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UNIVERSIDADEUNIVERSIDADEFEDERAL DOFEDERAL DOCEARCEAR
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Table of contents General presentation Foundation and institutional mission
Campi Contacts Academic information Personnel
Teaching Research Extension International affairs Student services Application procedures for foreign students Welcome information for foreign students
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GENERAL PRESENTATIONThe Universidade Federal do Cear lies in the State of Cear, in the Northeast ofBrazil.
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GENERAL PRESENTATION
For tourist information, see:
http://www.fortaleza.ce.gov.br/turismo/
http://www.setur.ce.gov.br/template_setur_en
Cariri
Quixad
Fortaleza
The Universidade Federal do Cears campiare situated in Cears capital city,Fortaleza, as well as in the cities of Sobral
and Quixad and in Cariri region.
Sobral
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GENERAL PRESENTATIONThe Universidade Federal do Cear (UFC) is recognized as oneof the best federal institutions of higher education in Brazil.Therefore it represents an important scientific and cultural
heritage of Cears people. Its programs are distributed amongfour centers (Science, Agricultural Sciences, Human Sciences,and Technology), five colleges (Law; Education; Economics,Administration, Actuarial Sciences, and Accounting; Pharmacy,
Dentistry, and Nursing; and Medicine), and three institutes(Sea Sciences; Culture and Art; Physical Education and Sports).
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FOUNDATION AND
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
The Universidade Federal do Cear (UFC) is a public
institution related to the Ministry of Education. It wasfounded in response to an intensive public mobilization andcreated by the Federal Law 2,373 of December, 1954. Theopening ceremony occurred on June 25, 1955, at the Jos
de Alencar Theater. By that time, it was still calledUniversidade do Cear and was composed of the School ofAgriculture, the College of Pharmacy and Dentistry, theSchool of Law and the College of Medicine.
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The institution grew quickly and created new programs,
primarily seeking to meet the local needs for qualifiedhuman resources. Currently this University offers programsin many different knowledge areas, distributed among itsmajor four centers (Science, Agricultural Sciences, Human
Sciences, and Technology), five colleges (Law; Education;Medicine; Economics, Administration, Actuarial Sciences,and Accounting; and Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing),and two institutes (Sea Sciences and Culture and Art).
FOUNDATION AND
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
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FOUNDATION AND
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
Still keeping its first slogan the universal through the
regional, the UFC is truly committed to solve localproblems, without forgetting the universal feature of itsproduction. Located in Fortaleza, capital of the State ofCear, it is one of the components of the State Higher
Education System. Its actions are based on the stateterritory in order to effectively respond to the variousdemands of society.
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CAMPI In the urban area of Fortaleza, the UFC
occupies 233 hectares, divided into three campi.
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CAMPI
The campus also includes theCenter of Foreign Languages aswell as facilities for the promotionof artistic and cultural activities
such as the University FM RadioStation, the Museum of Art, theCasa Amarela Euslio de Oliveira(the School of Image and Sound),the Publishing House and theAcoustic Shell/Auditorium
(outdoor conference area).
The Benfica Campus (13ha) is comprised of theuniversitys administrativecenter, housing the Rectorsoffice and otheradministrative posts inaddition to the Center ofHuman Sciences and the
Colleges of Law, Educationand that of Economics,Business Administrationand Accounting.
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CAMPI The Pici Campus (212 ha) accommodates the Center of Sciences,
the Center of Agricultural Sciences, the Center of Technology, the
Institute of Physical Education and Sports; the UndergraduateCollege, the Graduate College; the Main Library, the Data-Processing Center, the Sports Center and a variety of laboratories,including the Natural Product Research Lab. The Campus will alsoinclude the Culture and Art Institute, which is being built;
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CAMPI The Porangabussu Campus (8 ha) houses the
University Hospital (the Hospital Universitrio Walter
Cantdio), the University Maternity Hospital (theMaternidade-Escola Assis Chateaubriand), the Collegeof Medicine, and the College of Pharmacy, Dentistry andNursing. In addition, it also houses the Center for
Hematology, various laboratories, and out-patient clinics.
