Federal University of Uberlândia


The Federal University of Uberlândia is a Brazilian public university, located in the southwest of Minas Gerais, in Uberlândia, Brazil. The students are admitted through both annual exams, the vestibular, and the National High School Exam.
As of 2014, UFU offers 55 undergraduate degrees, including a sought-after Medicine degree, Law, Economics, plus Engineering, Business, Science and Art degrees. It offers 19 doctorate programs, 38 master's degree programs, 34 diplomas and 21 medical residence programs.

History

The first colleges were established in 1960s. At August 14, 1969, the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Philosopy, Science and Languages, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Economics were united to build the University of Uberlândia with the Brazilian Government confirmation by the decree-law nº 762. On May 24, 1978, University of Uberlândia became the Federal University of Uberlândia by the Law N. 6532.

Rankings and reputation

At National level, in recent years the Federal University of Uberlândia comes to be one of the twenty better public universities of Brazil. Nowadays, it is at the 13th position of the 106 national public universities.