Federal University of Paraná

Federal University of Paraná
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Other names
 UFPR
Former names
 Universidade do Paraná
Motto Scientia et Labor
Motto in English
 Science and Work
Type Public (federal)
Established 1912
Budget R$ 1,038,070,033.68 (2013)
Rector Zaki Akel Sobrinho
Academic staff
 2,328
Administrative staff
 3,759
Undergraduates 28,048
Postgraduates 8,658
Location Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Nickname UFPR
Website http://www.ufpr.br

The Federal University of Paraná[1] (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR) is a public university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.[2]

Nowadays, its facilities are spread over the capital Curitiba and other cities of the State of Paraná. It offers 124 undergraduate degree courses,[3] 44 doctorate, 66 masters and 5 professional masters programs,[4] apart from a number of lato sensu programs (mostly paid one-year specializations) - see Higher-ed degrees in Brazil. Since 2004, the University has been adopting in its vestibular a program in which twenty percent of the spots offered are destined to students coming from public schools and another twenty percent are reserved for Afro-Brazilians.

UFPR ranks among the 651-700 best universities in the world and 37th best in Latin-America, according to QS World University Rankings. It is placed as the 9th best in the country in the latest "Ranking Universitário Folha (RUF)", published by the nation's largest newspaper.

Since 2009 internal elections the University is run by Rector Zaki Akel Sobrinho, D.Sc. in Administration from Universidade de São Paulo,[5] and Vice-Rector Rogerio Andrade Mulinari, D.Sc. in Medicine from Universidade Federal de São Paulo, and with a Post-Doc from Boston University.[6][7]

History

In 1892, José Francisco da Rocha Pombo, an intellectual of the state of Paraná would have initiated the construction of the University, but his project was frustrated by the Federalist Movement.

Twenty years later, Paraná had a reduced number of intellectuals (nine doctors and four engineers), but it was in true development because of the production of the yerba mate.

Moreover, at this time, the Contestado War appeared as an incentive to the efforts of political leaderships concerning the creation of a university. In this context, Victor Ferreira do Amaral, deputy and director of public instruction of Paraná, started the effective creation of the University.

On December 19, 1912 the University was established and, in 1913, it has initiated its activities as a private institution in an old building situated on Comendador Araújo street. The first courses offered were Juridical and Social Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Surgery, Commerce, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Obstetrics. After the establishment of the University, Victor Ferreira do Amaral, who was also its first president, initiated the construction of a central building in a land donated by the municipal government.

Due to the economic recession caused by the World War I, difficulties started to appear. In 1920, a federal law determined the closing of all universities. In a contradictory measure, the federal government created the Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, currently Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). The alternative to this law was to split the UFPR in several colleges.

Throughout several years, efforts in order to restore the university took place. Only in the beginning of the fifties the colleges were reunited once again in the University of Paraná, its federalization happening just after that, in 1951, when the university became a public and free-of-charge institution.

After its federalization, a process of expansion began with the construction of the Clinic's Hospital (Portuguese: Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná) in 1953, the Reitoria Campus in 1958 and the Polytechnic Center in 1961. The Polytechnic Center campus occupies 617,128 square metres (6,642,710 sq ft).[2]

Foundation stone inauguration

Historical Building

UFPR – Historic building at Santos Andrade Square, in Curitiba

The construction placed in the Santos Andrade Square began to be built in 1913, being a project of the military engineer Baeta de Faria. Its inauguration occurred in 1915.

Seven years later, in 1923, two lateral parts were added, according to the original project. The building of the right sector was ended in 1925 and was designated to the Engineering graduation course. In the following year, the left sector had been finalized and it passed to serve the Dentistry course. Other additions were made to the right side of the building and it has received in its totality new paint in 1940. The building was extended towards XV de Novembro Street and, in 1952, new works in the right section led to the demolition of part of the lateral façade built in 1940.

In 1954, the building occupied a whole block between the Santos Andrade Square, XV de Novembro Street, Presidente Faria Street and Alfredo Bufren Lane. The last modifications were made: a new façade with several columns and a wide set of staircases were projected and the covered dome was eliminated. The inauguration of the neoclassical, 17,000 square meter building, took place in 1955.

In the year on 1999, the mayor of Curitiba signed a law that made this building the official symbol of the city.

