The Federal University of Fronteira Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, UFFS) is a public, federally-funded Brazilian

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

serving the interior of

Southern Brazil The South Region of Brazil (; ) is one of the five regions of Brazil. It includes the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina, and covers , being the smallest region of the country, occupying only about 6.76% of the territory of ...

. It was formally founded by act of legislature in September 2009, and planned to graduate 10,000 students within its first five years. Its headquarters and main campus are in

Chapecó Chapecó () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Being a major industrial, financial and educational center, it is a major producer of industrialized food products. Considered a medium city, with a ...

, Santa Catarina, and smaller campuses are located in

Laranjeiras do Sul Laranjeiras do Sul is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Ame ...

and

Realeza Realeza is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At a ...

in Paraná, and Cerro Largo,

Erechim Erechim is a Brazilian municipality located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A regional center in the northern portion of the state, it is the second most populous city in the region with 106,633 inhabitants, second only to the city of ...

, and

Passo Fundo Passo Fundo is a municipality in the north of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is named after its river. It's the twelfth largest city in the state with an estimated population of 204,722 inhabitants living in a total munici ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a state in the southern region of Brazil. It is the fifth-most-populous state and the ninth largest by area. Located in the southernmost part of the country, Rio Grande do Sul is border ...

. Its current rector is Marcelo Rectenvald, appointed in 2019 for a four-year term. In 2019, the university enrolled 7,792 students in 42 programs, and was ranked by '' Folha de S.Paulo'' 114th nationally.

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* Fronteira Sul Education in Santa Catarina (state) {{Brazil-university-stub