Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais, abbreviated as UFMG) is a federal university
located in Belo Horizonte
, state of Minas Gerais
, Brazil
. The students are admitted through yearly exams called vestibular
.
UFMG is one of Brazil's five largest universities, being the largest federal university. It offers 75 different undergraduate degrees, including an extremely sought-after Medicine
degree, more traditional options such as Law
and Economics
, plus a handful of Engineering
and a wide array of Science
and Art
degrees. It also offers 57 PhD programs, 66 MSc programs, 79 Post-Baccalaureate programs and 38 medical internship programs. In total, UFMG has a population of 37,479 students.
Its undergraduate courses were ranked in 1st place in the 2007 results for the National Student's Performance Exam (ENADE) and 4th place in the 2008 results. In particular, courses in the exact sciences area are of very high quality and its Computer Science
course was considered the best in the country, as well the Social Sciences course, from FAFICH. by the latest edition of ENADE.
The current rector of UFMG is Prof. Clélio Campolina Diniz. Famous past students include former Brazilian presidents Juscelino Kubitschek and Tancredo Neves
; writer, medical doctor and diplomat João Guimarães Rosa
, writers Fernando Sabino
, Pedro Nava
and Cyro dos Anjos
; plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy
, poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade
and pop singers Samuel Rosa
and Fernanda Takai
.
UFMG is the tenth in the rankings of best universities in Latin America, according QS World University Rankings (2011/12).
, in the neighborhood of Pampulha
. The campus area totals 8,775,579 square meters, while built area reaches 620,735 square meters. This is divided in three main campi (Pampulha Campus, Health Sciences Campus in Central Belo Horizonte and Rural Sciences Institute in Montes Claros
together with a few buildings spread in other parts of Belo Horizonte, such as the School of Architecture. Inside the Pampulha Campus there is the CDTN, a Federal Institute for Nuclear Sciences Research; it includes 38 buildings, dozens of scientific research laboratories and also a 250 kW TRIGA
nuclear reactor from General Atomics
. There is also an extensive area of secondary forest
known as the Estação Ecológica ("Ecological Station"), where some university scientists - mainly ecologists and zoologists - carry out research; this is the largest "green" area within the city boundaries, and is home to several endemic
insect
species
. In the academic years of 2007 and 2009, the Ministry of Education has ranked the UFMG as the best University in Brazil, after a detailed examination over all institutions of higher education.
In 1898, the Ouro Preto
Faculty of Law was transferred to Belo Horizonte, which at the time was set to be the new state capital.
A few new unconnected faculties would be founded later: in 1907, the Free School of Dentistry
; in 1911, the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and a course in pharmacy
attached to the Free School of Dentistry.
A group of patriots, the "Inconfidentes," who rebelled against Portuguese domination, conceived of the idea of a university in the state of Minas Gerais, which was founded as the Universidade de Minas Gerais (UMG) in 1927. The state-subsidized private institution brought together the four institutions of higher learning that existed in Belo Horizonte. UMG remained within the state system until 1949, when it was federalized.
In 1927, these four schools merged to found UMG, University of Minas Gerais, a private institution subsidized by the state government.
The UMG remained funded by Minas Gerais government until 1949, when funding had been delegated to Brazilian Government. Even though, the name UFMG was not adopted until 1965.
In the 1940s, a large area in the Pampulha region became the site for the construction of University City. The first structures erected were the Institute of Mechanics (now the Vocational School) and the Main Building. The effective occupation of the campus by the university community started only in the 1960s, when the construction of the buildings that today house most of the academic units was started.
At the time of federalization, the schools of architecture
, philosophy
and economics
were already integrated in the university. As its expansion carried on, the School of Nursing
(1950), Veterinary Science
(1961), Information Science
(1962), Music
(1962) and Physical Education
(1969) were founded.
In 1968, a university reform altered profoundly the structure of UFMG. The College of Philosophy spawned multiple institutions: the College of Philosophy and Human Sciences, the Institute of Biological Sciences, the Institute of Exact Sciences, the Institute of Geosciences and the Colleges of Literature
and Education
.
