UNIVERSIDADE
FEDERAL DO
CEARÁ
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General presentation
Foundation and institutional mission
Campi
Contacts
Academic information
Personnel
Teaching
Research
Extension
International affairs
Student services
Application procedures for foreign students
Welcome information for foreign students
GENERAL PRESENTATION
The Universidade Federal do Ceará lies in the State of Ceará, in the Northeast of
Brazil.
GENERAL PRESENTATION
The Universidade Federal do Ceará’s campi
are situated in Ceará’s capital city,
Fortaleza, as well as in the cities of Sobral
and Quixadá and in Cariri region.
Fortaleza
Sobral
Quixadá
For tourist information, see:
•http://www.fortaleza.ce.gov.br/turismo/
•http://www.setur.ce.gov.br/template_setur_en
Cariri
GENERAL PRESENTATION
The Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) is recognized as one
of the best federal institutions of higher education in Brazil.
Therefore it represents an important scientific and cultural
heritage of Ceará’s people. Its programs are distributed among
four centers (Science, Agricultural Sciences, Human Sciences,
and Technology), five colleges (Law; Education; Economics,
Administration, Actuarial Sciences, and Accounting; Pharmacy,
Dentistry, and Nursing; and Medicine), and three institutes
(Sea Sciences; Culture and Art; Physical Education and Sports).
FOUNDATION AND
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
The Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) is a public
institution related to the Ministry of Education. It was
founded in response to an intensive public mobilization and
created by the Federal Law 2,373 of December, 1954. The
opening ceremony occurred on June 25, 1955, at the José
de Alencar Theater. By that time, it was still called
Universidade do Ceará and was composed of the School of
Agriculture, the College of Pharmacy and Dentistry, the
School of Law and the College of Medicine.
FOUNDATION AND
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
The institution grew quickly and created new programs,
primarily seeking to meet the local needs for qualified
human resources. Currently this University offers programs
in many different knowledge areas, distributed among its
major four centers (Science, Agricultural Sciences, Human
Sciences, and Technology), five colleges (Law; Education;
Medicine; Economics, Administration, Actuarial Sciences,
and Accounting; and Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing),
and two institutes (Sea Sciences and Culture and Art).
FOUNDATION AND
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
Still keeping its first slogan “the universal through the
regional”, the UFC is truly committed to solve local
problems, without forgetting the universal feature of its
production. Located in Fortaleza, capital of the State of
Ceará, it is one of the components of the State Higher
Education System. Its actions are based on the state
territory in order to effectively respond to the various
demands of society.
CAMPI
• In the urban area of Fortaleza, the UFC
occupies 233 hectares, divided into three campi.
CAMPI
• The Benfica Campus (13
ha) is comprised of the
university’s administrative
center, housing the Rector’s
office and other
administrative posts in
addition to the Center of
Human Sciences and the
Colleges of Law, Education
and that of Economics,
Business Administration
and Accounting.
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The campus also includes the
Center of Foreign Languages as
well as facilities for the promotion
of artistic and cultural activities
such as the University FM Radio
Station, the Museum of Art, the
Casa Amarela Eusélio de Oliveira
(the School of Image and Sound),
the Publishing House and the
Acoustic Shell/Auditorium
(outdoor conference area).
CAMPI
• The Pici Campus (212 ha) accommodates the Center of Sciences,
the Center of Agricultural Sciences, the Center of Technology, the
Institute of Physical Education and Sports; the Undergraduate
College, the Graduate College; the Main Library, the DataProcessing Center, the Sports Center and a variety of laboratories,
including the Natural Product Research Lab. The Campus will also
include the Culture and Art Institute, which is being built;
CAMPI
• The Porangabussu Campus (8 ha) houses the
University Hospital (the Hospital Universitário Walter
Cantídio), the University Maternity Hospital (the
Maternidade-Escola Assis Chateaubriand), the College
of Medicine, and the College of Pharmacy, Dentistry and
Nursing. In addition, it also houses the Center for
Hematology, various laboratories, and out-patient clinics.
