Universidade Federal Fluminense

 The Federal Fluminense University was created in 1960 with the Federal University name of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UFERJ). After being nationalized and incorporated this union was renamed Universidade Federal Fluminense. The mission of UFF is to produce, disseminate and apply knowledge and culture critically and socially relevant. The institution has academic units in eight municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Today, the UFF consists of 40  teaching units and 23 institutes, 10 faculties, 6 schools and 1 college application. Altogether there are 124  Departments of Education, 129 face Degree and6 Graduate Distance learning courses offered in 28 Polos the Open University of Brazil , inpartnership with the CEDERJ-RJ. In Postgraduate stricto sensu are 80 Postgraduate programs and 119 courses, with 42 PhD, 59 Masters and 18 Masters Academic Professionals. The Graduate Lato Sensu has 131 specialization courses and 32 medical residency programs.  In 2015, the UFF registered  6,305 students of Postgraduate stricto sensu, with 2,184 Doctoral, 3,072 in the Academic Master's and 1,049 in Masters Professionals. In Specialization recorded 212 medical residents and 11,943 students in the Specialization Distance.The UFF still has the Antonio Pedro University Hospital with 276 beds, the University Pharmacy and Application College. State of Pará. In addition to a Publisher and four bookstores in the Cultural Area, UFF has an Arts Centre,and an orchestra.