University of Pernambuco

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University of Pernambuco

Universidade de Pernambuco
Other name	UPE
Type	Public
Established	1965
Rector	Pedro Henrique de Barros Falcão
Location	Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil
Website	official site

The University of Pernambuco (Portuguese: Universidade de Pernambuco, UPE; formerly Fundação de Ensino Superior de Pernambuco, FESP) is a public state university located in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.^[1]

Every year almost 4,000 seats of UPE are offered in Brazilian's universities entry exam, the National High School Exam (ENEM). The competition rate is over 12 applicants for each seat, in general.^[2][3]

UPE is well positioned in brazilians universities rankings, such as Guia do Estudante^[4] and RUF,^[5] with most of its courses being between the 50 best of Brazil. In 2021, UPE was classified as the 45th best university of Brazil and the 100th best of Latin America by Times Higher Education University Rankings (THE).^[6]

In 1965, the faculties of Medical Sciences of Pernambuco (founded in 1950), Dentistry of Pernambuco (1955), Sciences of the Administration of Pernambuco (1965) joined forces with the Polytechnic School of Pernambuco (1912) to form the initial nucleus of the "Pernambuco Higher Education Foundation - FESP", which became, at the beginning of the 1990s, into the "University of Pernambuco", acquiring public character and assuming its social role.

In addition, the School of Physical Education (founded in 1946) and the Faculty of Teacher Training of Garanhuns (1966), of Nazaré da Mata (1966) and of Petrolina (1968) joined the University of Pernambuco.

In 1976 was created the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Pernambuco, a centralizer unit to the basic disciplines of the courses of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Physical Education.

In this way, the UPE has a decentralized campus in several cities of the state (Arcoverde, Caruaru, Garanhuns, Nazaré da Mata, Palmares, Petrolina, Salgueiro and Serra Talhada, in addition to having implemented distance courses of Public Administration, Biological Sciences, Letters and Pedagogy in the municipalities of Fernando de Noronha, Floresta, Garanhuns, Nazaré da Mata, Ouricuri, Palmares, Petrolina, Surubim and Tabira).

• Pro-Rectory of Extension and Culture - PROEC
• Pro-Rectory of Graduation - PROGRAD
• Pro-Rector of Graduate Studies and Research - PROPEGE
• Pro-Rectory of Institutional Development and Extension - PRODINE
• Pro-Rector's Office - PROADMI
• Pro-Rector of Planning - PROPLAN
• Attorney's Office - PROJUR

• Amaury de Medeiros Integrated Health Center - CISAM (founded in 1947)
• University Hospital Oswaldo Cruz - HUOC (founded in 1884)
• Cardiovascular Health Center of Pernambuco - PROCAPE (founded in 2006)
• Editora Universidade de Pernambuco - EDUPE
• Technological Innovation Institute - IIT

• ESEF - Superior School of Physical Education of the University of Pernambuco

Physical Education

• FCAP - Faculty of Sciences of the Administration of Pernambuco

Administration

Law

• FCM - Faculty of Medical Sciences of Pernambuco

Medicine

Collective Health

• FENSG - Faculty of Nursing Nossa Senhora das Graças

Nursing

Social Sciences (Bachelor)

• FOP - Faculty of Dentistry of Pernambuco

Dentistry

• ICB - Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Pernambuco

Biological Sciences

• POLI - Polytechnic School of Pernambuco

Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Control and Automation Engineering

Electrical / Electrotechnical Engineering

Electrical / Electronic Engineering

Telecommunication Engineering

Industrial Mechanical Engineering

Materials Physics (Bachelor)

Law

Dentistry

• FACITEC - Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Caruaru

Administration

Information Systems

• FACETEG - Faculty of Sciences, Education and Technology of Garanhuns

Medicine

Biological Sciences

Geography

History

Computing

Letters (Portuguese and their Literatures)

Mathematics

Pedagogy

Psychology

Software Engineering

• FFPNM - Faculty of Teacher Training of Nazaré da Mata

Biological Sciences

Geography

History

Letters (Portuguese / English and their Literatures)

Letters (Portuguese / Spanish and their Literatures)

Mathematics

Pedagogy

Technological Management in Logistics

Management in Logistics

Social Service

• FFPP - Faculty of Teacher Training of Petrolina

Biological Sciences

Nursing

Physiotherapy

Geography

History

Letters (Portuguese and their Literatures)

Letters (English and their literatures)

Mathematics

Nutrition

Pedagogy

Administration

Medicine

• List of state universities in Brazil

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