Additional courses have been established recently. Among them: agronomy
, archival science
, theater, museology
, control and automation engineering
, computational mathematics
, and speech therapy/audiology
.
At Cedeplar, where 25 teachers have a doctoral degree and 10 have a master’s degree, there is research on Demographics and on Economics, with projects on Fecundity, Historical Demographics and Labor, Agricultural and Industrial Economics, Economic History, Economics and Environment, and Privatizations. At Cepead, 11 teachers have a doctoral degree and eight have a master’s. They study Sectors of Support for Decision Making, Human Behavior in Organizations, Performance and Financial Strategy in Organizations. With four teachers holding a doctoral degree and two holding a master’s, the Ipead provides consultancy and calculates monthly rates of indices, such as price and rent variation.
The laboratories of the Institute’s 10 departments have been responsible for internationally acclaimed research in Biology, some of them being considered national standards, such as the Center of Electronic Microscopy. It is worth pointing out the recent development, at ICB, of a new simple non-radioactive methodology for the study of DNA impressions and the American visceral leishmaniasis vaccine.
Among the ICB topics of research responsible for the largest number of publications are those related to the development of new vaccines and medications – Biochemistry, Immunology, and Microbiology – to Genetics and to Ecology. The Unit also makes important contributions to Botany, Zoology, Morphology, and Parasitology.
To assist researchers and teachers, ICB has four laboratory animal facilities with hundreds of guinea pigs kept in accordance to international principles of animal experimentation. UFMG’s laboratory animal facility is considered one of the best equipped in the country.
Most research work done in Engineering is related to technological development, with immediate application in various industries, funded by national and international agencies. By means of agreements and service contracts signed through the Christiano Otonni Foundation, the school makes contact with companies from the public and private sectors.
In Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, the Environmental Monitoring and Water Treatment Project, developed nine years ago and by means of an agreement signed with the German agency TGZ deserves to be highlighted.
Three topics of research are pursued in Electric Engineering, monitored by the department’s Research Center: High Tension, which includes studies about protection against atmospheric discharges, Power Electronics, and Control of Industrial Processes.
At the Department of Civil Engineering, the main researches are carried out at the Laboratory of Structural Analysis, where structures submitted to very high pressure are evaluated. Among the areas in Mechanical Engineering, special attention is due Aeronautics, which was started in 1990. Work is being done also on Energy Alternatives, mainly on Photovoltaic Energy (the transformation of sun light into energy) and Solar Collectors. The projects are supported by the Minas Gerais Energy Company (Cemig) and Eletrobrás.
At the Department of Chemical Engineering, stands out research on Liquid/Liquid Separation and on Heat Sensitive Substances. At the Department of Mining Engineering, two of the most important research topics are Mineral Treatment and Prospecting. The School of Engineering’s largest department is Metallurgic Engineering, which has an X-Ray Lab and an Electronic Microscopy Lab, among others. The most characteristic current research involves Extractive Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, which deals with material molding, and “Trefilação”.
Still at the School of Engineering, there is the Center for Electronic Computation, linked to the Scientific Computation Lab.
A large part of the research stems from the 12 Medicine graduate programs offered by UFMG. Among the most developed topics are Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hematology and Oncology, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Surgery, Ophthalmology, and Endocrinology.
There also many publications on Pathology, Surgery, Ambulatory Surgery, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Spider and Snake Poisons, Transplants, Toxicology, Tropical Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS, Fetal Medicine, Oncology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Preventive and Social Medicine.
Distributed among the unit’s three departments, they work at the university hospitals and in the public health system. Some of their research topics are Education and the Nursing Curriculum, Transmitted Diseases, Work Force, Workers’ Health Quality, and Rites of Death in Senior Citizens’ Memories.
The Department of Food also develops state-of-the-art research on Biotechnology (quality control and food science and technology). The Department of Clinical Analyses has important works on Parasitology and Applied Toxicology, as well as on Clinical Bio-Chemistry.
