Universidade Federal do ABC
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Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC, in English: Federal University of ABC) is a Brazilian institution of higher learning
based in Santo André, with operations scheduled for several municipalities in the ABC region
, all in the state of São Paulo
.
The chairman of the committee that formulated the proposal of the university, Luiz Bevilacqua
, who turned out to be its second rector, claimed that it will allow its students to be creative and daring.
The UFABC is the only federal university in Brazil with 100% of Ph.Ds and, for the second consecutive year in 2011, emerge as the only university in Brazil with impact factor in scientific publications above than the world average according to SCImago Institutions Rankings.
sent to Congress
the Bill 3962/2004, which created the Federal University of ABC
. This law, enacted by the President and published in the Official Gazette of 27 July 2005, under No. 11,145 and dated 26 July 2005.
The UFABC aims at the integration of several campi in the ABC Region
. The current campi are located in the city of Santo André (headquarters) and São Bernardo do Campo
.
Tavares was succeeded by the former president of the Brazilian Space Agency
, professor Luiz Bevilacqua
(Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Stanford University
and Great Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
), who was his vice-rector and chair of the committee of implementation of the university.
For health reasons, Bevilacqua resigned in mid-2008, and was succeeded, pro tempore, by the former president of the Brazilian Society of Physics
, professor Adalberto Fazzio (Ph.D. in Renewable Energy by National Renewable Energy Laboratory
and Great Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
).
In January 2010 the President Lula appointed the former dean of research of the UNICAMP and professor of USP
, Helio Waldman
(Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
and Commend of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
) to hold the post of rector of UFABC for the next four years. The professor Waldman had obtained the unanimous preference of the Electoral College in the composition of the triple list and won the Community Consultation, getting the most votes in all categories of voters (students, teachers and administrative technical).
After fulfilling the basic cycle, the student will face several options: he can find the job market with a bachelor's degree in Science and Technology, or may continue at the university and attend one or two years in a Bachelor
specific or eight different forms of engineering
. There is also the possibility of holding a master's degree and moving to Master's degree
programs in other national and international.
The graduate of bachelor interdisciplinary of university may enroll in one of 21 options for undergraduate courses as their basic training, divided into bachelor degrees and.
The UFABC was the first institution of higher education in Brazil to adopt the interdisciplinary bachelor and has served as a model and a meeting point for other universities who are interested to join this interdisciplinary model of education.
topics through a methodology that encourages investigative attitude, encourages research and subsequent scientific production, which provides the means to trigger the learning process continuing the course of their future academic and professional life.
The Bachelor of Science and Technology of UFABC offers courses around 6 main categories. They are: Structure of Matter, Energy
, Process Transformation
, Communication
and Information
, Representation
and Simulation
, Humanities
and Applied Social Sciences
. Thus, the undergraduate student receives solid knowledge in areas related to 6 axes provided, such as mechanics
, thermodynamics
, electricity
, quantum, chemistry
, biochemistry
, biology
, computer science
, software development
, algebra
, calculus
and analytic geometry
, among other.
, Formal
, Social
, and Philosophy
is through didactic lectures with participation in collaborative research groups and the production of work through intervention in information networks, under the supervision of a senior researcher. The BC&H seeks to train people capable of an interdisciplinary perspective to pursue solutions to problems, able to self-manage their own research career and sufficiently critical to inquire about the limits of our answers.
, biology
, physics
(mechanics
, thermodynamics
, electricity
, quantum
), biochemistry
, materials science
, software development
, electronics
, neurosciences, etc.
Students trained in the humanities (philosophy, policies, etc.) also differ themselves from other by they interdisciplinary achieved in compulsory subjects required for areas such as computing
, mathematics
, statistics
, structure of matter
, culture
, sustainability
, economy
and sociology
.
Other courses allow students to choose some areas of concentration for its formation. In this kind of specialization the students have studying some subjects of their choice, in a group of subjects corresponding to the desired concentration, in this case there is no the issue of certificates, in addition to the transcripts, attesting to the concentration accomplished.
The bachelor's degrees in Public Policy, Economics, Territorial Planning, International Relations and Philosophy are post-BC&H. The other bachelors and all the engineering courses are post-BC&T.
by the competition of scholarship for academic productivity from CNPq, the most competitive contest in the country. Following this line, researchers in the field of Nanotechnology in the UFABC were able to publish articles in more prestigious vehicle for publication on Nanotechnology in the world, the scientific journal Nano Letters
.
Moreover, the university has in its framework for teaching, teachers Capes
Award winners for Best Thesis, researchers with the Commendation and the Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
, members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
, among other representatives of some of the most prestigious national scientific organizations.
The high qualification of the faculty of the university also enabled that in March 2007 the CAPES
approved 10 of 11 applications that the UFABC did for authorizing the opening of post-graduate studies (Master
and Doctorate
), a record among all Brazilian university, since that the CAPES
approving, on average, only one third of the applications referred to it and never before had approved, at once, opening as many postgraduate courses in the same institution.
Already in 2009, the UFABC was the institution which was the third most requested new research projects by the FAPESP
, behind only of the USP
and Unicamp and ahead of all other public and private institutions of the State of São Paulo, not bad for a university that recently created and would grow 200% within 2 years, counting only around the campus of Santo André.
The UFABC also participates today in several major research projects worldwide, among them one can highlight the presence of the university in the largest scientific project of all time, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN
) that is operating the largest particle accelerator
ever built and also in the DZero Experiment of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
of the United States Department of Energy
that conducts research on the basic structure of matter in the second-largest particle accelerator
in the world. Also, it highlights the university's presence in the first Brazilian space mission to deep space, the Mission Aster (Missão Aster), of the Brazilian Space Agency, which provides for the launching of a space probe in 2015.
Besides the aforementioned, the UFABC now has research completed or in progress with various research institutions such as: the COPPE-UFRJ, the National Institute for Space Research
, the Brazilian Space Agency
, the Angra Nuclear Power Plant
, the National Education and Research Network (RNP)
, UNICAMP, Unifesp, USP
, UFSCar, the Brazilian National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)
, the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA-IEAv), the Eletronuclear
, the Institute for Research on Stem Cells (IPCTRON), the Brazilian National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), the Braziliam Navy Technology Center (CTMSP), the National Institute of Science and Technology for Optical Communications (FOTONICOM), the ICMC-USP
, the Brazilian Society of Biophysics, UFRGS, UNIFEI and UNIFENAS.
And also with international research institutes as the Max Planck Institute (Germany), the Paris-Sud 11 University
(France), the National Acoustic Laboratories
(Australia) and the Pierre Auger Observatory
(Argentina
), the National Institute for Materials Science
(Japan), the University of Texas System
(USA), the Universidade do Algarve (Portugal) and the Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
Besides this program, students from other university years can claim participation in undergraduate research programs with funding from various organs such as the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation, PIC-UFABC and PIBIC-UFABC, financed with resources from the UFABC. There is also the PIBIC-CNPq, financed by CNPq and PIBIC-Affirmative Action a pilot program launched and funded in UFABC by CNPq that provides scholarship of the research initiation for undergraduate students who entered the university system by affirmative actions (social quota). Also, students of the university can still rely on research grants from several other organs such as Fapesp.
Besides these, the university instituted a Scholarship Assistance - Events, which finances the participation of its students in extracurricular activities such as presentation of scientific work (e.g. work of graduate students approved at international conferences) and going to technological events such as the Campus Party
.
