The Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará ( pt, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, UNIFESSPA) is a multi-campus

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

, based in the city of Marabá, with campuses in Santana do Araguaia,

São Félix do Xingu São Félix do Xingu is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The city is served by São Félix do Xingu Airport. With an area of , it is the third largest municipality in Pará and the sixth large ...

Rondon do Pará Rondon do Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern 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 Xinguara. The legislation that created the institution was sanctioned on June 5, 2013 by President

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. Unifesspa is the result of the dismemberment of the Marabá campus of the

Federal University of Pará The Federal University of Pará ( pt, Universidade Federal do Pará, UFPA) is one of the three public universities maintained by the Brazilian federal government in the state of Pará. It was ranked as the 15th largest Brazilian university in ...

. In 2018, the institution held a total of 37 degrees; 28 in Marabá, 1 in Santana do Araguaia, 1 in São Félix do Xingu, 3 in Rondon and 4 in Xinguara. It also maintains eleven advanced university centers in

Abel Figueiredo Abel Figueiredo is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Pará This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil. Pará ...

Bom Jesus do Tocantins Bom Jesus do Tocantins is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. Its population is estimated at 5,008 (2020), and its area is 1333 km2. The Kỳikatêjê and Parkatêjê languages are spoken by the Kỳikatêjê and ...

, Breu Branco,

Canaã dos Carajás Canaã dos Carajás is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Ameri ...

, Itupiranga,

Jacundá Jacundá is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. A considerable part of its economy is based on logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may in ...

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, Ourilândia do Norte, Piçarra, Tailândia e

São Geraldo do Araguaia São Geraldo do Araguaia is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains the Serra dos Martírios/Andorinhas State Park, created in 1996. It contains the São Geraldo do Araguaia Environment ...

. Although young, the university tries to construct its identity and vocation, having as main focus the agrarian question, verified in the preoccupation with the courses of Field Education, Agronomy and Law of the Earth, and; the great mineral enterprises, visualized in the courses of

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, Materials Engineering and

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. In the Folha University Ranking (RUF; in portuguese: ''Ranking Universitário Folha'') of 2019, UNIFESSPA ranked 182 out of 197 universities surveyed, winning, surprisingly, 10 positions since its first appearance on the list in 2016; at RUF, UNIFESSPA's best qualified courses were

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and Agronomy. Its 2018 General Course Index (IGC; in portuguese: ''Índice Geral de Cursos'') was grade 4 (on a scale of 0 to 5); and the best qualified courses at IGC were, respectively, the Chemistry degree and the Bachelor's degree in Agronomy.

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