CAMPI
• Outside the three campi, the Universidade
Federal do Ceará also administers Labomar
(the Sea Sciences Institute) and Alagadiço
Novo Park.
CAMPI
• Labomar (the Sea Sciences Institute) does
research in the areas of Ocean Science,
Fisheries and Fishing Technology.
• Alagadiço Novo Park comprises not only the
house where the renowned Brazilian writer José
de Alencar was born, but also facilities for
workshops, lectures and meetings: a museum, a
training center, and a historical site. In addition,
the park has recently been turned into a place
for people to attend chorinho music
performances and to eat feijoada.
CAMPI
• Outside Fortaleza, there are three extended campi in
the countryside – one located in the city of Sobral, in the
north of Ceará, another in the city of Barbalha, in the
south, and the third one located in the city of Quixadá, in
the center of the State. Each of them occupies 20 ha.
CAMPI
• The Sobral Campus offers undergraduate programs in
Economics, Computation Engineering, Medicine,
Dentistry, and Psychology. It also offers two master’s
degree programs – Family Health and Biotechnology.
• The undergraduate programs of the Cariri Campus are
Administration, Agronomy, Library Science, Civil
Engineering, Philosophy, and Medicine. A master’s
degree program in Regional Sustainable Development is
being created.
• The Quixadá Campus offers currently only one academic
(undergraduate) program – Information Systems.
CONTACTS
Name and Address
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Av. da Universidade, 2853 – Benfica – Fortaleza
– CE
CEP 60020-181 – Fone: +55 (85) 3366 7300
Email and website
[email protected]
http://www.ufc.br
Rector
Prof. Dr. Jesualdo Pereira Farias
+55 (85) 3366.7305 / +55 (85) 3366.7306
Head of the International
Relations Office
(CAI – Coordenadoria de
Assuntos Internacionais)
Prof. Dr. Maria Elias Soares
+55 (85) 3366.7333 / +55 (85) 3366.7336
Website of the International
Relations Office
(CAI – Coordenadoria de
Assuntos Internacionais)
http://www.cai.ufc.br
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
Academic
Calendar
The dates of the academic year at the UFC can be checked at: http://www.ufc.br
link Calendário Universitário.
- 1st four-month period: from mid February to the beginning of July
- 2nd four-month period: from the beginning of August to the beginning of
December
Lecture
Period
The same as the academic calendar
Faculties
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Centro de Humanidades (http://www.ch.ufc.br)
Faculdade de Direito (http://www.direito.ufc.br)
Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Atuária e Contabilidade
(http://www.feaac.ufc.br)
Faculdade de Educação (http://www.faced.ufc.br)
Centro de Ciências (http://www.centrodeciencias.ufc.br/)
Centro de Ciências Agrárias (http://www.cca.ufc.br)
Centro de Tecnologia (http://www.ct.ufc.br)
Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem (http://ffoe.ufc.br)
Faculdade de Medicina (http://www.medicina.ufc.br)
Instituto de Ciências do Mar (http://www.labomar.ufc.br)
Instituto de Cultura e Arte (http://www.ica.ufc.br)
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
Grading
system
Mark scale: from 0,0 (minimum) to 10,0 (maximum)
Minimum average:
-7,0 (for ordinary exams) or
-5,0 (for final exams in case of minimum average for ordinary exams
not reached)
Working
language
used in the
programs
Portuguese
Language
Courses
Portuguese; English, Spanish, French, German, Italian as foreign
languages; Greek and Latin; Esperanto (not a regular course)
Study fees
The UFC, as any other Brazilian public university, charges no study
fees.
PERSONNEL
• The UFC has an approximate total of 1,800 faculty
members. From that total, around 1,100 hold a PhD
degree and 450, a master’s degree. The technical and
administrative staff is composed of 3,400 members.