Atomic force microscopy and Tunneling, Circular dichroism
, Elemental Analysis, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
of High Resolution, Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
, Gas chromatograph, Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
, Infrared spectroscopy
, Potentiostat / Galvanostat, Centrifuge
Refrigerated Superspeed, Absorption Spectroscopy
and Atomic Emission For Multicomponent Analysis, Gas Chromatography-Mass Detector, Liquid Chromatography
System, Modular Electrochemical Microscope
, Spectroscopy
of Fluorescence
, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
, Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer, Differential scanning calorimetry
, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Optical microscope
, High performance liquid chromatography
Coupled With Mass spectrometry
With Mass Detector, Scanning electron microscope
, X-ray crystallography
, wind tunnel
and supersonic
Wind tunnel.
The university currently has a loan system of NetBooks
to graduate students, thus enabling students without computers can have a machine available 24 hours a day for academic purposes, the NetBooks
are under the responsibility of students throughout a quarter, allowing for that they be brought to the student's home. Inside the campus of the institution also has a network of wireless internet with high speed free use by students.
The UFABC also has the most powerful Supercomputer
in Latin America, the Altix 4700 was acquired of the Silicon Graphics
company and has been used for research where the capacity of shared memory on the machine should be the maximum possible.
In addition, UFABC has two networks of high-performance computers, forming clusters. The Cluster Chromo UFABC went into operation in June 2007 and is a project financed by FAPESP and CNPq, the Cluster Bull Novascale UFABC is a project funded by CAPES
.
of the institution, is a collection composed of securities that serve as basic reference of disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate advanced beyond books for each line of university research
.
The Library Web site UFABC provides various services such as queries to the collection
and renewal of loans of books. Also available are a list of acquisitions in recent months and the articles published on scientific journal
s by researchers of the UFABC.
In addition, the Library Web site UFABC is integrated to Twitter
via Twitter @AnyWhere allowing interaction among the users of the system.
. They are:
, free for public school students the ABC Region
, as part of an extension project of the university. In this course, classes are held Monday through Friday by students from the undergraduate institution and these are complemented with cultural activities and lectures by professors from UFABC on Saturdays. Some of the students who teach classes are scholarship of the Pro-rectory of University Extension while the majority are student volunteers.
The current rectory has also recently been mobilizing to enable the creation of a College of Application at the university that can train and attract to UFABC talented high school
students, and also to serve as support the teaching of undergraduate.
type that were applied to the students who came to enroll at the institution in the years 2007 to 2009.
From the year 2010 the selection of new students is now done exclusively with the ENEM
(which was restructured in the year 2009 to become a reliable screening system for the majority of Brazilian universities). The university chose to use the new ENEM as a way to make your national selection process, attracting young talent from all over Brazil and increasing the level of new classes. News that showed the course of Bachelor of Science and Technology UFABC as the most sought after course among all the country in the "Unified Selecting System" (SISU) of Ministry of Education
in 2010 indicate that this goal has been accomplished.
According to statistics collected by the institution, the Bachelor of Science and Technology (BC&T) had a total demand of 13,758 applicants competing for 1,500 places (candidate/vacancy ratio of 9.2), while the Bachelor of Science and Humanities (BC&H ) has 2320 registered for 200 places (candidate/vacancy ratio of 11.6).
A striking feature that defines the different entry addressed by UFABC is a reservation of 50% (fifty percent) of seats of all its courses in both periods (morning and evening) for candidates who attended high school in public schools, as well as those self-declared indigenous and African descent.
.
Besides these, teachers may be associated with the Interdisciplinary Centers linked to the rectory of UFABC:
In addition, there are in UFABC organs like the President's Office, Office of International Affairs, Center for Information Technology and Center for Technological Innovation. In addition to several secretaries and numerous research groups.
The authorship of the design of the campus of Santo André was of the Libeskindllovet Architects S/S Ltda. and the construction work was in charge of the Constructor Augusto Velloso SA.
Besides these 6 main blocks located between the Avenida dos Estados and Avenida Santa Adelia, in Santo André city, the UFABC also has a building with didactic laboratory, computer rooms and classrooms located on Avenida Altântica, in Valparaíso neighborhood, and an administrative headquarters at Rua Catequese, in Jardim neighborhood, both in Santo André. The university has also acquired a large piece of land to the other side of the Avenida dos Estados (across from the current headquarters) that in the future should be used to build new research laboratories and support to engineering.
, accompanied by first lady Marisa Leticia, the Minister of Education, Fernando Haddad, the mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Luiz Marinho, the deputy mayor, Frank Aguiar, and the Senator of the state of São Paulo, Aloisio Mercadante, laid the foundation stone of the campus of UFABC the city of São Bernardo do Campo. The Campus of São Bernardo do Campo UFABC is expected to be completed in 2011 and also will have 6 blocks, beyond the parking lot :
The authorship of the project is of the Benno Perelmutter Architecture and Planning S/C Ltda.
Besides these 6 main blocks, the UFABC also has a building with didactic laboratory, computer rooms and classrooms located in downtown São Bernardo do Campo
, in the former headquarters of the College Salete named Block Sigma.
) and beside the main economic center of Latin America (see Metropolitan Region of São Paulo
), and in recognition of excellence in academic education provided by it, more than 100 companies signed an agreement with UFABC still in 2010 and thus make the performance of students in a variety of organizations. Among such companies are now names like: IBM
, Itaú, Nestlé
, Globo Organizations
, General Motors
(GM), Ford, Siemens
, Honda
, Sun Microsystems
, Pirelli
, BASF
, Accenture
and several other national and multinational corporation
s.
During graduation in any of the courses of engineering of the university internship in any of the companies registered is mandatory, all students must do an internship geared for a certain period (the minimum duration generally ranges from 2 to 3 quarters).
, chess
, handball
, futsal
, volleyball
, swimming
, table tennis
, soccer, rugby
and martial arts
.
Students at the university today take part in various competitions universities throughout Brazil, including the Tournament "Semana da Asa" that occurs in the CTA and is annually organized by the ITA and where the athletes of UFABC won the 3rd place overall in his first year of participation in 2008, and the 1st place overall in his second year of participation in 2009; and Intercomp tournament that brings together faculty from mathematics
, computing
and statistics
, where athletes from UFABC conquered in 2009 the 4th overall in his first appearance at the event and the 1st overall in 2010.
For 2010 is scheduled to participate in university events featured on the national scene of college games, among them stand out the Engenharíadas (tournament that brings together engineering
colleges), the University Games Paulistanos (organized by the city of São Paulo
), the Liga Deportiva Universitaria Paulista (major league sports university in the country) and the Cup of the University of São Carlos
, the TUSCA, (organized by UFSCar
and USP-São Carlos
).
Participation in training for any sport in college is open and non-mandatory for any student of the institution, selective are held to select the best athletes in cases where the tournament played imposes maximum number of participants or teams per university.
AXIS is now a student representation recognized by UFABC formed by an elected board and that represents all athletes of the university. The Athletics (AXIS) of UFABC held several jobs to support sports at the university and is responsible for conducting the selection of athletes for the various leagues in which they participate and are also responsible for monitoring the entries in these championships and even help organize some of them.
The infrastructure of the campi of UFABC provide for the construction of sports fields, swimming pools, gyms and sports courts covered in all its units. Furthermore, AXIS has agreements with SESI (Social Service of Industry) of Santo André and with Santo André's Club Bochófilo for the use of sport infrastructure of these sites by the students of the institution.
