Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

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Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Other names	UFRRJ
Type	Public university system, Federal
Established	October 20, 1910
Endowment	R$ 352.733.407,24 (2010) [1]
Chancellor	Ricardo Motta Miranda
Vice-Chancellor	Ana Maria Dantas Soares
Administrative staff	1086
Students	29,337
Location	Seropédica , State of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Campus	Seropédica, Nova Iguaçu, Três Rios
Colors	Yellow - Green
Website	http://www.ufrrj.br

The Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, UFRRJ) is a public university located in Seropédica in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It possesses the largest campus among Latin American universities and is known for being the first university to offer agriculture related courses in Brazil.

In the 2019 Folha de São Paulo rankings, UFRRJ was ranked 35th^[1] in Brazil, with its programs in veterinary medicine and animal science in the top 10.