Campus Araras/SP
HIGHER ADMININSTRATION
MEC
Ministry of Education
Minister: Aloizio Mercadante
SESu
Office for Higher Education
Secretary: Amaro Henrique Pessoa Lins
UFSCar
Federal University of São Carlos
Rector: Dr Targino de Araújo Filho
Vice-Rector: Dr Adilson Jesus Aparecido de Oliveira
UFSCar
Campus Araras/SP
Director: Dr Jozivaldo Prudêncio Gomes de Morais
Vice-Director: Dr Vlamir José Rocha
ÍNDICE
2 Campus Araras
6
History and
Struture
7
Academic
Departments
14
Graduação
15
Pós-Graduação
UFSCar........................................4 DCNME......................9
Campus Araras/SP.......................4 DDR...........................10
Araras..........................................5
DRNPA......................11
History.........................................6 DTAiSER...................12
Facilities......................................6
Academic Departments...............7
DBPVA........................................7
Undergraduate............14
Graduate.....................15
UFSCar
The Federal University of São Carlos
(UFSCar), founded in 1968, is located
within the state of São Paulo. The university
has campuses in São Carlos, Araras and
Sorocaba.
UFSCar has about 10.000 students
distributed in 62 undergraduate courses and
54 graduate programs (22 doctor degree and
32 master degree)
ARARAS CAMPUS
In the Araras campus, located in Araras/SP, there is the Centre for Agricultural
Sciences (CCA), which has five academic departments responsible for
offering six undergraduate courses and two graduate programs to more than
900 students. CCA has a team of 75 technicians and 70 professors, and two
experimental units in the cities of Anhembi and Valparaíso.
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ARARAS
Araras has about 120.000 habitants and is 170 km far away from the capital of
the state of São Paulo. It has a modern infrastructure and is famous for the
high life quality of its habitants, being for six times the city that presented the
best development index of Brazil. Its economy is based on industries, with a
PIB per capita of R$ 21.000,00*.
São Carlos
Araras
São Paulo
Sorocaba
Capital:
Araras 170 km
São Carlos 235 km
Sorocaba 96 km
* Value based on official data from the census carried out by the Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2010.
ARARAS CAMPUS
HISTORY
The installations are inserted
into the city historical context.
The place where, nowadays,
there
are
laboratories,
classrooms and all campus
facility, was occupied by coffee
plantations until 1956.
After that, it was used by the National Program for the
Improvement of Sugarcane (PLANALSUCAR). In 1991, the
PLANALSUCAR was incorporated by UFSCar, which had
as consequence the creation of Araras campus. Several
buildings of the former owners were preserved and currently
are used as Centre administrative and academic units.
FACILITIES
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243 hectares
5 academic departments
2 graduate programs
22 laboratories for teaching and research
20 classrooms
Restaurant
Bibliotheca
Amphitheater
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
Department of Biotechnology and Vegetal and Animal
Production
The Department of Biotechnology and Vegetal and Animal
Production (DBPVA) has a team with 15 professors, offering
basic disciplines, such as molecular biology, botanic,
zoology, vegetal and animal physiology, and technological
disciplines, such as vegetal production and genetic
improvement.
Activities:
  Application/Inoculation of Fixing Nitrogen Bacteria
(BFN) in Sugarcane. Coordinator: Dr Lee Tseng Sheng
Gerald;
  Cattle.
Coordinator:
Dr
Jozivaldo Prudêncio Gomes de
Morais;
  Genetic Improvement of Sugarcane. Coordinator: Dr
Hermann Paulo Hoffmann;
  Culture of Plants Tissue. Coordinator: Dr Lee Tseng
Sheng Gerald;
  Development of Techniques, Products and Services for
the Sanitary and Cultural Control in Sugarcane.
Coordinator: Dr Marcos Antonio Sanches Vieira;
  Diagnosis and Control of Plants Diseases. Coordinator:
Dr Alfredo Seiiti Urashima;
  Group of Studies in/for Restoration Ecology (GEER).
Coordinator: Dr Alessandra Dos Santos Penha;
  Genetic Improvement of Vegetables. Coordinator: Dr
Fernando Cesar Sala;
  Production of Monogastric Animals. Coordinator: Dr
Luciana Thie Seki Dias.
Department of Sciences of Nature, Mathematics and
Education
The Department of Sciences of Nature, Mathematics and
Education (DCNME) is responsible for the development of
teaching, research and extension activities for all courses
and graduate programs offered in the campus, acting mainly
for the courses of Biology, Chemistry and Physicist. The
department presents a group of 24 professors who
participate in several projects open to the community.
Activities:
  The Bees and the Environmental
Services. Coordinator: Dr Roberta
Cornélio Ferreira Nocelli;
  Conservation and Management/Handling of
Animals. Coordinator: Dr Vlamir José Rocha;
  Star Trek in CCA. Coordinator: Dr
Alexandre Colato;
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  Monitoring of Insects/Microorganism and the
Agricultural Environment. Coordinator: Dr Ane Hackbart
de Medeiros;
  Program of Development and Implementation of
Methods of Physical-chemistry and Instrumental
Analysis for Environmental Matrix. Coordinator: Dr
Amarildo Otávio Martins.