AXIS also works closely with the DCE (Central Directory of Students) of UFABC organizing parties, sponsoring the travel of athletes, performing the manufacture and sale of customized sports equipment (such as shirts, kimono
s, caps of swimming, etc..) Providing training and transportation for Athletes of the institution participate in tournaments, and doing extra activities such as mountaineering
, abseiling
and internal tournaments.
Between different groups linked to the Athletic's UFABC also highlights the Group of Cheerleaders, the Infantry (responsible for the UFABC's fanfare
in sports tournaments) and the Martial Arts Group, responsible for the training of practitioners of Karate
, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do and other types of martial arts
.
The UFABC has several student organizations representing various groups of students. Some of these are officially recognized by the university while others rely on the coordination of support from teachers and education cores, including:
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
based in Santo André, with operations scheduled for several municipalities in the ABC region
ABC Region
The term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.The name refers to three smaller cities bordering on São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul...
, all in the state of São Paulo
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
.
The chairman of the committee that formulated the proposal of the university, Luiz Bevilacqua
Luiz Bevilacqua
Luiz Bevilacqua is an important Brazilian scientist best known for his work as President of the Brazilian Space Agency and as Secretary General of the Ministry of Science and Technology...
, who turned out to be its second rector, claimed that it will allow its students to be creative and daring.
The UFABC is the only federal university in Brazil with 100% of Ph.Ds and, for the second consecutive year in 2011, emerge as the only university in Brazil with impact factor in scientific publications above than the world average according to SCImago Institutions Rankings.
History and Expansion
In 2004, the Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education (Brazil)
The Ministry of Education , MEC, is a Brazilian government ministry.Functions of this ministry: national education policy, early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, higher education, youth and adult education, among other teachings Taking their proper decisions so that...
sent to Congress
National Congress of Brazil
The National Congress of Brazil is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government.Unlike regional legislative bodies – Legislative Assemblies and City Councils -, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies .The Senate represents the 26 states and...
the Bill 3962/2004, which created the Federal University of ABC
ABC Region
The term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.The name refers to three smaller cities bordering on São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul...
. This law, enacted by the President and published in the Official Gazette of 27 July 2005, under No. 11,145 and dated 26 July 2005.
The UFABC aims at the integration of several campi in the ABC Region
ABC Region
The term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.The name refers to three smaller cities bordering on São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul...
. The current campi are located in the city of Santo André (headquarters) and São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in southern Metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo microregion. The municipality's total area is 408.45 km ² and a population estimated at 1 July 2009, according to the IBGE, was 810,979 inhabitants, which results in a population...
.
Rectors
The first rector of UFABC was the former rector of UNICAMP, professor Hermano Tavares (Ph.D. in Automation from the Université de Toulouse), whose term lasted from 2005 until 2007.Tavares was succeeded by the former president of the Brazilian Space Agency
Brazilian Space Agency
The Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno...
, professor Luiz Bevilacqua
Luiz Bevilacqua
Luiz Bevilacqua is an important Brazilian scientist best known for his work as President of the Brazilian Space Agency and as Secretary General of the Ministry of Science and Technology...
(Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and Great Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
), who was his vice-rector and chair of the committee of implementation of the university.
For health reasons, Bevilacqua resigned in mid-2008, and was succeeded, pro tempore, by the former president of the Brazilian Society of Physics
Brazilian Society of Physics
The Brazilian Physics Society is a civil association formed by physicists in Brazil.Founded on July 14, 1966, the SBF is headquartered in the city of São Paulo. Its first president was Oscar Sala....
, professor Adalberto Fazzio (Ph.D. in Renewable Energy by National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory , located in Golden, Colorado, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility; it is funded through...
and Great Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
).
In January 2010 the President Lula appointed the former dean of research of the UNICAMP and professor of USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, Helio Waldman
Helio Waldman
Helio Waldman is a Brazilian scientist best known for his work as rector of the Universidade Federal do ABC, UFABC and as dean of research at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp...
(Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and Commend of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
) to hold the post of rector of UFABC for the next four years. The professor Waldman had obtained the unanimous preference of the Electoral College in the composition of the triple list and won the Community Consultation, getting the most votes in all categories of voters (students, teachers and administrative technical).
Repercussion
Since its inception the UFABC has drawn the attention of the media and other institutions of higher education and research in Brazil and the world for its innovative educational project and avant-garde, some of the quotes to your project are listed below:- The French newspaper Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, one of the most prestigious journals in the world, published an article that highlights the massive financial resources intended to the university and the fact that this is the first Brazilian university to rely on 100% of teachers with the title of Doctor.
- Writing in the Mexican Gnoseogénesis, the doctor José Luis Morán López of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México highlights the pleasant surprise of the creation of UFABC and its interdisciplinary project created by 25 of the most prestigious Brazilian scientists.
- The portal of the Methodist University of São PauloUniversidade Metodista de São PauloThe Universidade Metodista de São Paulo or Umesp is a private university based primarily in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, in the São Paulo state of Brazil....
published an article on the inauguration of one of the blocks UFABC made by the then President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...
where it talks about the goal of leaving the UFABC among the 100 best universities in the world, for example, ahead of the Brazilian university USPUniversity of São PauloUniversidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
that was in 138 th position among the best universities in the world.
- Writing in the Portal Luis Nassif, Adalberto Fazzio (Professor / USPUniversity of São PauloUniversidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
) and Armando Z. Milioni (Associate Professor / ITA), highlight the six axes interdisciplinary UFABC and the fact that less than 50% of the subjects that make up the grade students are compulsory.
- During the presentation of the seminar "Interdisciplinarity", held in April 2009, the teacher of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), doctor Alaor Clark commented that he considers the UFABC as the most advanced interdisciplinary project in Brazil and in the world.
- In a presentation to the Center of Physics of Porto (Portugal), the teacher doctor Daniel Zanetti de Florio cites the fact that UFABC have an innovative educational project based on Bologna ProcessBologna processThe purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
.
- In an article by the, then dean of research in UFABC, Helio WaldmanHelio WaldmanHelio Waldman is a Brazilian scientist best known for his work as rector of the Universidade Federal do ABC, UFABC and as dean of research at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp...
in the newspaper Diário do Grande ABC comments that the newly created UFABC born in an advanced stage for the 20th century and achieved in a few years the development in research that universities such as USPUniversity of São PauloUniversidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
and Unicamp, for example, took decades to build. The article is constructed from the result of a notice that shows the UFABC in the first time of Brazilian universities in nanotechnologyNanotechnologyNanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
.
- Another article published in the Diário do Grande ABC by teacher Armando Zeferino Milioni (ITA) said the creation of the Masters and Doctorate of UFABC and highlights its uniquely qualified staff.
Undergraduate Teaching
The interdisciplinary bachelor UFABC develop into four-month format, where students enrolled study 3 Quarters (3 periods of 4 months) in a year, this format allows students attended 50% more subjects than students who attend other educational institutions top of the country, where the format bimonthly (2 periods of 6 months) is the most adopted. Holidays academic merging the four-month periods are planned so as not to allow the subjects taken by students in the four months leave to be desired in content and depth to those subjects offered by other institutions of higher learning in their semesters.After fulfilling the basic cycle, the student will face several options: he can find the job market with a bachelor's degree in Science and Technology, or may continue at the university and attend one or two years in a Bachelor
Bachelor
A bachelor is a man above the age of majority who has never been married . Unlike his female counterpart, the spinster, a bachelor may have had children...
specific or eight different forms 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...
. There is also the possibility of holding a master's degree and moving to Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
programs in other national and international.
