Federal University of Ceará

Ceará Federal University

Universidade Federal do Ceará
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Other names	UFC
Motto	Virtvs Vnita Fortior
Motto in English	The more united the virtues, the stronger
Type	Public
Established	1954 (1954)
Endowment	R$1.2 billion (2014)
Chancellor	Custódio Luís Silva de Almeida
Vice-Chancellor	Diana Cristina Silva de Azevedo
Academic staff	2,052 (1,883 effective) (2012)
Administrative staff	1,385 (2007)
Students	34,597 (2012)
Undergraduates	26,956 (2012)
Postgraduates	7,641 (2012)
Doctoral students	1,346 (2012)
Location	Fortaleza , Ceará , Brazil
Affiliations	CRUB, RENEX
Website	www.ufc.br

The Federal University of Ceará (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Ceará, UFC) is a federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Barbalha, Russas, Quixadá and Crateús, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. UFC is a public and tuition-free university, with several academic programs in most areas of knowledge.

In Fortaleza, the university has three main campuses: "Campus do Pici", with the most of the programs in science and technology areas, "Campus do Benfica", which harbors the university's administration and the programs in humanities, business, and the law school, and the "Campus do Porangabussu", with the medical school. The campus of Sobral is new and has a Medical School, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Finance, Economy, Dentistry, Psychology and Teaching Music.

History

UFC was created by the Brazilian federal government in 1955 and is under the Ministry of Education. The University was created as the result of great public debate, which had begun in 1949. The main character of this movement was Antônio Martins Filho, an intellectual who became the first director of the recently created "Universidade do Ceará" ('University of Ceará'). The University itself was created by Law #2.373, ratified in December 1954 and began to function on June 25, 1955. Its implementation was owed to the union of the several higher education institutes then present in the city of Fortaleza: the School of Agronomy, the Law College of Ceara, the Medicine College and the Pharmacy & Odontology College. Today, the University consists of four centers of basic science and education and five professional colleges, and is one of the most respected universities of Brazil.

Notable alumni

• Ciro Gomes
• Hermes Carleial
• Camilo Santana
• Luizianne Lins
• Socorro Acioli
• Falcão

See also

• Brazil University Rankings
• List of federal universities of Brazil
• Universities and Higher Education in Brazil
• Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira