The Federal University of São João del-Rei ( pt, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, UFSJ) is a 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 States ...

in the city of

São João del-Rei São João del-Rei, also spelled São João del Rey or São João del Rei, is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1713 in homage to King John V of Portugal, the city is famed for its historic Portuguese colonial arch ...

in the state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

. It has other campuses in the cities of Ouro Branco,

Divinópolis Divinópolis is a municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres. It is 120 km from s ...

and

Sete Lagoas Sete Lagoas (meaning 'Seven Lagoons' in Portuguese) is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The municipal area is 537;km² while the population was 241,835 in 2020. Location Sete Lagoas is situated about 70 kilometres from Belo Horizo ...

, all of them in the state of

. It was founded as a school in 1987 and reorganized as a university in 2002. The university offers over 30 bachelor's degree programs and more than 20 graduate degree programs.

History

The university was created by the law 7,555 of 28 December 1986 with the name of São João del-Rei College Foundation (Fundação de Ensino Superior de São João del-Rei), also called FUNREI. It was the result of the union of three colleges: Dom Bosco College of Philosophy, Science and Languages (Faculdade Dom Bosco de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras), College of Economics, Business and Accounting (Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis) and College of Industrial Engineering (Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial). FUNREI became a university through the law 10,425, of 19 of April 2002 and it was called Federal University of São João del-Rei. UFSJ is the common accepted abbreviation.

Organization

UFSJ consists of six campuses and five special units. The campuses and special unities are property of UFSJ or are under its responsibility. * ''Campus'' Alto Paraopeba (CAP) - Ouro Branco * ''Campus'' Centro-Oeste "Dona Lindu" (CCO) -

* ''Campus'' Dom Bosco (CDB) -

* ''Campus'' Santo Antônio (CSA) -

* ''Campus'' Sete Lagoas (CSL) -

* ''Campus'' Tancredo Neves (CTAn) - São João del-Rei * Fortim dos Emboabas -

* Solar da Baronesa (Centro Cultural da UFSJ) -

* Musicological Reference Center José Maria Neves (Centro de Referência Musicológica José Maria Neves) (CEREM) - São João del-Rei * Experimental Farm Boa Esperança (Fazenda Experimental Boa Esperança) - São Miguel do Cajuru, São João del-Rei * Experimental Farm Granja Manoa (Fazenda Experimental Granja Manoa) - Jequitibá

Undergraduate programs

The undergraduate programs are divided among the campuses as follows:

''Campus'' Alto Paraopeba

* Interdisciplinary bachelor's degree of Science and Technology * Bachelor of Bioprocess Engineering * Bachelor of

Telecommunication Engineering Telecommunications Engineering is a subfield of electrical engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication enginee ...

* Bachelor of Construction Engineering, with emphasis on Metallic Structures * Bachelor of

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering also called mechatronics, is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that focuses on the integration of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, ...

* Bachelor of

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

''Campus'' "Dona Lindu"

* Bachelor of

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

* Bachelor of

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

* Bachelor of Pharmacy * Bachelor of

Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

''Campus'' Dom Bosco

* Bachelor and Licentiate of Biology Sciences * Bachelor and Licentiate of Philosophy * Bachelor and Licentiate of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

* Licentiate of

English Language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...

* Licentiate of

Portuguese Language Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and ...

* Bachelor of

* Licentiate of

Pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

* Bachelor of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of Chemistry

''Campus'' Santo Antônio

* Bachelor of

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information a ...

* Bachelor of Electrical Engineering * Bachelor of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

* Licentiate of Mathematics

''Campus'' Tancredo Neves

* Bachelor of

Economic Sciences Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

* Bachelor of Business * Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism * Bachelor of

Arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

, with emphasis on

Pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and ...

* Bachelor of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

* Bachelor of Accounting * Bachelor of

Social Communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

(

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (pro ...

) * Licentiate of

Physical Education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorat ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

Geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...

* Licentiate of

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of Fine Arts * Bachelor of Animal Husbandry

''Campus'' Sete Lagoas

* Interdisciplinary bachelor's degree of

Biosystems ''BioSystems'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering experimental, computational, and theoretical research that links biology, evolution, and the information processing sciences. It was established in 1967 as ''Currents in Modern B ...

* Bachelor of Agronomic Engineering * Bachelor of Food Engineering * Bachelor of Forestry Engineering

Graduate programs

The university has several graduate programs as follows:

''Campus'' Alto Paraopeba

* Master of Sustainable Development Technology * Master of

''Campus'' Centro-Oeste "Dona Lindu"

* Master of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology * PhD of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology * Master of Biotechnology * Master of Health Sciences * PhD of Health Sciences * Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences * Master of Nursing

''Campus'' Dom Bosco

* Master of Bioengineering * PhD of Bioengineering * Master of

Ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

Master of Education The Master of Education (MEd or M.Ed. or Ed.M.; Latin ''Magister Educationis'' or ''Educationis Magister'') is a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum a ...

* Master of Physics (associated with the

Federal University of Lavras The Federal University of Lavras ( pt, Universidade Federal de Lavras, UFLA) is a Brazilian university with headquarters in Lavras, Minas Gerais. The university was founded as an agricultural school by Dr. Samuel Rhea Gammon in 1908. Total enro ...

and Federal University of Alfenas) * Master of Physics and Chemistry of Materials * PhD of Physics and Chemistry of Materials * Master of History * Master of Languages * Master of Psychology * Master of Chemistry * PhD of Chemistry

''Campus'' Santo Antônio

* Master of Energy Engineering (associated with

Cefet-MG The Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais ( pt, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, CEFET-MG) is an education center located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is a technological institution that ...

) * Master of Electrical Engineering (associated with

) * Master of Mechanical Engineering * Master of Mathematics

''Campus'' Sete Lagoas

* Master of Agricultural Science

''Campus'' Tancredo Neves

* Master of Geography * Master Of Music * Master of Computer Science * Master of Interdisciplinary Program in Arts, Urbanities and Sustainability

Directors

Executive directors and chancellors of the Federal University of São João del-Rei:

References

External links

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Programa Institucional de Bioengenharia da UFSJ
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