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Federal University of Pará

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Other names
  
UFPA

Established
  
July 2, 1957

Phone
  
+55 91 3201-7000

Number of students
  
41,115

Academic staff
  
2,266

Type
  
Public university

Administrative staff
  
2,304

Founded
  
2 July 1957, Pará, Brazil

Undergraduates
  
34,525

Postgraduates
  
6,590

Budget
  
R$ 958.316.430,50 (2011)

Rector
  
Carlos Edílson Maneschy

Address
  
Rua Augusto Corrêa, 1 - Guamá, Belém - PA, 66075-110, Brazil

Similar
  
State University of Pará, Universidade da Amazônia, Federal Rural University, Federal University of Wester, Federal University of Ceará

Profiles

The Federal University of Pará (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Pará, UFPA) is one of the three public universities maintained by the Brazilian federal government in the state of Pará. It was ranked as the 15th largest Brazilian university in a 2011 academic ranking by the number of enrollments. The university has over 40,000 students enrolled in its courses, which are offered across its many campuses in the cities of Belém, Abaetetuba, Altamira, Bragança, Castanhal, Cametá, Capanema, Breves, Tucuruí and Soure. Among UFPA research teams, there are many nationally recognized groups, particularly in the fields of parasitology, tropical diseases and geosciences.

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References

Federal University of Pará Wikipedia