Teaching Programs
University population
Research
Degree held by Professors
International Affairs
Territory
Publications (yearly)
UFMG's annual budget
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
, state of Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The students are admitted through yearly exams called vestibular
Vestibular
The Vestibular is a competitive examination and is the primary and widespread system used by Brazilian universities to select their students. The Vestibular usually takes place from November to January, right before the start of school year in February or March, although certain universities hold...
.
UFMG is one of Brazil's five largest universities, being the largest federal university. It offers 75 different undergraduate degrees, including an extremely sought-after Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
degree, more traditional options such as Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
and Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, plus a handful of Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and a wide array of Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
degrees. It also offers 57 PhD programs, 66 MSc programs, 79 Post-Baccalaureate programs and 38 medical internship programs. In total, UFMG has a population of 37,479 students.
Its undergraduate courses were ranked in 1st place in the 2007 results for the National Student's Performance Exam (ENADE) and 4th place in the 2008 results. In particular, courses in the exact sciences area are of very high quality and its Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
course was considered the best in the country, as well the Social Sciences course, from FAFICH. by the latest edition of ENADE.
The current rector of UFMG is Prof. Clélio Campolina Diniz. Famous past students include former Brazilian presidents Juscelino Kubitschek and Tancredo Neves
Tancredo Neves
Tancredo de Almeida Neves, SFO more commonly Tancredo Neves was a Brazilian politician. He was born in São João del Rey, in the state of Minas Gerais, of mostly Portuguese, but also Austrian descent and graduated in law. The Neves family name comes from an Azorean great great grandfather...
; writer, medical doctor and diplomat João Guimarães Rosa
João Guimarães Rosa
João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian novelist, considered by many to be one of the greatest Brazilian novelists born in the 20th century. His best-known work is the novel Grande Sertão: Veredas...
, writers Fernando Sabino
Fernando Sabino
Fernando Sabino was a Brazilian writer and journalist.Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, where he lived until he was twenty, when he moved to Rio de Janeiro....
, Pedro Nava
Pedro Nava
Pedro Nava may refer to:*Pedro Nava , Brazilian writer*Pedro Nava , California State Assemblyman...
and Cyro dos Anjos
Cyro dos Anjos
Cyro Versiani dos Anjos, journalist, and writer, was born in Montes Claros, state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, on October 5, 1906. In 1923, he went to Belo Horizonte, where he studied law at Federal University of Minas Gerais and graduated in 1932...
; plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy
Ivo Pitanguy
Ivo Hélcio Jardim de Campos Pitanguy is a plastic surgeon based in Rio de Janeiro.Pitanguy studied at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, where he worked with John Longacre. Soon after, Pitanguy went to France and England where he studied plastic surgery.In 1953 he began working at a...
, poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Carlos Drummond de Andrade was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem "Canção Amiga" was printed on the 50 cruzados note...
and pop singers Samuel Rosa
Samuel Rosa
Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga is lead singer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais....
and Fernanda Takai
Fernanda Takai
Fernanda Barbosa Takai is a Brazilian singer, better known as the lead vocalist of rock band Pato Fu...
.
UFMG is the tenth in the rankings of best universities in Latin America, according QS World University Rankings (2011/12).
Location
UFMG campus is located in the northern part of Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
, in the neighborhood of Pampulha
Pampulha
Pampulha is a man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is also the name of the surrounding residential neighborhood and is one of the city's administrative regions....
. The campus area totals 8,775,579 square meters, while built area reaches 620,735 square meters. This is divided in three main campi (Pampulha Campus, Health Sciences Campus in Central Belo Horizonte and Rural Sciences Institute in Montes Claros
Montes Claros
Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The estimated population in 2010 was 412,284 inhabitants and the total area of the municipality was 3,470 km²...
together with a few buildings spread in other parts of Belo Horizonte, such as the School of Architecture. Inside the Pampulha Campus there is the CDTN, a Federal Institute for Nuclear Sciences Research; it includes 38 buildings, dozens of scientific research laboratories and also a 250 kW TRIGA
TRIGA
TRIGA is a class of small nuclear reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson.TRIGA is the acronym of Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics.-Design:...
nuclear reactor from General Atomics
General Atomics
General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. General Atomics’ research into fission and fusion matured into competencies in related technologies, allowing the company to expand into other fields of research...
