Federal University of Paraná
The Federal University of Paraná (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR) is a public university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. UFPR is considered to be one of the oldest universities in Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Paraná | |
Other names | UFPR |
|---|---|
Former names | Universidade do Paraná |
| Motto | Scientia et Labor |
Motto in English | Science and Work |
| Type | Public (federal) |
| Established | 1912 |
| Budget | R$ 1,038,070,033.68 (2013) |
| Rector | Ricardo Marcelo Fonseca |
Academic staff | 2,328 |
Administrative staff | 3,759 |
| Undergraduates | 28,048 |
| Postgraduates | 8,658 |
| Location | , Brazil |
| Campus | Curitiba, Matinhos, Palotina, Pontal do Paraná and Jandaia do Sul |
| Website | www |
UFPR ranks as 37th best university in Latin-America and it is among the 651-700 best universities in the world, according to QS World University Rankings. It is placed as the eighth best university in Brazil in the latest "Ranking Universitário Folha (RUF)", published by the nation's largest newspaper.
Nowadays, its facilities are spread over the capital Curitiba and other cities of the State of Paraná. It offers 124 undergraduate degree courses, 44 doctorate, 66 masters and 5 professional masters programs, apart from a number of lato sensu programs (mostly paid one-year specializations) - see Higher-ed degrees in Brazil.