Academics

Undergraduate Programs

  • Accounting
  • Agriculture Engineering
  • Agronomy
  • Aquaculture Engineering
  • Architecture and Urbanism
  • Biology
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Biomedicine
  • Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Business Administration
  • Cartographic and Surveying Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Communication: Journalism, Marketing and Public Relations
  • Computer Science
  • Dentistry
  • Design: Graphic and Industrial
  • Economics
  • Electrical Engineering (Power Systems, Electronics and Telecommunications)
  • Electrical Engineering (with an emphasis on Embedded Electronic Systems)
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Exact Sciences
  • Food Engineering
  • Forestry Engineering
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Graphical expression
  • History
  • Industrial Mathematics
  • Information Management
  • Languages and Literature (English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish)
  • Law
  • Lumber Industrial Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Music
  • Nursery
  • Nutrition
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Oceanography
  • Pedagogy
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Education
  • Physics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Production Engineering
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences: Sociology, Anthropology and Political Science
  • Statistics
  • Technology in Aquaculture
  • Technology in Biofuels
  • Technology in Biotechnology
  • Technology in Information Systems
  • Technology in Institutional Communication
  • Technology in Luthierie
  • Technology in Public Management
  • Technology in Quality Management
  • Technology in Real Estate Businesses
  • Technology in Scenic Production
  • Technology in Secretaryship
  • Tourism
  • Veterinary
  • Visual Arts
  • Zootechnics

Master Programs

  • Agronomy: Vegetal Production
  • Forestry Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Soil Sciences
  • Biological Sciences: Microbiology / Parasitology / General Pathology
  • Entomology
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology and Preservation
  • Physical Education
  • Pharmacology
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Zoology
  • Botanic
  • Children and Teens Health
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Surgery
  • Internal Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Nursery
  • Geodesic Sciences
  • Geology
  • Geography
  • Coastal and Oceanic Systems
  • Environmental Development
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Information Systems
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Education
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Languages and Literature
  • Design
  • Music
  • Economical Development
  • Business Administration
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Law
  • Numerical Methods for Engineering
  • Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
  • Biotechnological Process
  • Food Technology
  • Inter-disciplinary Themes on Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Political Sciences
  • Bioinformatics

Doctoral Programs

  • Agronomy: Vegetal Production
  • Forestry Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Coastal and Oceanic Systems
  • Entomology
  • Cell Biology
  • Pharmacology
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Zoology
  • Children and Teens Health
  • Surgery
  • Internal Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Geodesic Sciences
  • Geology
  • Geography
  • Environmental Development
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Education
  • Sociology
  • History
  • Languages and Literature
  • Economical Development
  • Business Administration
  • Law
  • Numerical Methods for Engineering
  • Biotechnological Processes
  • Food Technology
  • Inter-disciplinary Themes on Engineering
  • Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology

Technical High School

Besides the above-mentioned courses, it offers high school education through its Technical High School.

Admissions

Students are admitted by an entrance exam, known as the vestibular, which consists of two parts:

Over 50,000 people apply every year and sit for exactly the same exam. After two weeks time or so, 15,000 are called to take the Part II (or Phase II) written exams.

The wait for the results of Part II is much longer and the results may take something between 4 and 7 weeks. A list with all the admitted candidates comes out usually in the middle of January—on the same day as the Mud-bath Party sponsored by the Central Directory of Students (Portuguese: Diretório Central dos Estudantes, DCE) occurs.

Laboratories

And many more

Libraries

The university has over 400,000 books and theses as well as thousand of periodicals that, for now, can't be accessed through its intranet, but will be in the future.

Juvevê

Centro

Centro Politécnico

Jardim Botânico

Matinhos

  • UFPR Litoral

Paranaguá

  • Archeology and Ethnology Museum of UFPR

Pontal do Paraná

  • Sea Studies Center

Campi

In Curitiba
Other cities

Publications

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ TaxOn-Line UFPR
  2. 1 2 Trombetta Zannin, Paulo Henrique; Engel, Margret Sibylle; Kirrian Fiedler, Paulo Eduardo; Bunn, Fernando (2013). "Characterization of environmental noise based on noise measurements, noise mapping and interviews: A case study at a university campus in Brazil". Cities (Elsevier) 31: 317–327. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2012.09.008.
  3. ↑ 2013/2014 Candidate's guide
  4. ↑ "Programas de Mestrado e Doutorado - PRPPG - Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação - UFPR". Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Curriculum Lattes of Akel Sobrinho - (In Portuguese)". Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Curriculum Lattes of Mulinari - (In Portuguese)". Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Rectorship election at UFPR

Further reading

External links

Coordinates: 25°25′44″S 49°16′3″W / 25.42889°S 49.26750°W / -25.42889; -49.26750

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