. There is also an extensive area of secondary forest
Secondary forest
A secondary forest is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a major disturbance such as fire, insect infestation, timber harvest or windthrow, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident...
known as the Estação Ecológica ("Ecological Station"), where some university scientists - mainly ecologists and zoologists - carry out research; this is the largest "green" area within the city boundaries, and is home to several endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
. In the academic years of 2007 and 2009, the Ministry of Education has ranked the UFMG as the best University in Brazil, after a detailed examination over all institutions of higher education.
History of UFMG
The origins in Brazil of the university go back as far as the 19th century, when it first appeared in the Republic as a continuation of a process that began during the Empire, with the opening of the first institutions of higher education.In 1898, the Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto
-History:Founded at the end of the 17th century, Ouro Preto was originally called Vila Rica, or "rich village," the focal point of the gold rush and Brazil's golden age in the 18th century under Portuguese rule....
Faculty of Law was transferred to Belo Horizonte, which at the time was set to be the new state capital.
A few new unconnected faculties would be founded later: in 1907, the Free School of Dentistry
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
; in 1911, the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and a course in pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
attached to the Free School of Dentistry.
A group of patriots, the "Inconfidentes," who rebelled against Portuguese domination, conceived of the idea of a university in the state of Minas Gerais, which was founded as the Universidade de Minas Gerais (UMG) in 1927. The state-subsidized private institution brought together the four institutions of higher learning that existed in Belo Horizonte. UMG remained within the state system until 1949, when it was federalized.
In 1927, these four schools merged to found UMG, University of Minas Gerais, a private institution subsidized by the state government.
The UMG remained funded by Minas Gerais government until 1949, when funding had been delegated to Brazilian Government. Even though, the name UFMG was not adopted until 1965.
In the 1940s, a large area in the Pampulha region became the site for the construction of University City. The first structures erected were the Institute of Mechanics (now the Vocational School) and the Main Building. The effective occupation of the campus by the university community started only in the 1960s, when the construction of the buildings that today house most of the academic units was started.
At the time of federalization, the schools of architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
were already integrated in the university. As its expansion carried on, the School of Nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
(1950), Veterinary Science
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals...
(1961), Information Science
Information science
-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
(1962), Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
(1962) and Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
(1969) were founded.
In 1968, a university reform altered profoundly the structure of UFMG. The College of Philosophy spawned multiple institutions: the College of Philosophy and Human Sciences, the Institute of Biological Sciences, the Institute of Exact Sciences, the Institute of Geosciences and the Colleges of Literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
and Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
.
Additional courses have been established recently. Among them: agronomy
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...
, archival science
Archival science
Archival science is the theory and study of storing, cataloguing, and retrieving documents and items. Archival science evolved from mankind's need to classify the world around them...
, theater, museology
Museology
Museology is the diachronic study of museums and how they have established and developed in their role as an educational mechanism under social and political pressures.-Overview:...
, control and automation engineering
Control engineering
Control engineering or Control systems engineering is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with predictable behaviors...
, computational mathematics
Computational mathematics
Computational mathematics involves mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role, emphasizing algorithms, numerical methods, and symbolic methods. Computation in the research is prominent. Computational mathematics emerged as a distinct part of applied...
, and speech therapy/audiology
Audiology
Audiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Its practitioners, who treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage are audiologists. Employing various testing strategies Audiology (from Latin , "to hear"; and from Greek , -logia) is...
.
