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The Federal University of Rio Grande ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG)Its official name changed in 2008, dropping the word "Foundation", while keeping the historic acronym (FURG), as per Portaria Nº 653/200

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Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, Brazil. Formally established on October 21, 1969, it includes 18 departments providing 31 different undergraduate courses, as well as a number of graduate programs.


Degrees

FURG provides five different types of degree: undergraduate (bachelor, teaching, and technology), graduate's specialization, residency (for undergraduate courses, such as medicine,
teaching courses Teaching is the practice implemented by a ''teacher'' aimed at transmitting skills (knowledge, know-how, and interpersonal skills) to a learner, a student, or any other audience in the context of an educational institution. Teaching is closely ...
, nursing, and law), master's degree, and doctoral degree.


Undergraduate studies

FURG teaching the following undergraduate courses in five different campi (located in the following cities:
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São Lourenço do Sul São Lourenço do Sul is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The municipality had 43,111 inhabitants in the last Census (2010). Its population in 2020 was estimated in 43,540 inhabitants. It is located at the west bank of ...
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Santa Vitória do Palmar Santa Vitória do Palmar (lit. "Saint Victoria of the Palms") is a Brazilian city and municipality. It is the southernmost municipality in Brazil, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. To the west of the municipality is the Lagoa Mirim and ...
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Santo Antônio da Patrulha Santo Antônio da Patrulha is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was established in 1811. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul ( ...
): * Accounting sciences – bachelor's degree * Administration – bachelor's degree * Agroecology – bachelor's degree * Agrochemistry – bachelor's degree * Food industries – bachelor's degree * Applied mathematics – bachelor's degree * Archaeology – bachelor's degree * Archival science – bachelor's degree * Automation engineering – bachelor's degree * Biochemical engineering – bachelor's degree * Biological science – both bachelor's degree and teaching degree * Chemical engineering – bachelor's degree * Chemistry – both bachelor's degree and teaching degree * Civil engineering – bachelor's degree * Civil engineering and management – bachelor's degree * Port civil engineering – Bachelor's degree * Computer engineering – bachelor's degree * Cooperative management – technology degree * Economics – bachelor's degree * Environmental management – technology degree * Environmental toxicology – technology degree * Events – technology degree * Exact sciences – teaching degree * Field education – teaching degree * Food engineering – bachelor's degree * Geography – both bachelor's degree and teaching degree * History – both bachelor's degree and teaching degree * Hotel management – bachelor's degree * Information systems – bachelor's degree * International relations – bachelor's degree * International trade – bachelor's degree * Spanish, French or English – teaching degree * Library science – bachelor's degree * Mathematics – teaching degree * Mechanical engineering – bachelor's degree * Mechanical engineering and management – bachelor's degree * Medicine – bachelor's degree * Naval mechanical engineering – bachelor's degree * Nursing – bachelor's degree * Oceanology – bachelor's degree * Pedagogy – teaching degree * Physical education – teaching degree * Physics – both bachelor's degree and teaching degree * Production engineering – bachelor's degree * Psychology – bachelor's degree * Sciencies – teaching degree * Tourism – bachelor's degree * Visual arts – both bachelor's degree and teaching degree


Master's and doctoral degrees

FURG teaching the following master's and doctoral degrees in two different campi (located in the following cities: Rio Grande, Brazil, Rio Grande and Santo Antônio da Patrulha): * Accounting sciences – master's degree * Administration – master's degree * Agroindustrial systems and processes – master's degree * Applied economics – master's degree * Aquaculture – master's and doctoral degree * Biological oceanography – master's and doctoral degree * Biology of continental aquatic environments – master's and doctoral degree * Chemical engineering – master's degree * Coastal management – master's degree * Computational modeling – master's and doctoral degree * Computer engineering – master's degree * Education – master's degree * Environmental education – master's and doctoral degree * Exact sciences teaching – master's degree * Food science and engineering – master's and doctoral degree * Geography – master's degree * Health sciences – master's and doctoral degree * History – master's degree * Law and social justice – master's degree * Letters – master's and doctoral degree * Mathematics – master's degree * Mechanical engineering – master's degree * Nursing – master's and doctoral degree * Ocean engineering – master's degree * Oceanology – master's and doctoral degree * Physics – master's degree * Physics teaching – master's degree * Physiological sciences – master's and doctoral degree * Public health – master's degree * Science education – master's and doctoral degree * Technological and environmental chemistry – master's and doctoral degree


See also

* Brazil University Rankings * Universities and Higher Education in Brazil


References


External links

* Educational institutions established in 1969 1969 establishments in Brazil Universities and colleges in Rio Grande do Sul Federal universities of Brazil {{Brazil-university-stub