UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

The Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) is a federal institution of Higher Education based in the city of Teresina – State of Piauí and with campuses in the cities of Parnaíba, Picos, Floriano and Bom Jesus. The Institution is maintained by the Federal University of Piauí Foundation (FUFPI) (created by Law No. 5,528, dated 11/12/1968) and is financed with funds from the Federal Government.

The UFPI was established on March 1, 1971, after the merger of some isolated faculties that existed in the State – Faculty of Law, Catholic Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Administration (Parnaíba) and Faculty of Medicine.

Mission

"To foster the elaboration, systematization and socialization of philosophical, scientific, artistic and technological knowledge appropriate to contemporary knowledge and social reality, forming resources that contribute to local, regional and national economic, political, social and cultural development" (PDI-2010 / 2014).

Objectives and functions

The university aims to cultivate knowledge in all fields of pure and applied knowledge. It is the responsibility of the UFPI, according to chapter I of its statute:

a) to stimulate cultural creation and the development of the scientific spirit and reflective thinking;
b) train graduates in different areas of knowledge, suitable for insertion in professional sectors and for participation in the development of Brazilian society, and collaborate in their ongoing training;
(c) to encourage research and scientific research, with a view to developing science and technology and creating and disseminating culture, and thereby to develop understanding and the environment in which it lives;
d) to promote the dissemination of cultural, scientific and technical knowledge that constitute the patrimony of humanity and to communicate knowledge through teaching, publication or other forms of communication;
e) raise the permanent desire for cultural and professional improvement and enable the corresponding concretization, integrating the knowledge that is being acquired in an intellectual structure systematizing the knowledge of each generation;
f) to stimulate knowledge of the problems of the present world, especially national and regional ones, to provide specialized services to the community and to establish a reciprocal relationship with it;
g) promote extension, open to the participation of the population, aiming at the diffusion of the achievements and benefits resulting from the cultural creation and the scientific and technological research generated in the institution.

UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA DE BRASIL "JULIO DE MESQUITA FILHO"

Unesp (Universidade Estadual Paulista) is one of the largest and most important Brazilian universities, with outstanding performance in teaching, research and the extension of services to the community.

Maintained by the Government of the State of São Paulo, it is one of the three free public universities, alongside USP (University of São Paulo) and Unicamp (State University of Campinas).

Created in 1976, from institutes of higher education that existed in several regions of the State of São Paulo, Unesp has 34 units in 24 cities, of which 22 are in the Interior; one in the State Capital, São Paulo; and one in the São Paulo Coast, in São Vicente.

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Uplifting the Whole People
The University of Alberta has had the vision to be one of the world’s great universities for the public good since its inception. This university is dedicated to the promise made by founding president Henry Marshall Tory that “… knowledge shall not be the concern of scholars alone. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal.”

This vision endures as the university strives to improve the lives of people in Alberta, across Canada, and around the world.

Motto
The university motto, quaecumque vera, means “whatsoever things are true” and is taken from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, Chapter 4, Verse 8, in the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible.

Mission
Within a vibrant and supportive learning environment, the University of Alberta discovers, disseminates, and applies new knowledge through teaching and learning, research and creative activity, community involvement, and partnerships. The U of A gives a national and international voice to innovation in our province, taking a lead role in placing Canada at the global forefront.

Vision
To inspire the human spirit through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery, and citizenship in a creative community, building one of the world’s great universities for the public good.

Aboriginal Acknowledgement
The University of Alberta acknowledges the traditional territory on which we stand and thanks the diverse Indigenous peoples whose footsteps have marked this territory for centuries, such as Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis and Nakota Sioux.

Governance
The University of Alberta is a board-governed public institution whose board members include representatives of the public, staff, faculty, and students, including representatives of the Students’ Union and the Graduate Students’ Association.

Board of Governors’ Chair: Michael Phair

Senate
The senate is an independent advisory body of community leaders that plays a critical role in linking with the community and enhancing the reputation of the university. The senate also selects honorary degree recipients.

UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE

The University of Lethbridge fosters an environment that meets the educational and personal needs of students through excellent teaching, exposure to research, interaction with professors and instructors, academic advising, counseling, and cultural, recreational and extracurricular programs.

We value and support many approaches to teaching and learning, and strive to be a leader in using teaching tools, techniques, and technologies to facilitate, ameliorate, and refine the educational experience.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, located in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, is a century-old institution, recognized nationally and internationally. She teaches courses in all areas of knowledge and at all levels, from elementary school to postgraduate.

The qualification of its faculty, composed mostly of masters and doctors, the permanent updating of the infrastructure of laboratories and libraries, the increase in student assistance, as well as the prioritization of its national and international insertion are policies in constant development.

Around 40 thousand people are in search of one of the most qualified teaching in the country. This, together with research, with recognized levels of excellence, and the extension, which provides diversified activities to the community, makes UFRGS reach high levels of evaluation.

UFRGS, as a public institution at the service of society and committed to the future and with a critical conscience, respects differences, prioritizes experimentation and, above all, reaffirms its commitment to education and the production of knowledge, inspired by the ideals of freedom and solidarity.