Research
The Office of the Dean of Research is responsible for advising the University administration on topics related to scientific and technological research, as well as to encourage research, and the Center for Technology Innovation and Transfer is responsible for encouraging and promoting interaction among activities that generate, diffuse, and apply knowledge between UFMG and the community, via the creation of partnerships between researchers and the entrepreneurial sector, as regards technology development and transfer.Information Science
The School of Information Science (former School of Librarian Science) has a full-time academic staff that explores four basic research topics in the areas of Scientific and Technological, Managerial, and Social and Historical Information. In addition, using the Lab of Information Treatment, the unit works on all topics related to information storage and diffusion.Law
The four departments at the School of Law investigate Philosophy of Law, Society by Quotas, Penal Process, Penal Law, Brazilian International Acts, Constitutional Law, and Social Function of Property.Architecture
One of the research centers at the School of Architecture, which is divided into four departments, is the Graphic Laboratory for the Teaching of Architecture (Lagear), equipped with a modern system of computer-assisted design. Among the main research topics are Computer-Assisted Photogrametry, Computer-Assisted Photo-Documentation, Photorealistic Representations, as well as studies on accessibility (Architecture without barriers for disabled people).Economics
Most research topics explored at the School of Economics (Face) are related to work done at the Center for Regional Development and Planning (Cedeplar), at the Center for Research and Graduate Studies in Business Administration (Cepead), and at the Research Institute in Economics, Business Administration, and Accounting (Ipead).At Cedeplar, where 25 teachers have a doctoral degree and 10 have a master’s degree, there is research on Demographics and on Economics, with projects on Fecundity, Historical Demographics and Labor, Agricultural and Industrial Economics, Economic History, Economics and Environment, and Privatizations. At Cepead, 11 teachers have a doctoral degree and eight have a master’s. They study Sectors of Support for Decision Making, Human Behavior in Organizations, Performance and Financial Strategy in Organizations. With four teachers holding a doctoral degree and two holding a master’s, the Ipead provides consultancy and calculates monthly rates of indices, such as price and rent variation.
Biological Sciences
At present, 6 graduate programs and around 300 topics of research occupy 290 teachers at the Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB), 90% of whom holding doctoral, master’s or post-baccalaureate degrees.The laboratories of the Institute’s 10 departments have been responsible for internationally acclaimed research in Biology, some of them being considered national standards, such as the Center of Electronic Microscopy. It is worth pointing out the recent development, at ICB, of a new simple non-radioactive methodology for the study of DNA impressions and the American visceral leishmaniasis vaccine.
Among the ICB topics of research responsible for the largest number of publications are those related to the development of new vaccines and medications – Biochemistry, Immunology, and Microbiology – to Genetics and to Ecology. The Unit also makes important contributions to Botany, Zoology, Morphology, and Parasitology.
To assist researchers and teachers, ICB has four laboratory animal facilities with hundreds of guinea pigs kept in accordance to international principles of animal experimentation. UFMG’s laboratory animal facility is considered one of the best equipped in the country.
Engineering
At present, more than 70% of the 280 teachers at the School of Engineering work along 60 topics of research. In 1993, approximately 80 teachers held doctoral degrees, 110 held Master’s degrees, and 50 were enrolled in doctoral programs. The school’s 13 departments have modern laboratories.Most research work done in Engineering is related to technological development, with immediate application in various industries, funded by national and international agencies. By means of agreements and service contracts signed through the Christiano Otonni Foundation, the school makes contact with companies from the public and private sectors.
In Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, the Environmental Monitoring and Water Treatment Project, developed nine years ago and by means of an agreement signed with the German agency TGZ deserves to be highlighted.
Three topics of research are pursued in Electric Engineering, monitored by the department’s Research Center: High Tension, which includes studies about protection against atmospheric discharges, Power Electronics, and Control of Industrial Processes.
At the Department of Civil Engineering, the main researches are carried out at the Laboratory of Structural Analysis, where structures submitted to very high pressure are evaluated. Among the areas in Mechanical Engineering, special attention is due Aeronautics, which was started in 1990. Work is being done also on Energy Alternatives, mainly on Photovoltaic Energy (the transformation of sun light into energy) and Solar Collectors. The projects are supported by the Minas Gerais Energy Company (Cemig) and Eletrobrás.
