Federal University of Amazonas

Federal University of Amazonas
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Other names
UFAM
Motto
In universa scientia Veritas
Motto in English
"Science as universal truth."
TypePublic university
Established17 January 1909
EndowmentR$ 645.000.000 (2017)[1][2]
RectorProf. Sylvio Mário Puga Ferreira, Ph. D.
Academic staff
766
Location
Manaus
,
Amazonas
,
Brazil
CampusSuburban
AffiliationsAndifes
Websiteufam.edu.br

The Federal University of Amazonas[3] (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Amazonas, UFAM) is a public university located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It is the oldest university in Brazil and one of the largest universities in the northern region of Brazil.

It offers a wide array of degrees, with 645 research groups and 65 graduate courses.

  1. ^ "Novo reitor da Ufam, Sylvio Puga diz que principal desafio é implementar mudanças" (in Portuguese). acritica.com. April 9, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "UFAM diz que tem recursos e vai na contramão da crise" (in Portuguese). d24am.com. August 16, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "Adopt a Tree in the Amazon Programme Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine." Federal University of Amazonas