Located in the Southeastern Region, the most industrialized in Brazil, UFMG, a free public higher education institution, is the oldest university in the state of Minas Gerais. Its foundation occurred on September 7, 1927 under the name University of Minas Gerais (UMG). Almost a century after, the institution is regional and national leadership in teaching, extension, culture, scientific research and generation of patents, in several areas of knowledge.

Its community gathers about 72 thousand people in the cities of Belo Horizonte, Montes Claros, Diamantina and Tiradentes, which are organized around 77 undergraduate courses, 80 postgraduate programs, and more than 750 research centers. In 2016, UFMG reached 1076 patent registrations, which gives it a leading position among the country’s higher education institutions.

Since the creation of UFMG, its graduates have exerted a great influence in cultural, political and economic life, acting as trainers of the intelligentsia, arts, science, and having a seat in the management of companies, different entities, state and from the country.

Mission

To train citizens through the production and socialization of knowledge, contributing to the educational and socio-cultural development of the Northeast Region, particularly the State of Paraíba, in line with the State Sustainable Development Plan.

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To be a qualified center of Teaching, Research and Extension, through actions that contribute to the formation of technically qualified, critical and socially committed citizens.

Principles

Identity, autonomy, unity, diversity, quality and participation are the principles of institutional sustainability of UEPB.

Guidelines

Due to its public character, UEPB should, through teaching, research and extension, produce a knowledge committed to tackling social exclusion;

UEPB’s undergraduate education should contribute to the formation of a critical and socially committed citizen – a multiple being – jointly and severally integrated with society, with social responsibility, ethical behavior and basic professional skills;

The specialization courses (lato sensu postgraduate) are aimed at teaching centered on professional improvement and technical specificity, focusing on the verticalization of technical-vocational training and on-going training;

The stricto sensu postgraduate courses should contribute to the training of the researcher and qualify for the exercise of higher education, prioritizing lines of research contextualized with the regional and state reality;

The scientific research in the Institution, optimized by expanding the interface between undergraduate and postgraduate students, should prioritize the areas of knowledge and the respective research lines of the stricto sensu postgraduate courses;

The university extension, through institutional programs articulated with teaching and / or research, should constitute the essential instrument for the insertion of the UEPB in the social environment, expanding the actions in tune with the community.

The Fluminense Federal University was created in 1960 as the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UFERJ). It originated from the incorporation of the Federal Schools of Pharmacy, Dentistry and Law (1912), Medicine (1926) and Veterinary Medicine (1936); (1944), Social Service (1945), Engineering (1952), and other two, private, Economic Sciences (1942) and Philosophy (1947). After being federalized and incorporated, this union was renamed Universidade Federal Fluminense. UFF’s mission is to produce, disseminate and apply knowledge and culture in a critical and socially referenced way.
          The rectory building is located at Rua Miguel de Frias 9, in the municipality of Niterói – RJ, and several UFF units are located in this city: 3 campuses (Valonguinho, Gragoatá and Praia Vermelha) and many isolated units located in several neighborhoods – Centro, São Domingos, Ingá, Santa Rosa, Vital Brasil – and incorporated into the routine of the residents.
          The Institution has academic units in eight municipalities in the interior of the State of Rio de Janeiro – Angra dos Reis (Angra dos Reis Education Institute); Campos dos Goytacazes (Institute of Society Sciences and Regional Development); Macaé (Institute of Society Sciences); Nova Friburgo (Institute of Health of Nova Friburgo – ISNF); Petrópolis (School of Engineering of Petrópolis); Rio das Ostras (Institute of Science and Technology); Santo Antônio de Pádua (Institute of the Northwest Fluminense of Higher Education – INFES), and Volta Redonda, where the Institute of Human Sciences of Volta Redonda, the School of Industrial and Metallurgical Engineering (EEIMVR) and the Institute of Exact Sciences ( ICEx).
          Today, UFF is made up of 41 Teaching Units, 24 Institutes, 10 Colleges, 6 Schools and 1 College of Application. There are 124 teaching departments, 129 in-service undergraduate courses and 6 distance-learning courses offered in 28 poles of the Open University of Brazil, in partnership with CEDERJ-RJ. At Stricto Sensu Post-Graduation there are 81 Postgraduate programs and 120 courses, of which 42 are PhDs, 62 are MSc and 16 are Professional Masters. The Post-Graduation Lato Sensu presents 131 specialization courses and 45 Residency Programs.