The graduate of bachelor interdisciplinary of university may enroll in one of 21 options for undergraduate courses as their basic training, divided into bachelor degrees and.
The UFABC was the first institution of higher education in Brazil to adopt the interdisciplinary bachelor and has served as a model and a meeting point for other universities who are interested to join this interdisciplinary model of education.
Bachelor of Science and Technology (BC&T)
In the course Bachelor of Science and Technology the students have the opportunity to work and develop interdisciplinaryInterdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity involves the combining of two or more academic fields into one single discipline. An interdisciplinary field crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions have emerged....
topics through a methodology that encourages investigative attitude, encourages research and subsequent scientific production, which provides the means to trigger the learning process continuing the course of their future academic and professional life.
The Bachelor of Science and Technology of UFABC offers courses around 6 main categories. They are: Structure of Matter, Energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
, Process Transformation
Chemical transformation
In chemistry a chemical transformation shows the conversion of a substrate to a product omitting the reagents and catalysts or underlying reaction mechanism as opposed to a chemical reaction...
, Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
and Information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
, Representation
Representation (mathematics)
In mathematics, representation is a very general relationship that expresses similarities between objects. Roughly speaking, a collection Y of mathematical objects may be said to represent another collection X of objects, provided that the properties and relationships existing among the...
and Simulation
Computer simulation
A computer simulation, a computer model, or a computational model is a computer program, or network of computers, that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system...
, Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and Applied Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. Thus, the undergraduate student receives solid knowledge in areas related to 6 axes provided, such as mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of the bodies on their environment....
, thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation...
, electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
, quantum, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, 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...
, software development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
, algebra
Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures...
, calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
and analytic geometry
Analytic geometry
Analytic geometry, or analytical geometry has two different meanings in mathematics. The modern and advanced meaning refers to the geometry of analytic varieties...
, among other.
Bachelor of Science and Humanities (BC&H)
The Bachelor of Sciences and Humanities is a course of general science. The curriculum provides educational experiences that will result in a strong scientific training and acquiring skills that enable the learner to express themselves as a being who thinks and has thought that the inspiration for all forms of conduct. The initiation in Natural ScienceNatural science
The natural sciences are branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods...
, Formal
Formal science
The formal sciences are the branches of knowledge that are concerned with formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science, information theory, systems theory, decision theory, statistics, and some aspects of linguistics....
, Social
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
, and 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...
is through didactic lectures with participation in collaborative research groups and the production of work through intervention in information networks, under the supervision of a senior researcher. The BC&H seeks to train people capable of an interdisciplinary perspective to pursue solutions to problems, able to self-manage their own research career and sufficiently critical to inquire about the limits of our answers.
Degrees Post-BC&T and Post-BC&H
All graduate students in exact sciences (engineering, computing, mathematics, biology, etc.) formed by UFABC differ themselves from other graduates formed in other Brazilian institutions because they have extensive knowledge not only in the basic subjects of his specialties, but also in all other basic courses offered by the university and that should be compulsory courses during the Bachelor of Science and Technology. So all of these professionals have solid foundations in chemistryChemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
(mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of the bodies on their environment....
, thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation...
, electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
, quantum
Quantum
In physics, a quantum is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction. Behind this, one finds the fundamental notion that a physical property may be "quantized," referred to as "the hypothesis of quantization". This means that the magnitude can take on only certain discrete...
), biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, materials science
Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
, software development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, neurosciences, etc.
Students trained in the humanities (philosophy, policies, etc.) also differ themselves from other by they interdisciplinary achieved in compulsory subjects required for areas such as computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, structure of matter
Chemical structure
A chemical structure includes molecular geometry, electronic structure and crystal structure of molecules. Molecular geometry refers to the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule and the chemical bonds that hold the atoms together. Molecular geometry can range from the very simple, such as...
, culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
, economy
Economy
An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area...
and sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
.
Emphasis and Concentrations
Some courses of UFABC allow students to graduate with the certificate of emphasis, so specializing in some area of application. For some of these titles the student must attend an entire group of elective courses that match the desired emphasis.Other courses allow students to choose some areas of concentration for its formation. In this kind of specialization the students have studying some subjects of their choice, in a group of subjects corresponding to the desired concentration, in this case there is no the issue of certificates, in addition to the transcripts, attesting to the concentration accomplished.
Degrees Options
Courses available for admission of students after completion of the Bachelor of Science and Technology (BC&T) or Bachelor of Sciences and Humanities (BC&H):- Bachelor of:
- BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
- Concentrations available: EnvironmentalEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
, ModelingComputational modelA computational model is a mathematical model in computational science that requires extensive computational resources to study the behavior of a complex system by computer simulation. The system under study is often a complex nonlinear system for which simple, intuitive analytical solutions are...
and HealthHealthHealth is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
. - ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- Emphases available: BiotechnologyBiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
, FuelFuelFuel is any material that stores energy that can later be extracted to perform mechanical work in a controlled manner. Most fuels used by humans undergo combustion, a redox reaction in which a combustible substance releases energy after it ignites and reacts with the oxygen in the air...
and MaterialsMaterials scienceMaterials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
. - Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer 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...
- Emphases available: Intelligent SystemsIntelligent Systemsis a Japanese first-party video game developer and internal team of Nintendo Co., Ltd. It has its headquarters in the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture....
, Computer Networks and Computational ScienceComputational scienceComputational science is the field of study concerned with constructing mathematical models and quantitative analysis techniques and using computers to analyze and solve scientific problems...
. - EconomicsEconomicsEconomics 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"...
- International RelationsInternational relationsInternational relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
- Math
- NeuroscienceNeuroscienceNeuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
- Concentrations available: CognitiveCognitive neuroscienceCognitive neuroscience is an academic field concerned with the scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on the neural substrates of mental processes. It addresses the questions of how psychological/cognitive functions are produced by the brain...
, Biological and ComputationalComputational neuroscienceComputational neuroscience is the study of brain function in terms of the information processing properties of the structures that make up the nervous system...
. - PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy 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...
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
- Emphases available: Medical physicsMedical physicsMedical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
, Engineering physicsEngineering physicsEngineering physics is the study of the combined disciplines of physics, engineering and mathematics in order to develop an understanding of the interrelationships of these three disciplines. Fundamental physics is combined with problem solving and engineering skills, which then has broad...
and Physics of Materials. - Public PolicyPublic policyPublic policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
- Territorial PlanningSpatial planningSpatial planning refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales. Discrete professional disciplines which involve spatial planning include land use planning, urban planning, regional planning, transport planning and...
- Biology
- Engineering:
- Aerospace EngineeringAerospace engineeringAerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
- Concentrations available: Mechanics and Control, Aerospace Structures, Aerodynamics and Propulsion. - Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical engineeringBiomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...
- Concentrations available: Biomaterials and Implantable Devices, Instrumentation Systems for Diagnosis and Therapy, Biomechanics and Neuromotor Control, Computer Systems Applied Life Sciences, and Clinical Engineering. - Energy EngineeringEnergy engineeringEnergy engineering is a broad field of engineering dealing with energy efficiency, energy services, facility management, plant engineering, environmental compliance and alternative energy technologies. Domain of Energy Engineering expertise combines selective subjects from the fields Chemical,...
- EnvironmentalEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...
and UrbanUrban engineeringMunicipal or urban engineering applies the tools of science, art and engineering in an urban environment.-Summary:Municipal engineering is concerned with municipal infrastructure...
