Universidade Luterana do Brasil

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The Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Lutheran University of Brazil, also known as Ulbra) is a university located in the city of Canoas, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The university also has a football team that plays in the first division of the Campeonato Gaúcho, as well as having teams participate in many sports tournaments, including volleyball, basketball and athletics.

Ulbra offers several majors, including medicine, which the university became entitled to offer after building its hospital, located within the university premises and currently serving the community of Canoas and neighbouring cities.

As of 2006, Sport Club Ulbra have contested the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division for the third time in a row, but have not been successful in their attempts towards promotion.