HEC MONTREAL

Quebec business leaders founded HEC Montréal at the turn of the 20th century to help francophones assume the levers of business and economic power in their own province. Since then, HEC Montréal has asserted its leadership as a dynamic player in its own community, where it remains deeply rooted, as well as on the world stage. Drawing on a remarkable pool of world-class teachers and researchers — experts in every field of management — the School plays a key role in advancing society through groundbreaking teaching that integrates innovative content and methods at all levels; pioneering research that continuously pushes the boundaries of management science; and fruitful partnerships that enable the transfer of new knowledge and fresh perspectives. As testimony to its excellence, HEC Montréal was the ¬first business school in North America to be awarded the three most prestigious international accreditations in its field.

MISSION
Francophone, community-based, open to the world, HEC Montréal, a world-class university in management, contributes to the growth of society by exercising leadership in all its fields of activity: teaching at all levels. cycles, research and community services.
                
VISION
HEC Montréal intends to play a leading role in all spheres of activity, with a focus on:
• the training of a management succession experienced in the new requirements of the business world;
• the international positioning of the institution and the multiplication of its networks of influence and collaboration;
• the production of cutting-edge research and its transfer to organizations.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO

The Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) is one of the best universities in the country, teaching (undergraduate and graduate) and research. At the international level, the institution is among the world’s top 1000 and the 14th best in the country, according to The Word University Ranckings 2018.

The UFPE also excels in national assessments that take into account, for undergraduate, student performance indices in the National Student Performance Examination (Enade), the structure of institutions and the investment in teachers and courses, now General Index of Courses (IGC), and the titling and scientific production of post-graduate teachers – by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), these two evaluations of the MEC.

In recent years, as part of programs to expand the teaching of the Federal Government, the University expanded its operations and today has three campuses, located in Recife, in Vitória de Santo Antão and in Caruaru

Between 2005 and 2016, more than 2,500 places were created in undergraduate courses. During this period, more than 30 courses were implemented, among them Cinema, Archeology, Museology, Dance, Information Systems, Materials Engineering, Energy Engineering and Naval Engineering. The growth is mainly due to two programs of the Ministry of Education: the Interiorization of Higher Education and the Support to Restructuring and Expansion Plans of the Federal Universities (Reuni).

Rector
Rector – Anísio Brasileiro de Freitas Dourado
Vice-Dean – Florisbela de Arruda Câmara and Siqueira Campos

Mission
Promote an adequate environment for the development of people and the construction of knowledge and skills that contribute to the sustainability of society, through teaching, research, extension and management.

Infrastructure
The UFPE brings together more than 40 thousand people, including professors, technical-administrative staff and undergraduate and graduate students, distributed in three campuses: Recife, Caruaru and Vitória de Santo Antão.

In Campus Recife, there are more than 40 buildings, including the Rectory, nine Academic Centers, eight Supplementary Organs, Convention Center, Acoustic Shell, University Club, Nursery, Student Houses for Men and Women and the University Restaurant.

Off campus, in Recife, there are the Legal Sciences Center, the Television and University Radios Nucleus, the Benfica Cultural Center, the Medicine Memorial and the Nucleus of Continuing Education. In the Interior, there are the Agreste Academic Center in Caruaru, and the Academic Center of Vitória de Santo Antão, located in the Zona Norte Mata.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL

The Université de Montréal is one of the world’s leading research universities.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO

The current denomination – Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro – came with Law 4.759, of 1965. The UFRRJ, since 1968 an autonomous entity, auxiliary and decentralized of the public administration, began to act with a more flexible structure to accompany the university reform that was implanted in the country. With the approval of its statute, in 1970, the University expanded the areas of teaching, research and extension. In 1972, he began the system of courses in credit system.

The University’s general objectives are: to generate, systematize, socialize and apply the scientific, technological, philosophical and artistic knowledge through teaching, research and inseparably linked, expanding and deepening the professional practice, critical reflection, and enhancing peace and quality of life.

UFRRJ maintains the character of a public, free, secular university, of quality and socially referenced, contributing to the scientific, technological, artistic and cultural development of the Country and to the formulation of public and social policies, aiming at the training of professionals-citizens with autonomy for continuous learning, socially referenced to the world of work and capable of acting in the construction of social justice and democracy, with the following specific objectives: I – generate and propagate scientific, technological and cultural knowledge; II – to train, diploma and provide initial and continuous training in the different areas of knowledge, aiming at the exercise of professional activities and participation in the development of society; III – to stimulate the development of science, creation and critical and reflexive thinking; IV – to contribute to the process of regional and national development, carrying out the systematic study of their problems and the formation of scientific and technical personnel in terms of their needs; V – promote extension, open to the participation of the population, aiming at the socialization of the achievements and benefits, resulting from the cultural creation and the scientific and technological research generated in the Institution; VI – to promote education face-to-face, at a distance or in any other modality, provided that they are approved by the competent authorities; VII – to educate for the promotion of social and environmental development; VIII – to cultivate the ethical principles in the attainment of its objectives; IX – maintain a broad and diversified exchange of knowledge with society; X – promote support for public education in all its precepts and prerogatives.