State University of Montes Claros

The State University of Montes Claros ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Unimontes) is a university in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

with its main

campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like se ...

Montes Claros Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The population is 413,487 (2020 est.) in an area of . It was made a seat of a municipality in 1831 and attained city status in 1857. History The region was originally in ...

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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 ...

. Unimontes started out as independent colleges, supported by a foundation. Between 1989–1990, it became an integrated governmental university, financed by the state of Minas Gerais, and by Fadenor. Unimontes has 10 campuses in cities that surround Montes Claros. The university has about 6000 students and 1008 teachers. Fadenor (a foundation that gives financial support to the university), has almost 15,000 students. Universities and colleges in Minas Gerais

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