Minas Gerais State University

State University of Minas Gerais
Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais
Other name
UEMG
MottoUnidade na diversidade
Motto in English
Unity in diversity
TypePublic University
Established1989
PresidentLavínia Rosa Rodrigues
Vice-presidentThiago Torres
Administrative staff
1,418 (2004)
Undergraduates20,956 (2017)
Postgraduates1,331 (2017)
Location, ,
19°52′30″S 43°58′12″W / 19.8751°S 43.9700°W / -19.8751; -43.9700
Websitewww.uemg.br

The State University of Minas Gerais. (Portuguese: Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, UEMG) is a Brazilian public university. It is the third largest university in the state of Minas Gerais, second only to the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Federal University of Uberlândia. It was founded in 1989 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Besides Belo Horizonte, its campuses are distributed across several cities in the Minas Gerais states.