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Universidade Federal de Campina Grande | |
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Other names | UFCG |
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| Motto | Supra Omnis Lux Lucis (Above man shines the light) |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1952 - Paraíba State Polytechnical School 1970 - Became part ofUFPB 2002 - Established asUFCG |
| Endowment | R$ 658.481.753,00 (2015)[1] |
| Chancellor | Dr. Vicemário Simões |
Academic staff | 1500+ |
Administrative staff | 2,000+ |
| Undergraduates | 10.000+ |
| Postgraduates | 400+[2] |
| Location | ,, 7°13′00.80″S35°54′38.00″W / 7.2168889°S 35.9105556°W /-7.2168889; -35.9105556 |
| Website | ufcg |
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TheFederal University of Campina Grande (Portuguese:Universidade Federal de Campina Grande,UFCG) is apublicresearch university located inCampina Grande,Paraíba, Brazil. Together with theFederal University of Paraíba, it is the main university of the state ofParaíba. It was established after splitting fromUFPB in 2002.
UFCG is one of the leading technological and scientific institutes of northeastern Brazil. It was mentioned in a 2001 edition ofNewsweek magazine as a technopole - among 9 other around the world - that represents a new vision for technology. It was again quoted in 2003 as the BrazilianSilicon Valley. It is one of the five institutions to have a continuous international concept from theCoordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (grade over 5) in the Electrical Engineering Postgraduate Program, and one of the two to simultaneously hold a concept of 5 stars in the Technological Department (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) from theMinistry of Education.[3]
The higher education in the state ofParaíba has its origins in the creation of its first high education school, the Northeastern School of Agronomy, in 1934, in the town of Areia.
In the 1950s, a government initiative called "integration of the technical-industrial development of the State", made Campina Grande a new scientific and cultural center in Paraíba, which made possible the creation of the Polytechnic School - The embryo of the UFCG. It focused on finances and business applied to regional markets. Funding from the government provided the structure and equipment for the institute, and foreign companies gave endowments.
In 1955, there were eleven Higher education institutes in Paraíba. TheUniversidade Federal da Paraíba was established in December 1960, by state law nº 1,366. Its federalization was installed by law nº 3,835. In 1973, the university council approved the reform of the academic structure of the institution, in resolution nº 12/73, accordingly with decrees nºs 53 and 252, and law nº 5.540.
In 1963 the Polytechnic school started to offer an Electrical Engineering degree, held by the faculty of the Civil Engineering department. From this year on, there was an influx of professors from theFederal University of Pernambuco(UFPE), and theAeronautics Technological Institute (ITA) in São Paulo, with whom the university maintained close bonds in the 1960s and 1970s.[4]
In 1967, the UFPB campus in Campina Grande received one of the first supercomputers of Brazil, a US$500,000IBM mainframe.[5]
TheUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande was established by law nº 10,419, with its main campus in the city of Campina Grande, and is now composed of the Technological Center, Humanities Center, and Health and Biological Center.[6]
With 64 companies in the area of Information Technology, with a total income of approximately R$27 million a year, the technology sector grows every year in Campina Grande, A reason for the opening of so many enterprises is the quality of higher education in the University of Campina Grande and its major degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computing, as well as the creation of the Technopole of ParaíbaPaqtc-PB, which provides financial, institutional and technical support for these new companies.
The UFCG Center of Sciences and Technology - CCT and Center of Electrical Engineering and Computing - CEEI are also responsible for developments in this area. Each year almost half the students graduate in technology fields. Multinational companies likeHonda,Fiat,Motorola,Coca-Cola, andSamsung recruit graduates each year. Additionally, those companies and others likeHewlett-Packard,Nokia,Petrobras andNorthel,Intel,Sony andFoxconn, have formed partnerships with the institution and provide most of the endowment for installation of new laboratories and funding for research projects.
| Center | Masters | Phd |
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| CCT - Technological Center | 105 | 191 |
| CH - Humanity Center | 83 | 43 |
| CCBS - Medicine and Biology Center | 27 | 12 |
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| University cafeterias | 4 |
| Number of students served(2004) | 1,955 |
| Meals served(2004) | 606,600 |
| University residences | 13 |
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| Research with external funding in progress | 27 |
| Research with internal funding in progress | 215 |
| Number of research groups | 91 |
| Number of researches in theCNPq database | 301 |
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