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UFPA – Federal University of Pará
With its head office in Cidade Universitária Professor José da Silveira Netto, in Belém, the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) is present in more than eighty cities of Pará state. It’s considered the biggest public higher education institution of the north of Brazil and the most prestigious one. It also figures in many ranks made by national and international institutions.
Founded on July 2nd, 1957, nowadays UFPA has 2,997 faculty members, 2,458 technicians and more than 50.000 students at many levels of education, such as undergraduate and graduate levels and in basic, technical, and technological education. UFPA was pioneer in offering higher education in the Brazilian Amazon and has been the most important source of highly qualified professionals in the region. It’s top-ranked when it comes to knowledge production and promoting Science & Technology. Due to the collective efforts of students, faculty and employees, the Federal University of Pará is not only the biggest university of the northern region, but also one of the biggest and most important ones of Brazil.