Department of Rural Development
The Department of Rural Development (DDR) presents a
multidisciplinary group of 10 professors, who participate of
all undergraduate and graduate courses of the campus.
Activities:
  Agroecology, Rural Development
and the Environment. Coordinator:
Dr Luiz Antonio Cabello Norder.
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Protection
This department, known as DRNPA, presents a group of
nine professors responsible for basic areas, such as soil
sciences, plant nutrition and climatology, and technological
areas of irrigation, drainage, fertilizers and weed
management. DRNPA professors and technicians are
involved in several activities in courses of Agronomy,
Biotechnology and Agroecology, and in both graduate
programs presented in the campus.
Activities:
  Evaluation of Soil Fertility.
Coordinator: Dr José Carlos
Casagrande;
  Evaluation of Herbicides
Behavior in Plants and in the
Environment. Coordinator: Dr
Patrícia Andrea Monquero;
  Irrigation. Coordinator:
José Geanini Peres;
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  Agriculture Mechanization. Coordinator: Dr Rubismar
Stolf;
  Research and Development of Alternative Managements
of Tropical Soils. Coordinator: Dr Maria Leonor Ribeiro
Casimiro Lopes Assad.
Department of Agroindustrial Technology and Rural
Socioeconomy (DTAiSER)
The department has a team of 18 professors and acts in two
areas: Agroindustry and Rural Economy. The department
collaborates in the courses of Agronomy, Biotehnology and
Agroecology, and in both graduate programs of the campus.
Activities:
  Sustainable
Agriculture.
Coordinator: Dr Luiz Antonio
Correia Margarido;
  Development of Agroecological Processes in the Familiar
Agriculture of the State of São Paulo. Coordinator: Dr
Manoel Baltasar Baptista da Costa;
  Quality Development and Control in the Sugarcane
Industry. Coordinator: Dr Maria Teresa Mendes Ribeiro
Borges;
  Development of Processes, Products and Controls
Chemical, Microbiological, raw Material and Quality as
Applied to Agribusiness Fermentations. Coordinator: Dr
Jorge José Correa Lopes;
  Studies of The Sugar-Energy Industry. Coordinator: Dr
Octávio Antonio Valsechi;
  Group of Studies of Agribusiness. Coordinator: Dr
Caetano Brugnaro.
UNDERGRADUATION COURSES
The five departments on campus are responsible for offering
of undergraduate and postgraduate. The first undergraduate
degree was deployed Agricultural Engineering, over the
years the campus was expanding and nowadays there are six
undergraduate for more than 900 students.
Courses
Nº Students
Agroecology
142
Agronomy
302
Biology
174
Biotechnology
122
Physics
108
Chemistry
131
TOTAL
979
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Graduate activities in the campus began in 2006 with the
creation of the master degree in Agroecology and Rural
Development. Nowadays there are two graduate programs:
  Master degree in Agroecology and Rural
Development: Introduction to a new perspective in
relation to food production, besides the evaluation of
sustainable agroecossistems based on the agroecological
concepts.
  Master degree in Agriculture and Environment:
Aimed at improving technical qualification, critical sense
and humanistic formation of who are directly involved
with the program, students and professors, and of users of
its products and services, such as technicians, farmers
and other professionals from Agricultural Sciences.
Contacts:
Directory: (19) 3543-2600/2601
Fax: (19) 3543-2602
[email protected]
www.cca.ufscar.br
Courses Coordination: (19) 3543-2610
(19) 3543-2633/2588
agea@ / cbla@ / ccbiotec@ / fila@ / ccea@
[email protected]
Departments:
DBPVA: (19) 3543-2612/2613
[email protected]
Grafic Design and Edition
Franciele Lagni Henriques
Revision
Maria Lúcia Z. C. Luz, Prof. Jozivaldo
Prudêncio Gomes de Morais
Translation
Luiz Gabriel da Silva
Photos
Murilo Pereira, SENAR, sxc.hu, arquivo
CCS/UFSCar
Impression
Graphic Production Department UFSCar
Araras, march of 2013
DCNME: (19) 3543-2586
[email protected]
DDR: (19) 3543-2693
[email protected]
DRNPA: (19) 3543-2616/2617
[email protected]
DTAiSER: (19) 3543-2614/2615
[email protected]
Adresses UFSCar:
Campus São Carlos
Rod. Anhanguera, Km 235
São Carlos - São Paulo - BR
CEP 13565-905
Campus Araras
Rod. Anhanguera, Km 174
Araras - São Paulo - BR
CEP 13600-970
Campus Sorocaba
Rod. João Leme dos Santos,
Km 110
Bairro do Itinga
Sorocaba - São Paulo - BR
CEP 18052-780