Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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Universidade Federal
do Rio de Janeiro

Established: September 7, 1920[1]
Type: Public, Federal
Chancellor: Aloísio Teixeira
Vice-Chancellor: Sylvia da Silveira de Mello Vargas
Staff: 3,156[2]
Students: 44,101[2]
Location: Flag of Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mascot: Minerva
Website: http://www.ufrj.br
The Palácio Universitário, a 19th century Neoclassical building that serves as campus of the UFRJ. The Institutes for Economy, Education, Communications and Administration, among others, are based here.
The Palácio Universitário, a 19th century Neoclassical building that serves as campus of the UFRJ. The Institutes for Economy, Education, Communications and Administration, among others, are based here.

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ) is the largest federal university of Brazil, where state-owned universities are the best and most qualified institutions[3]. It is seated in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with three campi (Fundão island, Praia Vermelha and the humanities core at IFCS downtown) and two more independent buildings in downtown Rio.

It was founded in 1920,[1] originally as "University of Brazil" (Universidade do Brasil), by gathering a number of previously autonomous institutions of high education in the city. By then, Rio was capital of Brazil and it was part of the government strategy to have qualified professionals in the country's new economy. Some of the colleges and schools which form UFRJ date back to Portugal and Brazil united kingdom and Brazilian imperial times (19th century), such as the [Escola Politécnica] (Polytechnical School - founded in 1792) Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (National School of Fine Arts) and the Faculdade de Medicina (Medicine School).

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[edit] Centers

The University is divided in "Centers" and in independent units:

[edit] Institutions

  • Observatório Nacional (National Observatory)
  • Museu Nacional (National Museum)
  • Casa da Ciência (House of Science)
  • CAp UFRJ (Laboratory School)

[edit] Notable alumni

  1. Artur Barrio, artist who attended Escola de Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts)[citation needed]
  2. Henrique Meirelles, current president of the Banco Central do Brasil (Brazil's Central Bank)
  3. Ivan Lins, a Brazilian musician
  4. Carlos Minc, Current Enviromental Minister of the federal government

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.ufrj.br/pr/conteudo_pr.php?sigla=HISTORIA
  2. ^ a b Data from year 2005. http://www.ufrj.br/pr/conteudo_pr.php?sigla=AUFRJ_ESTATISTI
  3. ^ Higher Education in Brazil: Challenges and Options "The public system, which includes many, but not all of the country's finest institutions, provides higher quality education than the private sector, charges no tuition, and limits the number of places."

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Coordinates: 22°51′45″S 43°13′26″W / -22.8625, -43.22389