Federal University of Minas Gerais
| Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | |
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Other names
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UFMG |
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| Motto | Incipit Vita Nova (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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A new life begins |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 7 September 1927 |
| Endowment | R$ 1.328.109.834,29 (2012) |
| Rector | Jaime Arturo Ramírez[] |
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Administrative staff
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4,445 |
| Undergraduates | 30,957 (in 2010) |
| Postgraduates | 14,838 (in 2010) |
| Location | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Campus | Urban, 8,794,767 square meters (2,173 acres) |
| Website | www.ufmg.br |
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Federal University of Minas Gerais (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG) is a federal university located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. UFMG is one of Brazil's five largest universities, being the largest federal university. It offers 75 undergraduate degrees, including a Medicine degree, Law and Economics, plus Engineering and Science and Art degrees. It offers 57 PhD programs, 66 MSc programs, 79 Post-Baccalaureate programs and 38 medical internship programs. UFMG has a population of 49,254 students.
The undergraduate students are admitted through the national annual exams called Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (National High School Exam). Its undergraduate courses were ranked in 1st place in the 2007 results for the National Student's Performance Exam (ENADE) and 4th place in the 2008 results. Its Computer Science course was considered the best in the country, as well the Social Sciences course, from FAFICH by the latest edition of ENADE.
The rector of UFMG is Jaime Arturo Ramírez[]. Past students include former Brazilian presidents Dilma Rousseff, Juscelino Kubitschek and Tancredo Neves; former Governor of Minas Gerais Rondon Pacheco; writer, medical doctor and diplomat João Guimarães Rosa, writers Fernando Sabino, Pedro Nava and Cyro dos Anjos; plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy, poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade and musicians Fernando Brant, Samuel Rosa of Skank and Fernanda Takai of Pato Fu.
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