Universidade Federal do Pará

The Federal University of Pará (UFPA) is a Federal Institution of higher education with didactic, scientific, disciplinary, administrative, financial and property management autonomy. It is a multiple-Campus university with operations in the state of Pará with 12 Campuses, 65 Regional Poles and two University Hospitals, being one of the most important institution in the Amazon region. UFPA hosts more than 61.520 people distributed as follows: 2,959 faculty members; 2,562 technical and administrative personnel; 55,999 students, most of them enrolled in undergraduate courses (36.959), and  postgraduate courses (10.236). The university offers 588 undergraduate courses, 62 postgraduate lato sensu courses and 124 postgraduate stricto sensu courses, with 84 master’s degree and 40 doctoral degree courses.