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CAMPI Outside the three campi, the Universidade
Federal do Cear also administers Labomar(the Sea Sciences Institute) and AlagadioNovo Park.
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CAMPI Labomar (the Sea Sciences Institute) does
research in the areas of Ocean Science,Fisheries and Fishing Technology.
Alagadio Novo Park comprises not only thehouse where the renowned Brazilian writer Josde Alencar was born, but also facilities forworkshops, lectures and meetings: a museum, atraining center, and a historical site. In addition,
the park has recently been turned into a placefor people to attend chorinhomusicperformances and to eat feijoada.
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CAMPI Outside Fortaleza, there are three extended campi in
the countryside one located in the city of Sobral, in thenorth of Cear, another in the city of Barbalha, in thesouth, and the third one located in the city of Quixad, inthe center of the State. Each of them occupies 20 ha.
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CAMPI The Sobral Campus offers undergraduate programs in
Economics, Computation Engineering, Medicine,Dentistry, and Psychology. It also offers two mastersdegree programs Family Health and Biotechnology.
The undergraduate programs of the Cariri Campus are
Administration, Agronomy, Library Science, CivilEngineering, Philosophy, and Medicine. A mastersdegree program in Regional Sustainable Development isbeing created.
The Quixad Campus offers currently only one academic(undergraduate) program Information Systems.
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CONTACTS
http://www.ufc.br
Email and website
http://www.cai.ufc.brWebsite of the International
Relations Office
(CAI Coordenadoria de
Assuntos Internacionais)
Prof. Dr. Maria Elias Soares
+55 (85) 3366.7333 / +55 (85) 3366.7336
Head of the International
Relations Office
(CAI Coordenadoria de
Assuntos Internacionais)
Prof. Dr. Jesualdo Pereira Farias
+55 (85) 3366.7305 / +55 (85) 3366.7306
Rector
Universidade Federal do Cear (UFC)
Av. da Universidade, 2853 Benfica Fortaleza
CE
CEP 60020-181 Fone: +55 (85) 3366 7300
Name and Address
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ACADEMIC INFORMATION
- Centro de Humanidades (http://www.ch.ufc.br)- Faculdade de Direito (http://www.direito.ufc.br)
- Faculdade de Economia, Administrao, Aturia e Contabilidade
(http://www.feaac.ufc.br)
- Faculdade de Educao (http://www.faced.ufc.br)
- Centro de Cincias (http://www.centrodeciencias.ufc.br/)- Centro de Cincias Agrrias (http://www.cca.ufc.br)
- Centro de Tecnologia (http://www.ct.ufc.br)
- Faculdade de Farmcia, Odontologia e Enfermagem (http://ffoe.ufc.br)
- Faculdade de Medicina (http://www.medicina.ufc.br)
- Instituto de Cincias do Mar (http://www.labomar.ufc.br)
- Instituto de Cultura e Arte (http://www.ica.ufc.br)
Faculties
The same as the academic calendarLecture
Period
The dates of the academic year at the UFC can be checked at: http://www.ufc.br
link Calendrio Universitrio.
- 1st four-month period: from mid February to the beginning of July- 2nd four-month period: from the beginning of August to the beginning of
December
Academic
Calendar
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ACADEMIC INFORMATION
The UFC, as any other Brazilian public university, charges no study
fees.
Study fees
Portuguese; English, Spanish, French, German, Italian as foreignlanguages; Greek and Latin; Esperanto (not a regular course)
LanguageCourses
PortugueseWorking
languageused in the
programs
Mark scale: from 0,0 (minimum) to 10,0 (maximum)
Minimum average:
-7,0 (for ordinary exams) or-5,0 (for final exams in case of minimum average for ordinary exams
not reached)
Grading
system
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PERSONNEL
The UFC has an approximate total of 1,800 facultymembers. From that total, around 1,100 hold a PhD
degree and 450, a masters degree. The technical andadministrative staff is composed of 3,400 members.There are also 803 outsourced service providers.
