Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Motto: Incipit Vita Nova (Latin)
Motto in English: A new life begins
Established: 1927
Type: Public
Endowment: R$ 685.964.440,45
Rector: Ronaldo Tadêu Pena
Staff: 4,445
Undergraduates: 22,202
Postgraduates: 10,490
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Campus: Urban, 8,794,767 square meters
Website: www.ufmg.br

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais, abbreviated as UFMG) is a public university located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The students are admitted through yearly exams called the vestibular.

UFMG is one of Brazilian five largest universities. It offers 48 different undergraduate degrees, including an extremely sought-after Medicine degree, more traditional options such as Law and Economics, plus a handful of Engineering and a wide array of Science and Art degrees. It also offers 48 PhD programs, 58 MSc programs, 57 diplomas and 37 medical residence programs. In total, UFMG has a capacity for up to 35,324 students.

The current rector of UFMG is Prof. Ronaldo Tadeu Pena. Famous past students include former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, writer, medical doctor and diplomat João Guimarães Rosa, plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy, poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade and pop singers Samuel Rosa and Fernanda Takai.

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[edit] Location

UFMG is located in the northern part of Belo Horizonte, in the neighborhood of Pampulha. The campus area totals 8.794.767 square meters, while built area reches 592.053 square meters. This is divided in three main campuses (Pampulha Campus, Health Sciences Campus in Central Belo Horizonte and Rural Sciences Institute in Montes Claros together with a few buildings spread in Belo Horizonte, such as the School of Architecture. Inside Pampulha Campus there is CDTN, a Federal Institute for Nuclear Sciences Research; composed of 38 buildings, 50 laboratories and a 250 kW Nuclear Reactor built in 1960 named TRIGA. There is also an extensive area of secondary forest known as the Estação Ecologica ("Ecological Station"), where many university scientists carry out research; this is the largest "green" area within the city boundaries, and is home to several endemic insect species.

[edit] History of UFMG

In 1898, the Ouro Preto Faculty of Law was transferred to Belo Horizonte, which at the time was set to be the new state capital.

A few new unconnected faculties would be founded later: in 1907, the Free School of Dentistry; in 1911, the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and a course in pharmacy attached to the Free School of Dentistry.

In 1927, these four schools merged to found UMG, University of Minas Gerais, a private institution subsidized by the state government.

The UMG remained funded by Minas Gerais government until 1949, when funding had been delegated to Brazilian Government. Even though, the name UFMG was not adopted until 1965.

At the time of federalization, the schools of architecture, philosophy and economics were already integrated in the university. As its expansion carried on, the School of Nursing (1950), veterinary science (1961), Information Science (1962), Music (1962) and Physical Education (1969) were founded.

In 1968, an university reform altered profoundly the structure of UFMG. The Faculty of Philosophy spawned multiple institutions: the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, the Institute of Biological Sciences, the Institute of Exact Sciences, the Institute of Geosciences and the Faculties of Literature and Education.

A further five courses have been established recently: agronomy, theater, control and automation engineering, computing mathematics, and phonoaudiology.

[edit] Architecture

Most buildings on campus are massive concrete structures built during the last 30 years using a proprietary system for concrete structure construction designed to make constructions cheap and fast. All designs are by a group of architects who work for the university. While newest buildings try to convey a modern style, some of the older buildings, dated from the university foundation, are in need of repairs.

The streets inside the campus (Pampulha) are mostly paved with cobblestone, but gradually, they have been paved with asphalt. The Dean's building, which is an exception for the lack of architectural interest in campus, was designed by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and inaugurated in 1962. It has been recently protected by a municipal law (which protected various buildings in Pampulha district). Inside the building there is a gigantic panel by the famous local artist Yara Tupinambá. A second massive panel (built on concrete) on the FUNDEP building is also by Tupinambá.

[edit] UFMG in numbers

Number of vacancies: 4,594
Research groups: 547
National patents: 128
International patents: 24
Publications: 9,077
Undergraduate students: 22,202
Medical Residents: 285
Master Students: 3,470
PhD Students: 2,096
Total students: 35,324
Teachers: 2,446
Campuses: 3
Academic units: 21
Total units: 44
Libraries: 28
Books:707,000
Number of students which take the admission exams yearly: 73,827
Average Ratio of applications/admission: 15,8
Number of admissions/year: 4,674

[edit] Blocks

  • Colégio Técnico - Coltec
  • Centro Esportivo Universitário - CEU
  • Escola de Arquitetura
  • Escola de Belas-Artes - EBA
  • Escola de Ciência da Informação (Escola de Biblioteconomia)
  • Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional - EEFFTO
  • Escola de Enfermagem
  • Escola de Engenharia
  • Escola de Música
  • Escola de Veterinária
  • Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas - FACE
  • Faculdade de Direito
  • Faculdade de Educação - FAE
  • Faculdade de Farmácia
  • Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas - FAFICH
  • Faculdade de Letras - FALE
  • Faculdade de Medicina
  • Faculdade de Odontologia
  • Instituto de Cîências Biológicas - ICB
  • Instituto de Ciências Exatas - ICEx
  • Instituto de Geociências - IGC
  • Parque Tecnológico - BHTEC

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Coordinates: 19.871904° S 43.966248° W