Engineering - Information EngineeringInformation engineeringInformation engineering or information engineering methodology in software engineering is an approach to designing and developing information systems.-Overview:...
- Emphases available: Information Networks, Communications InfrastructureTelecommunicationTelecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
and Multimedia ProcessingMultimediaMultimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
. - Instrumentation, AutomationAutomationAutomation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...
and RoboticsRoboticsRobotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
Engineering - Emphases available: RoboticsRoboticsRobotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
, Industrial AutomationAutomationAutomation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...
and Control, and InstrumentationInstrumentationInstrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production, or manufacturing area....
and Integration of Industrial Systems. - Management EngineeringManagement engineeringManagement engineering is a branch of engineering that focuses on optimizing complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials and/or processes....
- Concentrations available: Production and Operations Management, Quality, Organizational Structure, Product, Work Safety, Operations Research, Natural Resources, Economics, and Knowledge. - Materials Engineering - Concentrations available: Polymers, Ceramics, Metals and Advanced Materials.
- Aerospace Engineering
The bachelor's degrees in Public Policy, Economics, Territorial Planning, International Relations and Philosophy are post-BC&H. The other bachelors and all the engineering courses are post-BC&T.
Research
The UFABC is now the only federal university in the Brazil that has 100% of professors with a doctoral degree, this unique condition immediately reflected in the quality of research undertaken at the institution, in only 3 years of operation was the UFABC projected into the first team of Brazilian universities in the NanotechnologyNanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
by the competition of scholarship for academic productivity from CNPq, the most competitive contest in the country. Following this line, researchers in the field of Nanotechnology in the UFABC were able to publish articles in more prestigious vehicle for publication on Nanotechnology in the world, the scientific journal Nano Letters
Nano Letters
Nano Letters is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published by the American Chemical Society. It was first published in January 2001. The two Co-Editors-in-Chief are A. Paul Alivisatos and Charles M. Lieber...
.
Moreover, the university has in its framework for teaching, teachers Capes
Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
Award winners for Best Thesis, researchers with the Commendation and the Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
, members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
The Brazilian Academy of Sciences is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded in 1916....
, among other representatives of some of the most prestigious national scientific organizations.
The high qualification of the faculty of the university also enabled that in March 2007 the CAPES
Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
approved 10 of 11 applications that the UFABC did for authorizing the opening of post-graduate studies (Master
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
and Doctorate
Doctor (title)
Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
), a record among all Brazilian university, since that the CAPES
Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
approving, on average, only one third of the applications referred to it and never before had approved, at once, opening as many postgraduate courses in the same institution.
Already in 2009, the UFABC was the institution which was the third most requested new research projects by the FAPESP
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo is a public foundation located in São Paulo, Brazil, with the aim of providing grants, funds and programs to support research, education and innovation of private and public institutions and companies in the state of São Paulo...
, behind only of the USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
and Unicamp and ahead of all other public and private institutions of the State of São Paulo, not bad for a university that recently created and would grow 200% within 2 years, counting only around the campus of Santo André.
The UFABC also participates today in several major research projects worldwide, among them one can highlight the presence of the university in the largest scientific project of all time, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
) that is operating the largest particle accelerator
Particle accelerator
A particle accelerator is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to high speeds and to contain them in well-defined beams. An ordinary CRT television set is a simple form of accelerator. There are two basic types: electrostatic and oscillating field accelerators.In...
ever built and also in the DZero Experiment of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
Fermilab
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics...
of the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
that conducts research on the basic structure of matter in the second-largest particle accelerator
Particle accelerator
A particle accelerator is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to high speeds and to contain them in well-defined beams. An ordinary CRT television set is a simple form of accelerator. There are two basic types: electrostatic and oscillating field accelerators.In...
in the world. Also, it highlights the university's presence in the first Brazilian space mission to deep space, the Mission Aster (Missão Aster), of the Brazilian Space Agency, which provides for the launching of a space probe in 2015.
Besides the aforementioned, the UFABC now has research completed or in progress with various research institutions such as: the COPPE-UFRJ, the National Institute for Space Research
National Institute for Space Research
The National Institute for Space Research is a research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, whose main goals are fostering scientific research and technological applications and qualifying personnel in the fields of space and atmospheric sciences, space engineering, and space...
, the Brazilian Space Agency
Brazilian Space Agency
The Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno...
, the Angra Nuclear Power Plant
Angra Nuclear Power Plant
Angra Nuclear Power Plant is Brazil's sole nuclear power plant. It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto on the Itaorna Beach in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
, the National Education and Research Network (RNP)
Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa
Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa is Brazil's academic Internet backbone. It was created in 1989 and the network started being built in 1991....
, UNICAMP, Unifesp, USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, UFSCar, the Brazilian National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron is the Brazilian National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, a research institution on physics, chemistry, material science and life sciences...
, the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA-IEAv), the Eletronuclear
Eletronuclear
Eletronuclear is a nuclear power company, which was established in 1997 in Brazil. It operates Angra Nuclear Power Plant. Eletronuclear is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eletrobrás....
, the Institute for Research on Stem Cells (IPCTRON), the Brazilian National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), the Braziliam Navy Technology Center (CTMSP), the National Institute of Science and Technology for Optical Communications (FOTONICOM), the ICMC-USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, the Brazilian Society of Biophysics, UFRGS, UNIFEI and UNIFENAS.
And also with international research institutes as the Max Planck Institute (Germany), the Paris-Sud 11 University
Paris-Sud 11 University
University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris XI is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris...
(France), the National Acoustic Laboratories
Australian Hearing
Australian Hearing is the largest Australian hearing aid dispensing company. They provide hearing care and technologies. One of their areas of interest is hearing testing and rehabilitation of children before they turn 21....
(Australia) and the Pierre Auger Observatory
Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Observatory is an international cosmic ray observatory designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: single sub-atomic particles with energies beyond 1020 eV...
(Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
), the National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science
is an Independent Administrative Institution and one of the largest scientific research centers in Japan.- History :The growth and development of today's scientific research center has passed through several phases in a number of locations:...
(Japan), the University of Texas System
University of Texas System
The University of Texas System encompasses 15 educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are academic universities and six are health institutions. The system is headquartered in Austin and has a total enrollment of over 190,000 students...
(USA), the Universidade do Algarve (Portugal) and the Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
Research in Undergraduate
Since the first contacts with the university, the UFABC students are encouraged to participate in science projects, for this, the institution created the innovative program PDPD ("Searching Since The First Day" or "Pesquisando Desde o Primeiro Dia" in Portuguese), where first year students participate in multidisciplinary research projects funded by the institution and supervised by doctors.Besides this program, students from other university years can claim participation in undergraduate research programs with funding from various organs such as the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation, PIC-UFABC and PIBIC-UFABC, financed with resources from the UFABC. There is also the PIBIC-CNPq, financed by CNPq and PIBIC-Affirmative Action a pilot program launched and funded in UFABC by CNPq that provides scholarship of the research initiation for undergraduate students who entered the university system by affirmative actions (social quota). Also, students of the university can still rely on research grants from several other organs such as Fapesp.
Besides these, the university instituted a Scholarship Assistance - Events, which finances the participation of its students in extracurricular activities such as presentation of scientific work (e.g. work of graduate students approved at international conferences) and going to technological events such as the Campus Party
Campus Party
Campus Party is an annual week-long, 24 hour a day technology festival and LAN Party. Thousands of hackers, developers, gamers and geeks equipped with laptops camp out in tents on-site for the conference and hackathon....
.
