Federal University of Santa Maria
| Universidade Federal de Santa Maria | |
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Other names
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UFSM |
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| Motto | Sedes Sapientiæ "Seat of Wisdom" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1960-12-14 |
| Endowment | R$ 1.15 bilion (2015) |
| Rector | Prof. Paulo Afonso Burmann |
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Academic staff
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1,847 |
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Administrative staff
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4,780 |
| Students | 28,307 (2016) |
| Undergraduates | 20,834 |
| Postgraduates | 5,064 |
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Other students
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2,409 |
| Location | Santa Maria, RS, Brazil |
| Campus |
Santa Maria, RS Frederico Westphalen, RS Palmeira das Missões, RS Silveira Martins, RS |
| Website | http://www.ufsm.br |
The Federal University of Santa Maria (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM) is a Brazilian public university located in Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, funded by the federal government of Brazil. It was founded in 1960, by Professor José Mariano da Rocha Filho.
UFSM's presence in the municipality of Santa Maria is one of the reasons why the city is sometimes called "university city" or "culture city". Santa Maria is located in western Rio Grande do Sul, approximately 290 km far from the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre. Set in the heart of the pampas of Brazil, the city thrives with gaúcho culture.
UFSM is a public, free university, and students do not pay any tuition fees. It is the oldest federal university not located in a Brazilian state capital city, and the largest in number of undergraduate courses offered in Rio Grande do Sul state. As for 2015, the university was ranked at position 15 at national ranking from "MEC", the national education department.
Its area comprehends 1,837.72 Hectares (total area), and a total of 386,968 m² of buildings.
Like most other Brazilian higher education institutions, the admission for undergraduate courses in UFSM is mainly based on an annual open test called vestibular. The only request to be filled in order to apply for it is to have completed a high school course. UFSM's vestibular comprises a multiple-choice exam and a written essay and lasts for 3 mornings and 1 afternoon. The multiple-choice exam contains 15 questions on each of the following subjects: Portuguese Language, Brazilian Literature, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Geography, History, Biology, Philosophy and Foreign Language (the applicant may choose one among English, Spanish, French, German and Italian). The written essay is usually an argumentative text on a theme.
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