There are also 803 outsourced service providers.
TEACHING
• The UFC offers 101 undergraduate programs, 84
specialization programs, 52 master’s programs and 35
PhD programs.
TEACHING
• The UFC presents an approximate total enrollment of
30,000 academic students – almost 26,000 are enrolled
in undergraduate programs and over 3,800 are taking
graduate programs.
• Besides these, there are the distance education
students and the extension students, whose sums are
respectively about 5,000 and over 6,000. The former
students spread throughout Ceará and the latter includes
the over 5,000 who took part in the continuing education
program at the “Houses of Foreign Cultures”.
RESEARCH
• Research activities are mainly carried out by the
academic departments, experimental farm stations, the
Laboratory of Ocean Science, the Laboratory of Natural
Products, the Technological Development Center
(PADETEC) and dozens of other laboratories.
RESEARCH
• These units undertake both basic and applied
researches and are, in general, supported by institutions
such as CAPES – Coordination Office for the
Improvement of Staff with Higher Education, CNPq –
National Council for Scientific and Technologic
Development, FINEP – Sponsoring Agency for
Researches and Projects, at the national level, and
FUNCAP – Cearense Foundation for the Development
of Researches, and BNB – the Northeastern Bank of
Brazil (Banco do Nordeste do Brasil), at the regional
level. The research activities are often organized in
research groups, which currently sum into 247.
EXTENSION
• Extension activities at the UFC consist of community
services, cultural activities and diffusion of scientific and
technological knowledge. As to activities of artistic and
cultural nature, many permanent and temporary courses
are promoted and supported by the UFC. The scientific
and technological diffusion is primarily developed
through a large variety of courses and services, which
create a bond between the university and society. The
community services link various activities in urban and
rural areas through hundreds of social projects.
EXTENSION
• Concerning health and medical assistance, the UFC
provides care and orientation to the academic and nonacademic population, within the state, through the
University Hospital (Hospital Universitário Walter
Cantídio), with 238 beds, and the University Maternity
Hospital (Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand), with
220 beds. The hospital complex, with its 458 beds and
its support services, treats people from near and far,
playing a vital role in providing medical care in the state
of Ceará. The Hospital does hundreds of thousands of
clinic proceedings, almost 1 million laboratory exams,
over 290,000 consultations, 6,858 hospitalizations and
over 5,396 surgeries every year.
EXTENSION
• Community development projects are currently
underway in Fortaleza itself and in surrounding
communities, both urban and rural. Activities in the fine
arts include extension courses and special programs. In
total, there are 685 extension projects, which are
beneficial to thousands of people through the whole
State.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
• The UFC has a large experience in international
cooperation and exchange programs with foreign
universities and other types of foreign institutions.
Currently it keeps 99 agreements with universities from
17 different countries.
• It is also important to highlight that the UFC takes part in
the successful Federal Government’s PEC-G Program –
Student-Agreement Program – undergraduate programs
(Programa Estudante Convênio – Graduação), hosting
students from all Latin America and Africa.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
• Such an intense work has allowed faculty members to
obtain outstanding advanced educational training and
has provided means to exchange scientific and
technologic information as well.
• Currently, the cooperation agreements cover many
different knowledge areas, allowing contact among
research groups, providing means to improve graduate
programs and promoting the exchange of undergraduate
and graduate students as well as faculty members.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
• Participation in 4 Erasmus Mundus mobility projects:
Eubranex, Mundus17, Emundus15, Emundus17.
• Participation in 15 university international networks (Aridas,
AULP, Bracerb, Double Degree, Emundus15, Emundus17,
Eubranex, Mundus17, Fodepal, Grupo Coimbra de
Universidades Brasileiras, Grupo Tordesilhas, Redibep,
OUI, UDUAL, Universia).
• Student mobility including Double Degree in undergraduate
(France), master’s degree (USA) and PhD programs (France).