At the Department of Chemical Engineering, stands out research on Liquid/Liquid Separation and on Heat Sensitive Substances. At the Department of Mining Engineering, two of the most important research topics are Mineral Treatment and Prospecting. The School of Engineering’s largest department is Metallurgic Engineering, which has an X-Ray Lab and an Electronic Microscopy Lab, among others. The most characteristic current research involves Extractive Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, which deals with material molding, and “Trefilação”.
Still at the School of Engineering, there is the Center for Electronic Computation, linked to the Scientific Computation Lab.
Human Sciences
Fafich
Six academic units are involved with research in the area of Human Sciences and Applied Social Sciences. At the School of Philosophy and Human Science (Fafich), 90% of its near 220 teachers from the six departments have master’s or doctoral degrees and are doing research. At the Department of Sociology, researches focus mainly on Urban and Industrial Sociology and Sociology of Culture. At the Department of History, the characteristic topics are Oral, Political, and Economic History. The Department of Political Sciences works mostly with Public and Administrative Policies, Brazilian and International Politics, and Political Theory. At the Department of Philosophy, most works focus on the relationship between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, Marxism, Social and Political Philosophy, Esthetics, Art Philosophy, and Logic. Also connected to Fafich, the Esthetics Laboratory does research and documentation work on Esthetics and Art and Civilization History.Education
The School of Education (FAE) has three departments, which carry out interdisciplinary activities with other University sectors. The Center for Literacy, Reading, and Writing (Ceale), which develops many projects on child and adult literacy, has been the major source of publication at FAE. The Center for Mathematics and Science Teaching in Minas Gerais (Cecimig) studies the learning processes in the area and offers permanent courses for primary and secondary teachers.Medicine
The UFMG School of Medicine’s ten departments research more than 100 topics, using the infrastructure of the Hospital das Clínicas and its 14 labs. Around 60% of the unit’s more than 470 teachers hold a master’s or a doctoral degree, and most of them take part in scientific production.A large part of the research stems from the 12 Medicine graduate programs offered by UFMG. Among the most developed topics are Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hematology and Oncology, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Surgery, Ophthalmology, and Endocrinology.
There also many publications on Pathology, Surgery, Ambulatory Surgery, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Spider and Snake Poisons, Transplants, Toxicology, Tropical Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS, Fetal Medicine, Oncology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Preventive and Social Medicine.
Nursing
More than half the 82 teachers of the School of Nursing, most of whom have master’s and doctoral degrees, are involved in projects that are largely interdisciplinary.Distributed among the unit’s three departments, they work at the university hospitals and in the public health system. Some of their research topics are Education and the Nursing Curriculum, Transmitted Diseases, Work Force, Workers’ Health Quality, and Rites of Death in Senior Citizens’ Memories.
Dentistry
A large part of the School of Dentistry’s 100 teachers, one-fifth of whom hold a master’s or doctoral degree, does research. The strongest groups work with Bio-Safety in Dental Practice, Dental Trauma, Social Representation of Health and Mouth Disease, Orthodontics for Deciduous and Permanent Teeth, Surgery, Peridental Disease and Cyst, and Prevention and Epidemiology of Cavities and other Diseases.Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy, which also has four departments, does mostly experimental research. Of the unit’s more than 70 teachers, about 35% hold a doctoral degree and approximately the same percentage have a master’s degree. The most important topics of research are related to the development of new substances and medicines at the school’s laboratories, mainly the Labs of Medicines and of Pharmacognosis and Plant Chemistry.The Department of Food also develops state-of-the-art research on Biotechnology (quality control and food science and technology). The Department of Clinical Analyses has important works on Parasitology and Applied Toxicology, as well as on Clinical Bio-Chemistry.
