The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais or "UFMG") is a public university (and therefore it does not charge any tuition for the enrolled students) located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The students are admitted through yearly exams called the vestibular. Image File history File links UFMG logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Region State Minas Gerais Founded 1701 Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1897 Government  - Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area  - City 330. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Region State Minas Gerais Founded 1701 Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1897 Government  - Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area  - City 330. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ... The Vestibular is a competitive examination and is the primary and widespread system used by Brazilian universities to select their students. ...

UFMG is one of Brazil's five largest universities. It offers 48 different undergraduate courses, including an extremely sought-after Medicine course, traditional options such as Law and Economics, plus a handful of Engineering options and a wide array of Science and Art courses. It also offers 48 PhD programs, 58 master programs, 57 diplomas and 37 medical residence programs, totalling 35,324 students. For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ...

The current president of UFMG is Prof. Ronaldo Tadeu Pena. Famous former students include the ex-president Juscelino Kubitschek, the writer, medical doctor and diplomat João Guimarães Rosa, the plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy, the pop singer Samuel Rosa and the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Juscelino Kubitschek and his wife Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (JK) (September 12, 1902-August 22, 1976) was a prominent Brazilian politician who was President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. ... João Guimarães Rosa (27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, probably the greatest Brazilian novelist born in the 20th century. ... Ivo Pitanguy (b. ... Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, July 15, 1966) is lead singer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank. ... Carlos Drummond de Andrade (October 31, 1902 - August 17, 1987) was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. ...

Location

UFMG is located on the north part of Belo Horizonte, in the neighborhood of Pampulha, near Pampulha Domestic Airport and Mineirão stadium. The university has 8.794.767 square meters (built area of 592.053 square meters) and is divided in three campii (Pampulha Campus, Health Campus and Rural Sciences Institute). Inside the Pampulha Campus there is a federal institute for Nuclear Research — the CDTN — which has 38 buildings, 50 laboratories and includes a 250 kW research Nuclear Reactor built in 1960 called TRIGA. There is also an extensive area of secondary forest known as the Estação Ecologica ("Ecological Station"), where many university scientists carry out research; this is the largest "green" area within the city boundaries, and is home to several endemic insect species. Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Region State Minas Gerais Founded 1701 Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1897 Government  - Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area  - City 330. ... A man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ... Pampulha Domestic Airport (IATA: PLU, ICAO: SBBH) or Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, is Belo Horizontes secondary airport, dealing mostly with domestic flights. ... Mineirão stadium, established in 1965, officially named for Governor Magalhães Pinto, is the largest soccer staduim in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... The forest in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada is generally considered to have second and third growth characteristics. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ...

History of UFMG

In 1898, the Ouro Preto Faculty of Law was transferred to Belo Horizonte, the new state capital. A few new unconnected faculties would appear later: in 1907, the Free School of Dentistry; in 1911, the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and a course in pharmacy attached to the Free School of Dentistry. Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... View of Ouro Preto Vila Rica do Ouro Preto, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the dental profession. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Pharmacy (disambiguation). ...

In 1927, these four schools merged to form the UMG – the University of Minas Gerais, a private institution subsidized by the state government. The UMG remained in the state sphere until 1949, when it was made federal. The current name – UFMG – was not adopted until 1965. Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

At the time of federalization, the schools of architecture, philosophy and economics were already integrated in the university. Its expansion progressed, creating the schools of nursing (1950), veterinary science (1961), information science (1962), music (1962) and physical education (1969). This article is about building architecture. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ancient Library of Alexandria, an early form of information storage and retrieval. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...

In 1968, a university reform profoundly altered the structure of UFMG. The Faculty of Philosophy spawned multiple institutions. Thus were born the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, the Institute of Biological Sciences, the Institute of Exact Sciences, the Institute of Geosciences and the Faculties of Literature and Education. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...

A further five courses have been established recently: agronomy, theater, control and automation engineering, computing mathematics, and phonoaudiology. Agronomy is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of crops and the soils in which they grow. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212...

Architecture

Most buildings on campus are massive concrete structures built during the last 30 years using a proprietary system for concrete structure construction designed to make constructions cheap and fast. All designs are by a group of architects that work for the University City Hall. The buildings try to convey a modern style. Some of the older buildings need repairs.

The streets inside the campus (Pampulha) were all cobblestone, which have been slowly substituted for pavement. The University City Hall, which is an exceptions for the lack of architectural interest of the campus, was designed by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and inaugurated in 1962. It has been recently protected by a municipal law (which protected various buildings in Pampulha district). Inside the building there is a gigantic panel by the famous local artist Yara Tupinambá. A second massive panel (built on concrete) on the FUNDEP building is also by Tupinambá. A man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ...

UFMG in numbers

Number of vacancies: 4,594

Research groups: 547

National patents: 128

International patents: 24

Publications: 9,077

Undergraduate students: 22,202

Medical Residents: 285

Master Students: 3,470

PhD Students: 2,096

Total students: 35,324

Teachers: 2,446

Campuses: 3

Academic units: 21

Total units: 44

Libraries: 28

Books:707,000

Number of students which take the admission exams yearly: 73,827

Average Ratio of applications/admission: 15,8

Number of admissions/year: 4,674

Blocks

• Colégio Técnico - Coltec
• Centro Esportivo Universitário - CEU
• Escola de Arquitetura
• Escola de Belas-Artes - EBA
• Escola de Ciência da Informação (Escola de Biblioteconomia)
• Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional - EEFFTO
• Escola de Enfermagem
• Escola de Engenharia
• Escola de Música
• Escola de Veterinária
• Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas - FACE
• Faculdade de Direito
• Faculdade de Educação - FAE
• Faculdade de Farmácia
• Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas - FAFICH
• Faculdade de Letras - FALE
• Faculdade de Medicina
• Faculdade de Odontologia
• Instituto de Cîências Biológicas - ICB
• Instituto de Ciências Exatas - ICEx
• Instituto de Geociências - IGC
• Parque Tecnológico - BHTEC

External link

• University homepage