UFRGS in numbers

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UFRGS Entrance

The university originated from Escola de Farmácia e Química (Pharmacy and Chemistry School) in 1895, which expanded with the creation of Escola de Engenharia (College of Engineering) in 1896. This was the flourishing of higher education in Rio Grande do Sul, and still at the end of the 19th century, the Medicine and Law schools were founded, the latter being the first humanities tertiary education school in the state.

The above-mentioned institutions were scattered about Porto Alegre until 1934, when Universidade de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre University) was founded, initially composed by the following units:

• Engineering School, with its Astronomy, Electronics and Industrial Chemistry institutes;
• Medical College, with its Dentistry and Pharmacy institutes;
• Law College, with the Commerce School;
• Communication College (called FABICO), which comprises the Journalism, Publicity and Public Relations programs;
• Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine Colleges;
• Philosophy, Science and Linguistics Colleges; and
• Institute of Fine Arts

The third transformation took place in 1947, when it became Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (University of Rio Grande do Sul) - URGS -, merging with the Law and Dentistry Colleges from Pelotas and with the Pharmacy College from Santa Maria. These units, however, separated from URGS upon foundation of the federal universities of Pelotas and Santa Maria.

In December 1950, control of the university passed to the Federal Government, after which the name included the word Federal.

Faculties, Institutes and Schools

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Faculty of Medicine

• Faculty of Architecture (Faculdade de Arquitetura)
• Faculty of Communication (Facultade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação)
• Faculty of Economics (Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas)
• Faculty of Education Faculty (Faculdade de Educação)
• Faculty of Law (Faculdade de Direito)
• Faculty of Pharmacy (Faculdade de Farmácia)
• Faculty of Medicine (Faculdade de Medicina)
• Faculty of Odontology (Faculdade de Odontologia)
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Faculdade de Veterinária)
• Institute of Biosciences (Instituto de Biociências)
• Institute of Chemistry (Instituto de Química)
• Institute of Fine Arts (Instituto de Artes)
• Institute of Food Technology (Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos)
• Institute of Geosciences
• Institute of Health Sciences (Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde)
• Institute of Hydraulic Research (Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas)
• Institute of Informatics (Instituto de Informática)
• Institute of Linguistics (Instituto de Letras)
• Institute of Mathematics (Instituto de Matemática)
• Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas)
• Institute of Physics (Instituto de Física)
• Institute of Psychology (Instituto de Psicologia)
• School of Agronomy (Faculdade de Agronomia)
• School of Engineering (Escola de Engenharia)
• School of Management (Escola de Administração)
• School of Nursing (Escola de Enfermagem)
• School of Sports (Escola de Educação Física)

Courses offered (2009 stand)

Undergraduate programs (4-6 year courses)

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    Agronomy

    Applied Social Sciences

    Architecture

    Engineering

    Exact Sciences

    Health Sciences

    Music

    Social Sciences

    Visual Sciences

Graduate programs: Masters (2 years) and Doctoral (4 years) courses

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Clinicas Hospital (Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, or "HCPA")

HCPA

UFRGS' Clinicas Hospital is a reference nationwide. The university hospital is located in downtown Porto Alegre.

Quality of education

According to the ranking sponsored by the Ministry of Education (MEC, Ministerio da Educacao), UFRGS lists among the top 10 universities in Brazil. In September 2008 it received the 5th place according to this ranking

According to the "Web of World Universities 2009", UFRGS listed in the 152 place among worldwide universities.

Notable alumni

This is an incomplete list of famous UFRGS alumni, sorted by Faculty.

Law School

• Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian former president
• João Goulart, Brazilian former president
• Germano Rigotto, politician and former State governor
• Nelson Jobim, current defence minister
• Ellen Gracie Northfleet, lawyer and Supreme Court Justice

Philosophy and Social Sciences

• Raul Pont, politician and former Porto Alegre mayor
• Gerd Bornheim, philosopher
• Helgio Trindade, political scientist and former president of UFRGS

School of Medicine

• Moacyr Scliar, writer
• Viktor Frankl, physician

Engineering School

• José Mauro Volkmer de Castilho, engineer

Agronomy School

• José Lutzenberger, agronomer and ecologist

School of Economics

• Dilma Rousseff, politician and presidential candidate in the 2010 general elections
• Paulo Renato Souza, politician, education minister 1995-2002

School of Fine Arts

• Jorge Furtado, actor

Linguistics School

• Caio Fernando Abreu, writer
• João Gilberto Noll, writer
• Lya Luft, writer
• Olívio Dutra, politician and former State governor

Architecture School

• Humberto Gessinger, musician

Notes and references

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• Brazil University Rankings
• Universities and Higher Education in Brazil

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

• UFRGS Official Website (in Portuguese)
• UFRGS Official Website (in English)
• HCPA Hospital (in Portuguese)

Coordinates: 30°01′57″S 51°13′10″W / 30.032439°S 51.219313°W / -30.032439; -51.219313