Infrastructure for Research
The Federal University of ABC now has one of the most modern infrastructure to existing research in Brazil. Among the modern equipment with which the university account, you can find on the campus of Santo André equipments such as:Atomic force microscopy and Tunneling, Circular dichroism
Circular dichroism
Circular dichroism refers to the differential absorption of left and right circularly polarized light. This phenomenon was discovered by Jean-Baptiste Biot, Augustin Fresnel, and Aimé Cotton in the first half of the 19th century. It is exhibited in the absorption bands of optically active chiral...
, Elemental Analysis, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
of High Resolution, Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy or ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflectance spectroscopy in the ultraviolet-visible spectral region. This means it uses light in the visible and adjacent ranges...
, Gas chromatograph, Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
, Infrared spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy is the spectroscopy that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, that is light with a longer wavelength and lower frequency than visible light. It covers a range of techniques, mostly based on absorption spectroscopy. As with all spectroscopic...
, Potentiostat / Galvanostat, Centrifuge
Centrifugation
Centrifugation is a process that involves the use of the centrifugal force for the sedimentation of mixtures with a centrifuge, used in industry and in laboratory settings. More-dense components of the mixture migrate away from the axis of the centrifuge, while less-dense components of the mixture...
Refrigerated Superspeed, Absorption Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
and Atomic Emission For Multicomponent Analysis, Gas Chromatography-Mass Detector, Liquid Chromatography
Chromatography
Chromatography is the collective term for a set of laboratory techniques for the separation of mixtures....
System, Modular Electrochemical Microscope
Microscope
A microscope is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy...
, Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
of Fluorescence
Fluorescence
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore lower energy, than the absorbed radiation...
, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
, Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer, Differential scanning calorimetry
Differential scanning calorimetry
Differential scanning calorimetry or DSC is a thermoanalytical technique in which the difference in the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a sample and reference is measured as a function of temperature. Both the sample and reference are maintained at nearly the same temperature...
, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Optical microscope
Optical microscope
The optical microscope, often referred to as the "light microscope", is a type of microscope which uses visible light and a system of lenses to magnify images of small samples. Optical microscopes are the oldest design of microscope and were possibly designed in their present compound form in the...
, High performance liquid chromatography
High performance liquid chromatography
High-performance liquid chromatography , HPLC, is a chromatographic technique that can separate a mixture of compounds and is used in biochemistry and analytical chemistry to identify, quantify and purify the individual components of the mixture.HPLC typically utilizes different types of stationary...
Coupled With Mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of charged particles.It is used for determining masses of particles, for determining the elemental composition of a sample or molecule, and for elucidating the chemical structures of molecules, such as peptides and...
With Mass Detector, Scanning electron microscope
Scanning electron microscope
A scanning electron microscope is a type of electron microscope that images a sample by scanning it with a high-energy beam of electrons in a raster scan pattern...
, X-ray crystallography
X-ray crystallography
X-ray crystallography is a method of determining the arrangement of atoms within a crystal, in which a beam of X-rays strikes a crystal and causes the beam of light to spread into many specific directions. From the angles and intensities of these diffracted beams, a crystallographer can produce a...
, wind tunnel
Wind tunnel
A wind tunnel is a research tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.-Theory of operation:Wind tunnels were first proposed as a means of studying vehicles in free flight...
and supersonic
Supersonic
Supersonic speed is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound . For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C this speed is approximately 343 m/s, 1,125 ft/s, 768 mph or 1,235 km/h. Speeds greater than five times the speed of sound are often...
Wind tunnel.
The university currently has a loan system of NetBooks
Netbook
Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers.At their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost — netbooks omitted certain features , featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing...
to graduate students, thus enabling students without computers can have a machine available 24 hours a day for academic purposes, the NetBooks
Netbook
Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers.At their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost — netbooks omitted certain features , featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing...
are under the responsibility of students throughout a quarter, allowing for that they be brought to the student's home. Inside the campus of the institution also has a network of wireless internet with high speed free use by students.
The UFABC also has the most powerful Supercomputer
Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...
in Latin America, the Altix 4700 was acquired of the Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
company and has been used for research where the capacity of shared memory on the machine should be the maximum possible.
In addition, UFABC has two networks of high-performance computers, forming clusters. The Cluster Chromo UFABC went into operation in June 2007 and is a project financed by FAPESP and CNPq, the Cluster Bull Novascale UFABC is a project funded by CAPES
Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
.
Library
In the LibraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
of the institution, is a collection composed of securities that serve as basic reference of disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate advanced beyond books for each line of university research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
.
The Library Web site UFABC provides various services such as queries to the collection
Collection
Collection or Collections may refer to:* Collection , the abstract concept of collections in computer science* Collection , the actions of a creditor seeking to recoup a debt...
and renewal of loans of books. Also available are a list of acquisitions in recent months and the articles published on scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
s by researchers of the UFABC.
In addition, the Library Web site UFABC is integrated to Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
via Twitter @AnyWhere allowing interaction among the users of the system.
Postgraduate Education
The UFABC has several courses of postgraduate education (Master or PhD) approved by the CapesCoordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
. They are:
- Biological SystemsBiological systems engineeringBiological Systems Engineering is a broad-based engineering discipline with particular emphasis on biology and chemistry. It can be thought of as a subset of the broader notion of Biological Engineering. It is not to be confused with Biomedical Engineering as it tends to focus less on medical...
(MSc and PhD, website) - Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical engineeringBiomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...
(MSc and PhD) (approved course due to start in 2011) - BiotechnoscienceBiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
(MSc and PhD) (approved course due to start in 2011) - Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer 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...
(MSc, website) - DevicesElectronic componentAn electronic component is a basic electronic element and may be available in a discrete form having two or more electrical terminals . These are intended to be connected together, usually by soldering to a printed circuit board, in order to create an electronic circuit with a particular function...
and InstrumentationInstrumentationInstrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production, or manufacturing area....
(MSc and PhD) (approved course due to start in 2011) - EducationEducationEducation 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...
, HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy 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...
of the ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
s and MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(MSc, website) - Electrical engineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
(MSc, website) - EnergyEnergy engineeringEnergy engineering is a broad field of engineering dealing with energy efficiency, energy services, facility management, plant engineering, environmental compliance and alternative energy technologies. Domain of Energy Engineering expertise combines selective subjects from the fields Chemical,...
(MSc and PhD, website) - Information EngineeringInformation engineeringInformation engineering or information engineering methodology in software engineering is an approach to designing and developing information systems.-Overview:...
(MSc, website) - ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
Engineering (MSc and PhD) (approved course due to start in 2011) - MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(MSc and PhD, website) (approved PhD course due to start in 2011) - Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
(MSc, website) - Nanoscience and Advanced MaterialsMaterials scienceMaterials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
(MSc and PhD, website) - NeuroscienceNeuroscienceNeuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
and CognitionCognitionIn science, cognition refers to mental processes. These processes include attention, remembering, producing and understanding language, solving problems, and making decisions. Cognition is studied in various disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science...
(MSc an PhD, website) - PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
(MSc and PhD, website) - PlanningPlanningPlanning in organizations and public policy is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan; and the psychological process of thinking about the activities required to create a desired goal on some scale. As such, it is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior...
and AdministrationAdministration (government)The term administration, as used in the context of government, differs according to jurisdiction.-United States:In United States usage, the term refers to the executive branch under a specific president , for example: the "Barack Obama administration." It can also mean an executive branch agency...
of the Territory (MSc and PhD, website) - Science and TechnologyScience and technologyScience and technology is a term of art used to encompass the relationship between science and technology. It frequently appears within titles of academic disciplines and government offices.-See also:...
/ ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
(MSc and PhD, website) - Social SciencesSocial sciencesSocial science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
and HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
(MSc, website)
High school
Since 2010 the UFABC has been offering a preparatory course for the ENEMEnem (exam)
ENEM is a non-mandatory Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school education in Brazil. The test is utilized as a stardard university entrance qualification test...
, free for public school students the ABC Region
ABC Region
The term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.The name refers to three smaller cities bordering on São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul...
, as part of an extension project of the university. In this course, classes are held Monday through Friday by students from the undergraduate institution and these are complemented with cultural activities and lectures by professors from UFABC on Saturdays. Some of the students who teach classes are scholarship of the Pro-rectory of University Extension while the majority are student volunteers.
The current rectory has also recently been mobilizing to enable the creation of a College of Application at the university that can train and attract to UFABC talented high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
students, and also to serve as support the teaching of undergraduate.
Selection of Students
The first three classes of UFABC were formed through the selective processes of the VestibularVestibular
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...
type that were applied to the students who came to enroll at the institution in the years 2007 to 2009.
From the year 2010 the selection of new students is now done exclusively with the ENEM
Enem (exam)
ENEM is a non-mandatory Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school education in Brazil. The test is utilized as a stardard university entrance qualification test...
(which was restructured in the year 2009 to become a reliable screening system for the majority of Brazilian universities). The university chose to use the new ENEM as a way to make your national selection process, attracting young talent from all over Brazil and increasing the level of new classes. News that showed the course of Bachelor of Science and Technology UFABC as the most sought after course among all the country in the "Unified Selecting System" (SISU) of Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (Brazil)
The Ministry of Education , MEC, is a Brazilian government ministry.Functions of this ministry: national education policy, early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, higher education, youth and adult education, among other teachings Taking their proper decisions so that...
in 2010 indicate that this goal has been accomplished.
According to statistics collected by the institution, the Bachelor of Science and Technology (BC&T) had a total demand of 13,758 applicants competing for 1,500 places (candidate/vacancy ratio of 9.2), while the Bachelor of Science and Humanities (BC&H ) has 2320 registered for 200 places (candidate/vacancy ratio of 11.6).
A striking feature that defines the different entry addressed by UFABC is a reservation of 50% (fifty percent) of seats of all its courses in both periods (morning and evening) for candidates who attended high school in public schools, as well as those self-declared indigenous and African descent.
Infrastructure
The Federal University of ABC has modern facilities in the city of Santo André (SP) and facilities under construction in São Bernardo do Campo (SP)São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in southern Metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo microregion. The municipality's total area is 408.45 km ² and a population estimated at 1 July 2009, according to the IBGE, was 810,979 inhabitants, which results in a population...
.
Centers and Cores
To facilitate and intensify the interdisciplinary in UFABC the university abolished the system of "departments" and "schools" exist in other universities. In UFABC, all teachers are bound to one of three major Centres Interdisciplinary:- CMCC - Center of Mathematics, Computing and Cognition.
- CECS - Center of Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences.
- CCNH - Centre for Natural Sciences and Humanities.
Besides these, teachers may be associated with the Interdisciplinary Centers linked to the rectory of UFABC:
- NCSC - Center for Cognition and Complex Systems.
- NCTS - Center for Science, Technology and Society.
In addition, there are in UFABC organs like the President's Office, Office of International Affairs, Center for Information Technology and Center for Technological Innovation. In addition to several secretaries and numerous research groups.
Campus of Santo André
The design of Santo André's Campus of the UFABC foresaw the construction of 6 blocks, a total of 96409.03 square meters of built area in the headquarters campus of the university, beyond the parking lot. The blocks are:- Block A - Academic and Administrative Building (Accommodates the rectory and classrooms. It is formed by the Centre of Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences - 10 floors, Centre for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition - 8 floors high and the Centre for Natural Science and Humanities - 9 floors).
- Block B - Academic Building (accommodates classrooms, faculty rooms and research laboratories and teaching - 11 floors).
- Block C - Square of the Sun: Cultural Center (Formed by the Auditorium, the Theater and the Library).
- Block D - Square of the Memory: University Restaurant.
- Block E - Set Sports (Formed by sports facilities, swimming pools and the multi-sport gymnasium).
- Block F - Square of the Clock: Clock Tower (Forming the clock, the astronomical observatory (76 meters) and the water reservoir).
- Block L - Building with teaching and research laboratories.
- The Parking.
The authorship of the design of the campus of Santo André was of the Libeskindllovet Architects S/S Ltda. and the construction work was in charge of the Constructor Augusto Velloso SA.
Besides these 6 main blocks located between the Avenida dos Estados and Avenida Santa Adelia, in Santo André city, the UFABC also has a building with didactic laboratory, computer rooms and classrooms located on Avenida Altântica, in Valparaíso neighborhood, and an administrative headquarters at Rua Catequese, in Jardim neighborhood, both in Santo André. The university has also acquired a large piece of land to the other side of the Avenida dos Estados (across from the current headquarters) that in the future should be used to build new research laboratories and support to engineering.
Campus of São Bernardo do Campo
On August 25, 2009 President LulaLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...
, accompanied by first lady Marisa Leticia, the Minister of Education, Fernando Haddad, the mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Luiz Marinho, the deputy mayor, Frank Aguiar, and the Senator of the state of São Paulo, Aloisio Mercadante, laid the foundation stone of the campus of UFABC the city of São Bernardo do Campo. The Campus of São Bernardo do Campo UFABC is expected to be completed in 2011 and also will have 6 blocks, beyond the parking lot :
- Block Alpha - Classrooms and teaching laboratories.
- Block Beta - Auditorium, library and administrative headquarters.
- Block Range - Restaurant and university administrative area.
- Block Delta - Formed by the blocks: Delta 1 (Research Laboratories), Delta 2 (Bioterium and herbaria) and Delta 3 (Engineering Laboratories).
- Block Epsilon - Ordinance Central.
- Block Recreativo - Kiosks and Quadras.
- Parking.
The authorship of the project is of the Benno Perelmutter Architecture and Planning S/C Ltda.
Besides these 6 main blocks, the UFABC also has a building with didactic laboratory, computer rooms and classrooms located in downtown São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in southern Metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo microregion. The municipality's total area is 408.45 km ² and a population estimated at 1 July 2009, according to the IBGE, was 810,979 inhabitants, which results in a population...
, in the former headquarters of the College Salete named Block Sigma.
University-Enterprise Integration
Therefore, the Board of Education and Research (Consep) of UFABC published in 2010 a resolution was holding a public call to corporations and industries interested in signing agreements of internship with the university so as to enable the students could perform this placements in these firms. Heeding the call of the university, favored by geographical location in a large historical industrial center of Brazil (see ABC RegionABC Region
The term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.The name refers to three smaller cities bordering on São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul...
) and beside the main economic center of Latin America (see Metropolitan Region of São Paulo
Greater São Paulo
The Greater São Paulo is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.-Definitions:-Metropolitan Area:...
), and in recognition of excellence in academic education provided by it, more than 100 companies signed an agreement with UFABC still in 2010 and thus make the performance of students in a variety of organizations. Among such companies are now names like: IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, Itaú, Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
, Globo Organizations
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
, General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
(GM), Ford, Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
, Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
, Pirelli
Pirelli
Pirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, Italy. The company, the world’s fifth largest tyre manufacturer, is present in over 160 countries, has 20 manufacturing sites around the world and a network of around 10,000 distributors and retailers.Founded in Milan in 1872,...
