Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( UFRGS ) ( Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ) in Porto Alegre is a Brazilian university. It is one of Brazil's largest universities with 27 faculties. At the University founded in 1934 to teach about 2,100 teachers; the university is attended by approximately 24,000 students.

  • 3.1 Campus 3.1.1 Porto Alegre
  • 3.1.2 State

History

Founded as the University 1934. It emerged from the Escola de Química e farmácia, which was founded in 1895 and in 1896 expanded to the Escola de Engenharia. By 1934, more institutes of medicine and law were founded in Porto Alegre. 1934 these institutions, as well as institutes for astronomy, electronics were summarized, for example the newly founded University of Porto Alegre. In 1947, the University of Rio Grande do Sul by merging the above university, as well as the professional schools of Law and Dentistry in Pelotas and pharmacy technical school of Santa Maria, founded. The addition of " federal " was the university in December 1950, when the university was nationalized.

Educational institutions

The university offers a wide range of courses of graduacao and pos - graduacao level. The following faculties and institutions are located in the UFRGS:

Faculties

  • Business Administration ( Escola de Administração )
  • Sport Sciences ( Escola de Educação Física )
  • Nursing ( Escola de Enfermagem )
  • Engineering ( Escola de Engenharia )
  • Electrical Engineering ( Escola Técnica da UFRGS )
  • Agricultural Sciences ( Faculdade de Agronomy )
  • Architecture ( Faculdade de Arquitetura )
  • Librarianship and Communication Sciences ( Faculdade de Biblioteca. Comunicação e )
  • Economics ( Faculdade de Ciências ECONOMICAS )
  • Law ( Faculdade de Direito )
  • Education Sciences ( Faculdade de Educação )
  • Pharmacy ( Faculdade de farmácia )
  • Medicine ( Faculdade de Medicina)
  • Dentistry ( Faculdade de Odontologia )
  • Veterinary Office ( Faculdade de Veterinária )

Institute

  • Institute of the Arts (Instituto de Artes)
  • Institute of Life Sciences ( Instituto de Biociências )
  • Institute of Medicine (Instituto de Ciências da Saúde básicas )
  • Institute for Nutritional Sciences (Instituto de Ciências e Tec. De Alimentos )
  • Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences ( Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humana )
  • Institute of Physics (Instituto de Física )
  • Institute of Earth Sciences (Instituto de Geociências )
  • Institute of computer science (Instituto de Informática )
  • Institute of Linguistics (Instituto de Letras )
  • Institute of Mathematics (Instituto de Matemática )
  • Institute for Research in Hidraulik (Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas )
  • Department of Psychology (Instituto de Psicologia )
  • Department of Chemistry (Instituto de Química )

Facilities

Campus

The UFRGS has several facilities both in Porto Alegre, as well as outside the capital to other cities in the state.

Porto Alegre

In Porto Alegre itself there are four branches. The main campus, which houses the administration of the UFRGS or the large auditorium, among other things, is the Campus Central. This is located on the edge of the city center next to Parque Farroupilha. Here are the et al be found the Faculties, law, architecture or engineering. In addition, it houses a cinema ( Salão because Redenção ), which mainly has alternative films on offer. The faculties are partially housed in old buildings, which date from the 19th century, thus making the campus also a tourist attraction. Not far from the campus of the Central Campus Saúde, on which is located next to the university hospital, for example, the medical and communication science faculties are located. On Campus Olímpico, near the Estadio Olímpico Gremio, is the sports science faculty and the necessary facilities such as several gyms, sports fields, swimming pools, etc.. Widely outside the city is the campus Vale, where many in the humanities and natural science faculties housed are. The campus was built into it out of town in nature and is therefore very quiet and somewhat truncated. The campus was still in the period of military dictatorship and rumor was deliberately trying va the Scientific Spirit and thus to get more critical people from the city.

Federal State

In addition to the facilities in the capital of the state, there are in some other cities settlements UFRGS, as in Gramado, Eldorado or Imbé. These devices offer the possibility of a kind of distance learning for students who can not go to Porto Alegre or want.

Cafeteria

Each campus UFRGS has a so called RU ( Restaurante Universitaria ). After presentation of a student card are available for students, but also for university staff, breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the price of R $ 1.50.

Halls of Residence

The UFRGS has several so-called Casas dos Estudantes which are predominantly located in the Cidade Baixa and on Avenida João Pessoa in the immediate vicinity of the campus Centro. The range of rooms, however, is severely limited.

International Office

For several years, a strong effort is to internationalize the UFRGS. For this purpose already some partnerships (eg there is a very lively exchange between the law faculties of the UFRGS and the Justus- Liebig- University of Giessen ) were signed with universities around the world. Many of the partnerships are limited to the individual faculties and are not comprehensive university. In addition, find exchanges with universities in Portugal and educational institutions from other former Portuguese colonies instead. Also there are many partnerships with French universities. So there for some years a double degree MBA International Affairs, which the Escola de Administração UFRGS together with the ESC Troyes and the University of Paris III offers. Also from South and Latin American countries, many students come to study in Porto Alegre. The office of the UFRGS responsible for international affairs is RELINTER ( Relações Internacionais = International Relations ) calls and is housed in the Central Campus.

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