Federal University of Paraíba ( pt, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, UFPB) is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of João Pessoa,

Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

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. Along with

Federal University of Campina Grande The Federal University of Campina Grande ( pt, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG) is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. Together with the Federal University of Paraíba, i ...

, they're the main universities in the state of Paraiba,

. UFPB offers degrees (Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral) in areas such as the liberal arts (including Law), health sciences (including Medicine and Dentistry), engineering and technology (Computer Science and Computer Engineering), business, education and the fine arts (Music, Theater, Art). There are also campuses in Areia,

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

and North Coast (

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and

Mamanguape Mamanguaipe is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Guaribas Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1990. It also contains the Pau-Brasil Ec ...

2002 campus detachment

In 2002 the UFPB, at the time formed by the campuses in João Pessoa, Areia,

Campina Grande Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called '' agreste''. It is considered one ...

Patos Patos is a municipality of the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. It is classified by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics as a sub-regional center A. It is located in the Espinharas River valley, surrounded by ...

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and Sousa, had four of them detached due to the creation of the

Campuses and Centres

Campus I - João Pessoa
CBIOTEC - Centre for BiotechnologyCCHLA - Centre for Human Sciences, Letters, and Arts CCSA - Centre for Applied Social SciencesCE - Centre for EducationCCS - Centre for Health SciencesCCM - Centre for Medical SciencesCCJ - Centre for Law StudiesCCEN - Centre for Natural and Exact SciencesCI - Centre for InformaticsCTDR - Centre for Technology and Regional DevelopmentCEAR - Centre for Alternative and Renewable Energy
Campus II - Areia
Centre for Agrarian Science
Campus III - Bananeiras
Centre for Human, Social, and Agrarian Sciences
Campus IV - Litoral Norte (Rio Tinto e Mamanguape)
Centre for Applied Sciences and Education

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* Education in Paraíba Paraiba Buildings and structures in Paraíba Educational institutions established in 1955 1955 establishments in Brazil Buildings and structures in João Pessoa, Paraíba {{Brazil-university-stub

2002 campus detachment

Campuses and Centres

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