Physical Education
The School of Physical Education investigates about 20 research topics. At the two departments linked to the Physical Education program, nearly half the 35 teachers does research, most of which is done in the Labs of Exercise Physiology and of Sport Psychology. Special attention is given to studies of the behavior of the human organism, athlete conditioning, prevention of temperature accidents during exercises, effects of caffeine on the body, and neuroendocrinologic response to exercise. In the Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, the main projects are related to Neuropediatrics and to Physiotherapy in Geriatrics. The department’s researchers work at the Hospital das Clínicas and at the Lab of Therapeutic Gymnastics, which belongs to the school.UFMG in numbers
Undergraduate Entrance Examination (2010)- Candidates:62,011
- Openings:6,600
- Candidates/openings Ratio:9.04
Teaching Programs
- Undergraduate: 75
- Doctorate: 57
- Master's: 66
- Post-Baccalaureate: 79
- Medical Internship: 38
- Distance Courses:9
University population
- Undergraduate: 24,552
- Post-Baccalaureate: 5,918
- Master's: 3,814
- Doctorate: 2,880
- Medical Internship: 315
- Primary/Secondary and High School: 1,591
- Total UFMG students: 37,479 (2009)
Research
- Research groups : 732
- Research topics : 2,540
- Scientific publications : 11,814 (2007)
- National patents : 270
- International patents : 97
- Contracts of Technologic Transfer: 30
- Registered Trademarks and software: 68
- Royalties Revenue (2004-2009): R$ 1,064,686.01
Degree held by Professors
- Bachelor: 69 (3%)
- Post-Baccalaureate: 85 (3,6%)
- Master's: 318 (13,4%)
- Doctorate: 1,904 (80%)
International Affairs
- Partner institutions: 156
- International agreements: 218
- Foreign students: 430
- Visiting students: 185
- UFMG students abroad: 206
- International mobility programs: 71
Territory
- Total area: 8,775,579 m2
- Built area: 620,735 m2
- Campi: 3
- Academic units: 20
- Special units: 3
Publications (yearly)
- UFMG University Press
- New titles: 32
- Issues of Vestibular 2004: 16
- Revised and expanded editions: 5
- Catalogs: 1
- Reprints: 10
- UFMG Diversa Magazine: 150.000 year
- UFMG Newsletter: 368,000 copies
UFMG's annual budget
- R$ 1,078,315,210.14
Blocks
- Colégio Técnico - Coltec
- Centro Esportivo Universitário - CEU
- Escola de Arquitetura
- Escola de Belas-Artes - EBA
- Escola de Ciência da Informação (Escola de Biblioteconomia)
- Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional - EEFFTO
- Escola de Enfermagem
- Escola de Engenharia
- Escola de Música
- Escola de Veterinária
- Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas - FACE
- Faculdade de DireitoFaculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisFaculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG School of Law is the university's oldest unit, and even appeared before UFMG. Recognized internationally, it is considered a center of excellence in legal education, professional training with great ability and critical view...
- Faculdade de Educação - FAE
- Faculdade de Farmácia
- Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas - FAFICH
- Faculdade de Letras - FALE
- Faculdade de MedicinaFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisThe Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine is one of the oldest, biggest and best in Brazil. Founded in 1911, shortly after the creation of the capital city of Belo Horizonte, it graduates 320 doctors every year – the biggest number of graduates per year in Brazil – and another 50...
- Faculdade de Odontologia
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB
- Instituto de Ciências Exatas - ICEx
- Instituto de Geociências - IGC
- Parque Tecnológico - BHTECBHTecParque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte , better known as BHTEC, is a research and development center, with 600,000 m2 that is being built at the Engenho Nogueira neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in a joint action of Belo Horizonte's municipal government, Minas Gerais's state government, UFMG,...
See also
- Brazil University Rankings
- Universities and Higher Education in BrazilUniversities and higher education in BrazilBrazil adopts a mixed system of public and private funded universities. Usually public funded universities offer the best quality education, and they are 100% financed by the government...