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TEACHING The UFC offers 101 undergraduate programs, 84
specialization programs, 52 masters programs and 35PhD programs.
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TEACHING The UFC presents an approximate total enrollment of
30,000 academic students almost 26,000 are enrolledin undergraduate programs and over 3,800 are takinggraduate programs.
Besides these, there are the distance education
students and the extension students, whose sums arerespectively about 5,000 and over 6,000. The formerstudents spread throughout Cear and the latter includesthe over 5,000 who took part in the continuing educationprogram at the Houses of Foreign Cultures.
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RESEARCH Research activities are mainly carried out by the
academic departments, experimental farm stations, the
Laboratory of Ocean Science, the Laboratory of NaturalProducts, the Technological Development Center(PADETEC) and dozens of other laboratories.
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RESEARCH These units undertake both basic and applied
researches and are, in general, supported by institutions
such as CAPES Coordination Office for theImprovement of Staff with Higher Education, CNPqNational Council for Scientific and TechnologicDevelopment, FINEP Sponsoring Agency forResearches and Projects, at the national level, andFUNCAP Cearense Foundation for the Developmentof Researches, and BNB the Northeastern Bank ofBrazil (Banco do Nordeste do Brasil), at the regionallevel. The research activities are often organized in
research groups, which currently sum into 247.
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EXTENSION
Extension activities at the UFC consist of communityservices, cultural activities and diffusion of scientific andtechnological knowledge. As to activities of artistic andcultural nature, many permanent and temporary coursesare promoted and supported by the UFC. The scientificand technological diffusion is primarily developedthrough a large variety of courses and services, whichcreate a bond between the university and society. Thecommunity services link various activities in urban and
rural areas through hundreds of social projects.
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EXTENSION Concerning health and medical assistance, the UFC
provides care and orientation to the academic and non-
academic population, within the state, through theUniversity Hospital (Hospital Universitrio WalterCantdio), with 238 beds, and the University MaternityHospital (Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand), with
220 beds. The hospital complex, with its 458 beds andits support services, treats people from near and far,playing a vital role in providing medical care in the stateof Cear. The Hospital does hundreds of thousands of
clinic proceedings, almost 1 million laboratory exams,over 290,000 consultations, 6,858 hospitalizations andover 5,396 surgeries every year.
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EXTENSION
Community development projects are currentlyunderway in Fortaleza itself and in surroundingcommunities, both urban and rural. Activities in the fine
arts include extension courses and special programs. Intotal, there are 685 extension projects, which arebeneficial to thousands of people through the wholeState.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The UFC has a large experience in international
cooperation and exchange programs with foreignuniversities and other types of foreign institutions.Currently it keeps 99 agreements with universities from17 different countries.
It is also important to highlight that the UFC takes part inthe successful Federal Governments PEC-GProgram Student-Agreement Program undergraduate programs
(Programa Estudante Convnio Graduao), hostingstudents from all Latin America and Africa.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Such an intense work has allowed faculty members to
obtain outstanding advanced educational training andhas provided means to exchange scientific andtechnologic information as well.
Currently, the cooperation agreements cover manydifferent knowledge areas, allowing contact amongresearch groups, providing means to improve graduate
programs and promoting the exchange of undergraduateand graduate students as well as faculty members.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Participation in 4 Erasmus Mundus mobility projects:Eubranex, Mundus17, Emundus15, Emundus17.
Participation in 15 university international networks (Aridas,
AULP, Bracerb, Double Degree, Emundus15, Emundus17,Eubranex, Mundus17, Fodepal, Grupo Coimbra deUniversidades Brasileiras, Grupo Tordesilhas, Redibep,OUI, UDUAL, Universia).
