Universidade Luterana do Brasil
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| Motto: | Veritas vos Liberabit "The Truth Will Set You Free" |
| Established: | 1972 |
| Type: | Private |
| Religious affiliation: | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil |
| President: | Delmar Stahnke |
| Vice-president: | João Rosado Maldonado |
| Rector: | Ruben Eugen Becker |
| Faculty: | 3,072 |
| Staff: | 7,220 |
| Students: | 126,353 |
| Location: | Canoas, RS, Brazil |
| Athletics: | Sport Club Ulbra |
| Website: | http://www.ulbra.br |
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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.
The university was founded by St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Canoas, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil.
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 2007, Sport Club Ulbra have contested the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division for the fourth time in a row, but have not been successful in their attempts towards promotion.