• Some numbers of 2009:
– 125 UFC’s professors abroad for conventions, joint
research and other academic activities.
– 144 UFC students in international mobility.
– 37 foreign mobility students and 8 foreign professors at
UFC.
– 115 African or Latin American foreign students in full
undergraduate programs (PEC-G program)
STUDENT SERVICES
Within the UFC, the students enrolled on either regular
academic programs or continuing education programs
have access to the following services:
1.A library system with 15 units, with an overall number of
102,928 titles and 232,778 exemplars, including books,
journals, theses, and dissertations. The library system
offers services of household lending, bibliographic
commuting, and other types of support services;
STUDENT SERVICES
2.
A set of facilities and equipment designed for the
promotion of artistic and cultural activities, such as the
Art Museum, Casa José de Alencar (museum, training
center, and historical site), Casa Amarela Eusélio de
Oliveira (School of Image and Sound), University
Theater, University Radio Station (FM 107,9), the UFC
Publishing House and the Acoustic Shell/Auditorium;
STUDENT SERVICES
3.
An extensive program of continuing education in
foreign languages offered by the Center of Foreign
Languages, where the students can learn English,
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish;
STUDENT SERVICES
4.
5.
A restaurant on Pici Campus and another on Benfica
Campus. Both have a very low-priced fee, offer menus
which include vegetarian options and are open for
students who have an identification card;
A medical-odontological service unit, but not offering
medical specialty care. Since the Brazilian public
health system is precarious, foreign students or
teachers are supposed to make anticipated
arrangements relating to health services.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
• All applications must be forwarded by the Office of International
Relations of the student's home Institution, by filling in the form
(which is available at
http://www.cai.ufc.br/mobilidadeestrangeiro.htm) and sending it to
our International Relations Office, by air mail, with all the required
and signed documents enclosed, according to the instructions found
on the above-mentioned web page.
• All foreign students are earnestly requested to forward their
applications at least TWO MONTHS before the beginning of the
period they intend to spend at the Universidade Federal do Ceará.
The dates of the academic year at the UFC can be checked at:
http://www.ufc.br link Calendário Universitário.
1st four-month period: from mid February to the beginning of July
2nd four-month period: from the beginning of August to the beginning of
December
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
• Once the application has been accepted,
the above-mentioned Office will send a
letter of acceptance to the Office of
International Relations of the home
Institution, in order to facilitate access to
a student visa.
Documents to be sent by the applicant
o Printed application form
o Photocopy of passport (identification,
number of passport and expiry date)
o Updated official transcript and academic
statement of current enrollment and
studies at the home university
o Letter from the student explaining the
reasons why he/she would like to study at
the UFC
o Letter from the Institutional Coordinator
presenting the student to the UFC
• The UFC offers no
accommodation facilities. In
the site of the Secretariat of
Tourism of Ceará, there is a
list of hotels, inns and hostels:
http://www.setur.ce.gov.br/tem
plate_setur_en.
• The student must obtain the
study visa before leaving
his/her country, no matter how
long the period of studies is.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
• The student must obtain the study visa before leaving his/her
country, no matter how long the period of studies is.
• All applicants must be currently enrolled and attending courses at
the home University which enable them to follow the intended
studies at the UFC. The foreign applicant must be in good academic
standing and must have completed at least one year in the program
at the home University.
• Although there is neither the formal requirement for a proficiency
test nor for an interview, it is strongly recommended that all foreign
students must be able to communicate in the Portuguese language,
corresponding to level B1 in the Common European Framework of
Reference (CEF).
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
• It is important to highlight that foreign exchange students will not be
charged enrollment fees or annuity at the UFC, based on the
understandings established in the cooperation agreements. All
students who are accepted to study at the UFC will have access to
libraries and to the university restaurant (where a small fee, currently
R$ 1,10, is charged for the meals), besides having access to an
identification card which will allow the student to pay reduced fares
(currently R$ 0,90, in place of R$ 1,80) on local public transportation
and buy half-price tickets for cultural events in the city of Fortaleza.
