Federal University of the São Francisco Valley
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco | |
Other names | UNIVASF |
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Type | Public university |
Established | June 27, 2002 |
Rector | Paulo César Fagundes Neves |
Students | 6,211 (2019) |
Location | , , |
Campus | Five campuses across the São Francisco River Valley region in states of Pernambuco, Bahia and Piauí |
Website | www.univasf.edu.br |
The Federal University of the São Francisco Valley (
In 2019, Folha de São Paulo ranked UNIVASF 106th nationally, with its animal science program ranked in the top 25.[2]
History
The university was created with a federal law passed on June 27, 2002, with a mandate to operate across state lines in the historically under-developed semi-arid Sertão of Brazil's northeast.[3] It began operations in 2004.[4] From 2015, its medical school was affiliated with a teaching hospital in Petrolina: the Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.[5]
See also
References
- ^ UNIVASF em números 2012 - 2019: Dados e ações da Gestão Universitária (PDF). Petrolina, Brazil: Univasf. 2020.
- ^ "RUF 2019: Fundação Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF)". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "L10473". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ Amanda FrancoDo G1 Petrolina (2014-10-14). "Reitor avalia os 10 anos da Univasf no Vale do São Francisco". Petrolina e Região (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-25.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Nossa História - EBSERH". www2.ebserh.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)