, BASF
BASF
BASF SE is the largest chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik . Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock...
, Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
and several other national and multinational corporation
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
s.
Internships during the Interdisciplinary Degrees
During the interdisciplinary bachelor, BC&T or BC&H, are not expected compulsory internship, but the UFABC recognizes in this activity a student's opportunity to complement their education and help for career choices.Internships during others Bachelors Degree and Engineerings
During some of the undergraduate bachelor's specific training, such as a BA in Biological Sciences (Biology) or Computer Science, the student shall elect to perform an internship in a company that operates in your area specific training or undertake a scientific project final. Those who opt for professional training should perform it in any of the companies registered out by the UFABC. Still, in some courses such as Bachelor of Neuroscience, the apprenticeship is mandatory.During graduation in any of the courses of engineering of the university internship in any of the companies registered is mandatory, all students must do an internship geared for a certain period (the minimum duration generally ranges from 2 to 3 quarters).
Sports
During the first years of operation of UFABC, several student sports groups appeared. Among various sports, students from UFABC has stood out in basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, soccer, rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
and martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
.
Students at the university today take part in various competitions universities throughout Brazil, including the Tournament "Semana da Asa" that occurs in the CTA and is annually organized by the ITA and where the athletes of UFABC won the 3rd place overall in his first year of participation in 2008, and the 1st place overall in his second year of participation in 2009; and Intercomp tournament that brings together faculty from mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
and statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, where athletes from UFABC conquered in 2009 the 4th overall in his first appearance at the event and the 1st overall in 2010.
For 2010 is scheduled to participate in university events featured on the national scene of college games, among them stand out the Engenharíadas (tournament that brings together 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...
colleges), the University Games Paulistanos (organized by the city of São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
), the Liga Deportiva Universitaria Paulista (major league sports university in the country) and the Cup of the University of São Carlos
São Carlos
São Carlos is a city of 221,950 inhabitants in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is located at , at about 231 km from the city of São Paulo.-History:...
, the TUSCA, (organized by UFSCar
Federal University of São Carlos
The Federal University of São Carlos , also known as UFSCar, is a public research university located in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil.-Background:...
and USP-São Carlos
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
).
Participation in training for any sport in college is open and non-mandatory for any student of the institution, selective are held to select the best athletes in cases where the tournament played imposes maximum number of participants or teams per university.
Academic Athletic Association September XI
On September 11, 2006 entered the first class at the Federal University of ABC, with an innovative proposal from Brazilian universities. As early as 2007 a group of students began the Athletic UFABC, originating the Academic Athletic Association XI September (Portuguese: Associação Atlética Acadêmica XI de Setembro), AXIS, whose name was chosen in homage to the days of the first class of the university.EWLINE
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AXIS is now a student representation recognized by UFABC formed by an elected board and that represents all athletes of the university. The Athletics (AXIS) of UFABC held several jobs to support sports at the university and is responsible for conducting the selection of athletes for the various leagues in which they participate and are also responsible for monitoring the entries in these championships and even help organize some of them.
The infrastructure of the campi of UFABC provide for the construction of sports fields, swimming pools, gyms and sports courts covered in all its units. Furthermore, AXIS has agreements with SESI (Social Service of Industry) of Santo André and with Santo André's Club Bochófilo for the use of sport infrastructure of these sites by the students of the institution.
AXIS also works closely with the DCE (Central Directory of Students) of UFABC organizing parties, sponsoring the travel of athletes, performing the manufacture and sale of customized sports equipment (such as shirts, kimono
Kimono
The is a Japanese traditional garment worn by men, women and children. The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear" , has come to denote these full-length robes...
s, caps of swimming, etc..) Providing training and transportation for Athletes of the institution participate in tournaments, and doing extra activities such as mountaineering
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
, abseiling
Abseiling
Abseiling , rappelling in American English, is the controlled descent down a rock face using a rope; climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection.- Slang terms :...
and internal tournaments.
Between different groups linked to the Athletic's UFABC also highlights the Group of Cheerleaders, the Infantry (responsible for the UFABC's fanfare
Fanfare
A Fanfare is a relatively short piece of music that is typically played by trumpets and other brass instruments often accompanied by percussion...
in sports tournaments) and the Martial Arts Group, responsible for the training of practitioners of Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do and other types of martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
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Student Representation
The DCE (Central Directory of Students) is responsible for representing the graduate students of the University. The choice of its members occurs in the annual election in which all undergraduates are entitled to vote. The Directory of UFABC was established in 2008, from the former Academic Center, and aims to facilitate students' stay, either by means of solution of impasse with management, or monitoring of projects that relate to academic life, as discussions in ConsEP, ConsUni and CEU.The UFABC has several student organizations representing various groups of students. Some of these are officially recognized by the university while others rely on the coordination of support from teachers and education cores, including:
- Athletics: The Athletic Association Academic eleventh of September, or AXIS, is responsible for dealing with student representation on all matters involving student athletes from UFABC always working close to the DCE.
- Branch of the IEEE: The student branch of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the world's largest professional organization that brings together professionals from all engineering and computing) of UFABC promotes the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge of the exact sciences in UFABC. Among the main achievements of the past and provided the UFABC's IEEE branch are included the Robot Competition of UFABC (which in its first edition was coordinated by students from UFABC winners of Robot Competition of Campus PartyCampus PartyCampus Party is an annual week-long, 24 hour a day technology festival and LAN Party. Thousands of hackers, developers, gamers and geeks equipped with laptops camp out in tents on-site for the conference and hackathon....
) the course of Formal Conversation in English, acquiring a driver for an airplane, installing a center of excellence in engineering at the university, the project of recyclingRecyclingRecycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse...
of electronic material, and the project TISP discloses that the engineering education in high schools. - AESS Chapter: The IEEE South Brazil Section Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Chapter is a branch of the IEEE for matters related to aerospace systems in general and electronic systems. The AESS's UFABC is the first of its kind opened in Latin America.
- Association of Republics: The association of student republics UFABC is space for all residents in the republicsFraternities and sororitiesFraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
of UFABC. - Fubeca: The Fubeca is a social networking site for UFABC students. With internal systems of blogBlogA blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
, wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
and integration with TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, the site serves as a meeting point for students, faculty and staff of the university. - Theatre Group: The group of theatre of UFABC brings together students, faculty, staff and the community passionate about the art of acting.
- Choir: The choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
of UFABC is composed of students and staff. He is currently governed by Daniel Moura, who has extensive experience in lyrical singingOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
and choir. - Community Prism: The Prism is a community created to promote the integration of the LGBTLGBTLGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
academic community of UFABC and his friends. - Film Club: The film society of UFABC brings together students and teachers interested in watching and discussing cinemaFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
classics. - Group Bible Study: In the style of groups such as IFESInternational Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsThe International Fellowship of Evangelical Students is an association of about 136 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide, encouraging evangelism, discipleship and mission among students. The goal of the organisation is to establish local autonomous student movements in every country...
and ABU (Biblical Alliance University of Brazil) is a brief discussion and reflection on biblical texts. - Anime Club: cultural and social space for fans of Japanese animationAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
and mangaMangaManga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
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See also
- 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...
- ABC RegionABC RegionThe term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.The name refers to three smaller cities bordering on São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul...
- InterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinarity involves the combining of two or more academic fields into one single discipline. An interdisciplinary field crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions have emerged....