| Universidade de São Paulo | |
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Shield of the University of São Paulo |
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| Motto | Scientia Vinces (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Thou shalt win by Science |
| Established | 1934 [1] |
| Type | Public university |
| Budget | R$3,382 billion [2] |
| Dean | João Grandino Rodas |
| Academic staff | 5,732 [1] |
| Admin. staff | 15,341 [1] |
| Students | 88,261 [1] |
| Undergraduates | 56,998 [1] |
| Postgraduates | 25,591 [1] |
| Location | São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Carlos, Ribeirão Preto, Bauru, Lorena, The state of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Website | www.usp.br |
Universidade de São Paulo (University of São Paulo, short USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious.[3] According to reports by the Ministry of Science and Technology, more than 25% of the articles published by Brazilian researchers in high quality conferences and journals are produced at the University of São Paulo.[4]
USP is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Latin America, with approximately 90,000 enrolled students. It has eleven campuses, four of them in São Paulo[5] (the main campus is called Campus Armando de Salles Oliveira, with an area of 7,443,770 m²). The other campi are in the cities of Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and two in São Carlos. USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge.
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In 1934, during a period known for the "search for alternatives", along with political centralisation, efforts were carried out to provide Brazil with modern administrative, educational and military institutions. One of the main initiatives included the creation, that same year, of the University of São Paulo. Its nucleus was the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages, with professors coming from France, Italy, Spain, Germany and other European countries.
USP also brought together several research and higher-education institutions that already existed in Brazil such as the Faculty of Medicine (Faculdade de Medicina), the Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica), "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture (Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz),and the College of Law (Faculdade de Direito).
According to the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities, USP is placed in the group of the 101-151 top world universities.[6] In the 2011 QS World University Rankings[7] University of Sao Paulo ranked 169th and is the best classified in the specific ranking of South America's universities.[8][9] In 2011, the University of Sao Paulo is the first Ibero-American institution in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings's top-200 (Position 178 in the World).[10][3]
USP's admittance exam, the vestibular, is prepared and administered by FUVEST (University Foundation for Vestibular), subject to regulations approved by the university's Undergraduate Studies Council. In 2006, 142,656 students signed up for Fuvest's vestibular, for a total of 10,202 openings. USP is a public university therefore students do not have to pay any tuition fees.
The University of São Paulo inherited a rich set of museums and important art galleries, most of them located in the central campus in São Paulo, such as:
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