Brazil
Unicamp
Unicamp – State University of Campinas – was officially founded on October, 1966. The university is situated in Campinas, the second biggest city of São Paulo state, whose capital belongs to the most important economic center of Brazil. It was created in response to the state demand of qualified personnel.
Although being a young institution compared to other country parameters, Unicamp has already conquered a strong tradition in education, research and services to society. Today the university has 21 centers of teaching and research, in addition to hospital complexes, technical high schools and interdisciplinary centers.
There are approximately 17 thousand students matriculated in the undergraduate courses and 16 thousand in the graduate programs. Education and research are closely associated, which contributes to the quality of the university, as well as the fact that almost the whole board of teachers works full time and has at least doctoral degree.
The researches developed by Unicamp represent about 15% of the total in Brazilian universities. Unicamp also maintain extension activities beyond health centers for the society. (see http://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/en for more details)
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