRGS is Brazil's best university (in a ranking which doesn't include
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for details). According to the
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in 2012, UFRGS was placed 71st worldwide.


Notable alumni

This is an incomplete list of famous
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alumni, sorted by Faculty. ;Law School * Ellen Gracie Northfleet, lawyer and Supreme Court Justice * Germano Rigotto, politician and former State governor *
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, Brazilian former president *
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, Brazilian former president *
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter (born December 8, 1936) is a Brazilian businessman of German Brazilian, German descent, great-grandson of Johann Heinrich Kaspar Gerdau, Gerdau, Gerdau Group's founder. He held various positions within the Gerdau Group, an ...
, businessman, chairman of
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*
Nelson Jobim Nelson Azevedo Jobim (born in Santa Maria, RS, 12 April 1946) is a Brazilian jurist, politician and businessman. He held the positions as congressman, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), where ...
, former Supreme Court Justice and defence minister * , Supreme Court Justice ;Philosophy and Social Sciences * , politician and former Porto Alegre mayor * , philosopher * , political scientist and former dean of UFRGS ;School of Medicine * Gustavo S. Oderich, American vascular surgeon and professor * Patricia Pranke, stem cell researcher *
Moacyr Scliar Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil ...
, writer ;School of Mathematics * Marco Antonio Raupp, Professor of Mathematics, former
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. ;Engineering School * Leonel de Moura Brizola, politician and former State governor * José Mauro Volkmer de Castilho, engineer * Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer civil engineer and university professor ;Agronomy School * José Lutzenberger, agronomist and ecologist ;School of Economics * Paulo Renato Souza, politician, education minister 1995–2002 *
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, politician and the 36th President of Brazil ;School of Fine Arts *
Jorge Furtado Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts but didn't graduate. He began his profe ...
, actor *
Radamés Gnattali Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. Biography Radamés Gnattali was born in Porto Alegre (the capital of Rio Gr ...
, musician *
Maristela Salvatori Maristela Salvatori (born 1960), is an artist and printmaker. She has a degree in Fine Art from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Artes, where she teaches on the undergraduate and Postgraduate Visual Arts Programme and c ...
,
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;Linguistics School * Caio Fernando Abreu, writer *
João Gilberto Noll João Gilberto Noll (April 15, 1946 – March 29, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, born in Porto Alegre, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. His early years were spent studying at the Catholic Colégio São Pedro. In 1967 he began ...
, writer * Lya Luft, writer *
Olívio Dutra Olívio de Oliveira Dutra (born 10 June 1941 in Bossoroca, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian politician. He is a founding member of the Workers' Party. Early political career (1961-1989) Dutra graduated in Grammar school and became an employ ...
, politician and former State governor ;Architecture School * Humberto Gessinger, musician


Notable faculty

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Miriani Griselda Pastoriza Miriani Griselda Pastoriza (born 1939) is an Argentine-born Brazilian astronomer, tenured professor in the Department of Astronomy of the Institute of Physics, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and is a member of the Brazilian Academ ...
(born 1939), astronomer


See also

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References


External links

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Official website
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Transparency Channel (in Portuguese)
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