However, the UFC does not offer accommodation for foreign
students.
• Academic information concerning the list of courses taught can be
found at http://www.ufc.br links Graduação > Cursos de Graduação.
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Procedures 1. The student must go to CAI (Coordenadoria de
for
Assuntos Internacionais), located at the Rector’s
incomings
Office (Av. da Universidade, 2853, Benfica, at the
corner with Av. Treze de Maio), with his or her
passport and a copy of it in order to fill out forms
and get more information and documents before
going to the next places.
2. At the Departamento de Polícia Federal (Federal
Police Department), located at Rua Paula
Rodrigues, 304, Fátima, near Igreja de Fátima
(Fátima Church), the student will request his or
her identification card by paying a fee around R$
200.00.
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Procedures 3.
for
incomings
4.
At the Secretaria da Receita Federal
(Secretariat of the Federal Revenue), located
at R. Barão de Aracati, 909, Aldeota, at the
corner with Av. Pereira Filgueiras, he or she will
request a document called CPF (Physical
Person Register) necessary for most
circumstances related to civil law.
Such a document will be used at the PróReitoria de Graduação (Undergraduate
College) or at the Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e
Pós-Graduação (Graduate College), both
located at the Pici Campus. This is where the
student will enroll in the University before
introducing him or herself at the Undergraduate
or Graduate Program Coordination.
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Information
on the cost
of living,
climate and
cultural
events
(I)
For individual students living alone and economically, the
average cost of living is from R$ 500.00 to R$ 1,000.00
(around something from 187.00 € to 375.00 € or US$ 270.00
to US$ 540.00).
Fortaleza lies on the seaside of the State of Ceará, in Brazil's
Northeast. Its average temperature is from 27°C to 32°C.
There are music shows, art exhibitions, theater plays or
other cultural events at Dragão do Mar Center of Art and
Culture, located near Iracema Beach, at Banco do
Nordeste Cultural Center as well as at José de Alencar
Theater, both located downtown, and at a lot of other places,
including occasionally the UFC itself, especially at the
Acoustic Shell, the Museum of Modern Art, Casa Amarela
Eusélio de Oliveira (the School of Image and Sound), and
Alagadiço Novo Park .
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Information
on the cost
of living,
climate and
cultural
events
On Sundays and holidays, it is usually a good idea to go to
Futuro Beach or to a near beach outside Fortaleza.
(II)
Leisure and The UFC offers free access to leisure and sport facilities,
Sport
coordinated by the Pro-rectorate of Student Affairs. There are
Facilities
also occasional music shows and other cultural events such as
exhibitions and “calouradas” (parties to welcome new students).
Bus time
schedules
and routes
http://www.etufor.ce.gov.br
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Bus
lines
075 – Campus do Pici / Unifor
From Benfica Campus to Pici Campus and vice-versa;
from Pici Campus to Iguatemi Mall and Unifor through Benfica
neighborhood
080 – Francisco Sá / Parangaba
From Pici Campus to Porangabussu Campus and vice-versa
350 – Av. José Bastos
From Benfica Campus to Porangabussu Campus and vice-versa; from
Porangabussu Campus downtown through Benfica neighborhood
355 – Siqueira / José Bastos
371 – Parangaba / José Bastos
014 – Av. Aguanambi II
From Benfica Campus downtown
502 – Vila União
504 – Av. Treze de Maio /
Rodoviária II
011 – Circular I
From Benfica Campus to Aldeota neighborhood
030 – Siqueira / Papicu
038 – Parangaba / Papicu
077 – Parangaba / Mucuripe
From Benfica Campus to Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture
014 – Av. Aguanambi II
200 – Av. Bezerra de Menezes
From Pici Campus downtown
028 – Antônio Bezerra / Papicu
From Pici Campus to Aldeota
076 – Conjunto Ceará / Aldeota