Federal University of Santa Catarina

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Federal University of Santa Catarina
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Other names
UFSC
MottoArs et Scientia
Motto in English
Arts and Science
TypePublic
Established1960
RectorIrineu Manoel de Souza
Administrative staff
4,539
Undergraduates29,595
Postgraduates14,233
Location
Florianópolis
,
Santa Catarina
,
Brazil
CampusUrban
Websitewww.ufsc.br

The Federal University of Santa Catarina (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC) is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.

Considered one of the leading universities in Brazil, UFSC is the 6th best university in Latin America in the ranking of Times Higher Education; the 23rd by QS World University Rankings, and was ranked as the 10th best institution of higher education in Latin America by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. In the annual ranking of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, it is the 6th best Brazilian university, with courses being among the ten best in the country.[1][2][3][4][5]

The structure of its campus comprises 11 Academic Schools (Centros de Ensino), divided by field of study. Every School is divided in departments, the largest one being the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The oldest school at UFSC is the School of Law. The Department of Law was the first of UFSC's departments to be officially recognized in 1932.

  1. ^ "Latin America University Rankings 2017". Times Higher Education (THE). 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ^ Wenzel, Karine (8 March 2017). "UFSC é a sétima universidade entre as públicas do país com melhor nota do Índice Geral de Cursos do Inep" (in Portuguese). Diário Catarinense. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Ranking Web of Universities - Latin America". Ranking Web of Universities. July 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ "QS Ranking - Latin America". QS World University Rankings. 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. ^ "UFSC é a sexta melhor universidade do país no ranking 2017 da Folha de S. Paulo". Notícias da UFSC. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2018.