Student mobility including Double Degree in undergraduate
(France), masters degree (USA) and PhD programs (France). Some numbers of 2009:
125 UFCs professors abroad for conventions, jointresearch and other academic activities.
144 UFC students in international mobility. 37 foreign mobility students and 8 foreign professors at
UFC. 115 African or Latin American foreign students in full
undergraduate programs (PEC-G program)
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STUDENT SERVICESWithin the UFC, the students enrolled on either regular
academic programs or continuing education programs
have access to the following services:1.A library system with 15 units, with an overall number of
102,928 titles and 232,778 exemplars, including books,journals, theses, and dissertations. The library system
offers services of household lending, bibliographiccommuting, and other types of support services;
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STUDENT SERVICES2. A set of facilities and equipment designed for the
promotion of artistic and cultural activities, such as the
Art Museum, Casa Jos de Alencar (museum, trainingcenter, and historical site), Casa Amarela Euslio deOliveira (School of Image and Sound), UniversityTheater, University Radio Station (FM 107,9), the UFCPublishing House and the Acoustic Shell/Auditorium;
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STUDENT SERVICES3. An extensive program of continuing education in
foreign languages offered by the Center of Foreign
Languages, where the students can learn English,French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish;
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STUDENT SERVICES
4. A restaurant on Pici Campus and another on BenficaCampus. Both have a very low-priced fee, offer menuswhich include vegetarian options and are open forstudents who have an identification card;
5. A medical-odontological service unit, but not offeringmedical specialty care. Since the Brazilian publichealth system is precarious, foreign students orteachers are supposed to make anticipated
arrangements relating to health services.
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APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS All applications must be forwarded by the Office of International
Relations of the student's home Institution, by filling in the form(which is available athttp://www.cai.ufc.br/mobilidadeestrangeiro.htm) and sending it toour International Relations Office, by air mail, with all the requiredand signed documents enclosed, according to the instructions foundon the above-mentioned web page.
All foreign students are earnestly requested to forward their
applications at least TWO MONTHS before the beginning of theperiod they intend to spend at the Universidade Federal do Cear.The dates of the academic year at the UFC can be checked at:http://www.ufc.br link Calendrio Universitrio. 1st four-month period: from mid February to the beginning of July
2nd four-month period: from the beginning of August to the beginning ofDecember
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APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS Once the application has been accepted,
the above-mentioned Office will send aletter of acceptance to the Office ofInternational Relations of the homeInstitution, in order to facilitate access toa student visa.
o Printed application form
o Photocopy of passport (identification,
number of passport and expiry date)
o Updated official transcript and academic
statement of current enrollment and
studies at the home universityo Letter from the student explaining the
reasons why he/she would like to study at
the UFC
o Letter from the Institutional Coordinator
presenting the student to the UFC
Documents to be sent by the applicant The UFC offers no
accommodation facilities. Inthe site of the Secretariat ofTourism of Cear, there is alist of hotels, inns and hostels:http://www.setur.ce.gov.br/tem
plate_setur_en. The student must obtain the
study visa before leavinghis/her country, no matter howlong the period of studies is.
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APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS The student must obtain the study visa before leaving his/her
country, no matter how long the period of studies is.
All applicants must be currently enrolled and attending courses atthe home University which enable them to follow the intendedstudies at the UFC. The foreign applicant must be in good academicstanding and must have completed at least one year in the programat the home University.
Although there is neither the formal requirement for a proficiencytest nor for an interview, it is strongly recommended that all foreignstudents must be able to communicate in the Portuguese language,corresponding to level B1 in the Common European Framework ofReference (CEF).
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APPLICATION PROCEDURES
FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS It is important to highlight that foreign exchange students will not be
charged enrollment fees or annuity at the UFC, based on theunderstandings established in the cooperation agreements. Allstudents who are accepted to study at the UFC will have access tolibraries and to the university restaurant (where a small fee, currentlyR$ 1,10, is charged for the meals), besides having access to anidentification card which will allow the student to pay reduced fares(currently R$ 0,90, in place of R$ 1,80) on local public transportation
and buy half-price tickets for cultural events in the city of Fortaleza.However, the UFC does not offer accommodation for foreignstudents.
