The Federal University of Pelotas ( pt, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPEL) is a Brazilian public higher education institution, maintained by the Federal Government with administrative headquarters in the city of
Pelotas
Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (''município''), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8& ...
, in the state of
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 ...
. It also has a campus in the city of
Capão do Leão
Capão do Leão is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 25,409 (2020 est.) in an area of 785.37 km². The city hosts the main campus of Universidade Federal de Pelotas, the larges ...
.
It currently offers 94 undergraduate courses, 45 masters courses and 23 doctorate courses distributed in 22 academic units (6 Academic Centers, 4 Basic Institutes, 11 Colleges and 1 Higher School of Physical Education). Currently, it has master's and / or doctorate courses. in all areas of knowledge: Exact and Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Agrarian Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Human Sciences, Law, Letters and Arts, also counting on courses with Multidisciplinary performance.
In 2017, UFPel was included in the
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for th ...
. In 2020, it ranks 79rd among universities in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
and among the 170 best universities in the
BRICS
BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs") in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the te ...
economic block.
Academic Departments
* Center for Arts (CA)
* Center for Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences (CCQFA)
* Center for Technological Development (CDTEC)
* Center for Open and Distance Education (CEAD)
* Center for Engineering (CENG)
* Center for Mercosul Integration (CIM)
* Center for Languages and Communication (CLC)
* Conservatory of Music (CM)
* Higher School of Physical Education (ESEF)
* Faculty of Business Administration and Tourism (FAT)
* Eliseu Maciel Faculty of Agronomy (FAEM)
* Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAURB)
* Faculty of Law (FD)
* Faculty of Education (FAE)
* Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (FEO)
* Faculty of Medicine (FM)
* Faculty of Meteorology (FMET)
* Faculty of Nutrition (FN)
* Faculty of Dentistry (FO)
* Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FVET)
* Institute of Biology (IB)
* Institute of Human Sciences (ICH)
* Institute of Physics and Mathematics (IFM)
* Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Politics (IFISP)
Distinguished faculty members
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Czesław Bieżanko
Czesław Marian Bieżanko (22 November 1895 in Kielce – 1986 in Pelotas, Brazil) was a Polish entomologist and recognized authority on South American butterflies.
He was professor of the College of Agronomy in the city of Pelotas (current ...
(College of Agronomy "Eliseu Maciel")
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Lotar Siewerdt
Lotar Siewerdt (born 1939) is a prominent Brazilian scientist in the animal sciences. He was born in the town of Pouso Redondo, state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil, the first of four children of Erwin Siewerdt and Erica Siewerdt (''née'' Knobl ...
(College of Agronomy "Eliseu Maciel")
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Odir Dellagostin ( Technology Development Center)
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Gilda Maciel Correa Russomano
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(College of Law "Bruno de Mendonça Lima")
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Carlos Alberto Gomes Chiarelli
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(College of Law "Bruno de Mendonça Lima")
See also
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Brazil University Rankings
Universities in Brazil are ranked in a number of ways, including both national and international ranks.
National Rankings
Ranking Universitário Folha
Brazil's largest newspaper Folha de S. Paulo organizes, since 2012, a national ranking of univ ...
*
Universities and Higher Education in Brazil Brazil adopts a mixed system of public and privately funded universities. Public universities can be federally funded or financed by State governments (such as USP, Unicamp and Unesp in the State of São Paulo). Private schools can be for-profit ...
References
External links
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Instituto de Filosofia, Sociologia e Política (IFISP-UFPEL)
1969 establishments in Brazil
Educational institutions established in 1969
Universities and colleges in Rio Grande do Sul
Federal universities of Brazil
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