The Federal University of São João del-Rei (, UFSJ) is a Brazilian

university A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

in the city of

São João del-Rei 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 architecture. The current population is estimated at 90,225 i ...

in the state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

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

Divinópolis Divinópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, 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 ...

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. Geography Location Sete Lagoas is situated about 70 kilometres from Be ...

, 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 Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context of ...

* Bachelor of Bioprocess Engineering * Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering * Bachelor of

Construction Engineering Construction engineering, also known as construction operations, is a professional subdiscipline of civil engineering that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and operations management of infrastructure such as roadways, tunnels, bri ...

, with emphasis on Metallic Structures * Bachelor of

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

* Bachelor of

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

''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, a ...

* Bachelor of

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

* Bachelor of

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

* Bachelor of

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

''Campus'' Dom Bosco

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

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, 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 whi ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

* Licentiate of

English Language English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...

* Licentiate of

Portuguese Language Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tom� ...

* 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. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

''Campus'' Santo Antônio

* Bachelor of

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

* Bachelor of

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

* Bachelor of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Licentiate of

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

''Campus'' Tancredo Neves

* Bachelor of

Economic Sciences Economics () is a behavioral 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 analyses ...

* Bachelor of

Business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

* Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism * Bachelor of

Arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

, with emphasis on

Pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...

* Bachelor of

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

* Bachelor of

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

* Bachelor of Social Communication (

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 of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

) * Licentiate of

Physical Education Physical education is an academic subject taught in schools worldwide, encompassing Primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary, and sometimes tertiary education. It is often referred to as Phys. Ed. or PE, and in the United Stat ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

* Licentiate of

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

* Bachelor and Licentiate of

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creativity, creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function ...

* Bachelor of

Animal Husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...

''Campus'' Sete Lagoas

* Interdisciplinary bachelor's degree of Biosystems * 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 natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

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 an ...

* Master of Physics (associated with the Federal University of Lavras 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) * Master of Electrical Engineering (associated with Cefet-MG) * 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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