Academic information concerning the list of courses taught can befound at http://www.ufc.br links Graduao > Cursos de Graduao.
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
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WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS1. The student must go to CAI(Coordenadoria de
Assuntos Internacionais), located at the Rectors
Office (Av. da Universidade, 2853, Benfica, at thecorner with Av. Treze de Maio), with his or herpassport and a copy of it in order to fill out formsand get more information and documents before
going to the next places.2. At the Departamento de Polcia Federal (Federal
Police Department), located at Rua PaulaRodrigues, 304, Ftima, near Igreja de Ftima
(Ftima Church), the student will request his orher identification card by paying a fee around R$200.00.
Proceduresfor
incomings
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
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WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS3. At the Secretaria da Receita Federal
(Secretariat of the Federal Revenue), located
at R. Baro de Aracati, 909, Aldeota, at thecorner with Av. Pereira Filgueiras, he or she willrequest a document called CPF (PhysicalPerson Register) necessary for most
circumstances related to civil law.4. Such a document will be used at the Pr-
Reitoria de Graduao (UndergraduateCollege) or at the Pr-Reitoria de Pesquisa e
Ps-Graduao (Graduate College), bothlocated at the Pici Campus. This is where thestudent will enroll in the University beforeintroducing him or herself at the Undergraduateor Graduate Program Coordination.
Proceduresfor
incomings
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
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WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS For individual students living alone and economically, the
average cost of living is from R$ 500.00 to R$ 1,000.00
(around something from 187.00 to 375.00 or US$ 270.00to US$ 540.00). Fortaleza lies on the seaside of the State of Cear, in Brazil's
Northeast. Its average temperature is from 27C to 32C. There are music shows, art exhibitions, theater plays or
other cultural events at Drago do Mar Center of Art andCulture, located near Iracema Beach, at Banco doNordeste Cultural Centeras well as at Jos de AlencarTheater, both located downtown, and at a lot of other places,including occasionally the UFC itself, especially at the
Acoustic Shell, the Museum of Modern Art, Casa AmarelaEuslio de Oliveira (the School of Image and Sound), andAlagadio Novo Park .
Informationon the cost
of living,climate andculturalevents
(I)
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
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WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS On Sundays and holidays, it is usually a good idea to go to
Futuro Beachor to a near beach outside Fortaleza.Informationon the cost
of living,climate andculturalevents
(II)
http://www.etufor.ce.gov.brBus timeschedulesand routes
The UFC offers free access to leisure and sport facilities,coordinated by the Pro-rectorate of Student Affairs. There arealso occasional music shows and other cultural events such asexhibitions and calouradas (parties to welcome new students).
Leisure andSport
Facilities
WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
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WELCOME INFORMATION FOR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
076 Conjunto Cear / AldeotaFromPici Campus toAldeota028 Antnio Bezerra / Papicu
FromPici Campusdowntown200 Av. Bezerra de Menezes
014 Av. Aguanambi II
FromBenfica Campus toDrago do Mar Center of Art and Culture077 Parangaba / Mucuripe
038 Parangaba / Papicu
030 Siqueira / Papicu
FromBenfica Campus toAldeota neighborhood011 Circular I
504 Av. Treze de Maio /
Rodoviria II
502 Vila Unio
FromBenfica Campusdowntown014 Av. Aguanambi II
371 Parangaba / Jos Bastos
355 Siqueira / Jos Bastos
FromBenfica Campus toPorangabussu Campus and vice-versa; from
Porangabussu Campusdowntown throughBenfica neighborhood
350 Av. Jos BastosFromPici Campus toPorangabussu Campus and vice-versa080 Francisco S / Parangaba
FromBenfica Campus toPici Campus and vice-versa;
fromPici Campus to Iguatemi Mall and Unifor throughBenfica
neighborhood
075 Campus do Pici / UniforBus
lines