UFPE I N N UMBERS 200 YEARS OF LEGACY 3 CAMPI RECIFE, CARUARU, VITÓRIA DE SANTO ANTÃO 12 ACADEMIC CENTRES 103 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES 180 GRADUATE COURSES 51 PHD PROGRAMMES 77MASTERS PROGRAMMES 52 SPECIALIZATIONS 39.521 STUDENTS 29.502 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 10.019 GRADUATES 464 RESEARCH GROUPS 210 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS 2.590 FACULTY MEMBERS (78% PHD) 4.192 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 6 INCTS – NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING , PHOTONICS, ARCHEOLOGY , PLANTS AND FUNGI, PHARMACEUTICAL INNOVATION, NANOTECHNOLOGY) NATIONAL RECOGNITION Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), located in the Northeast of Brazil, is the 10th best universitiy in the country according to the Universities Ranking of Folha de São Paulo. The public institution is also considered the best in the nothern part of Brazil, according to evaluations from the Ministries of Education (MEC) and Science and Technology (MCT) regarding teaching and scientific research. FACILITIES 1 Central library + 12 sectorial libraries; 1 Restaurant + 6 Snack Bars; 804 labs; 1 TV station 2 Radio stations Convention Centre with 2500 places in the main theater 1 Art Galery UFPE Press Technology Information Centre Physical Education and Sports Centre STRATEGIC AREAS OF RESEARCH ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Engineering Biomedicine Maritime science Natural science Creative industries Energy Urban development Social development Environment Av. Professor Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco – Brasil. CEP: 50670-901 Rector Prof. Anísio Brasileiro de Freitas Dourado Vice-rector Prof. Silvio Romero de Barros Marques Phone: 55 81 2126 8000 Fax: 55 81 26218009 [email protected] Director of International Relations Prof. Maria Leonor Maia [email protected] / [email protected] Phone: 55 8 1 2126 7021 Layout: Mariana Alves – DRI/UFPE . Photography: Passarinho – Ascom/UFPE “OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE AND THE WWW.UFPE.BR FORMATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, ACCORDING TO ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL PRINCIPLES” Recife, by Americo Nunes