Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Federal University of Sergipe

Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Official Seal
Other names	UFS
Motto	Fluendo Crescit
Motto in English	Flowing Growth
Type	Public
Established	1967
Budget	US$200 million (2011)
Rector	Josué Modesto dos Passos Subrinho
Academic staff	2,072 non-medical 3,141 total
Administrative staff	1,154 241 temporary
Students	30,832
Undergraduates	29,481 1,171 in extension 6,498 long-distance
Postgraduates	3,461 2503 in master 958 in doctorate
Location	São Cristóvão (headquarters), Aracaju, Itabaiana, Lagarto and Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue      White
Website	UFS.br

The Federal University of Sergipe (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, UFS) is a Brazilian public institution based in Sergipe, with campi sprawling through the cities of São Cristóvão (headquarters), Aracaju, Itabaiana, Laranjeiras and Lagarto. Founded in 1967 by the junction of the State's existing colleges, it became its second university (the first being the University of Tiradentes, a private institution founded in 1962) and its first, and so far only, public one. As traditionally seen in Brazilian educational system, in which state-banked universities tend to offer better quality of education, it became the State's most reputable and disputed higher education institution, ranking among the country's 40 best universities and Latin America's top 200.

Sergipe had government permission for higher education schools since the 1920s, but the first institutions of such type - the Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas (in English: College of Economic Sciences) and the Escola de Química (Chemistry School) - would commence activities only in 1948 as independent public colleges. They were followed by the Faculdade de Direito (Law College, 1950), Faculdade Católica de Filosofia (Catholic College of Philosophy, 1950), Escola de Serviço Social (Social Services School, 1954) and the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (Medical Sciences College, 1961). By then, the State had fulfilled the minimum number of institutions (six) to form a university, which was commissioned in 1963 and approved in 1967 by law decree. Though recognized as a university, the UFS had no proper campus and the departments of its courses were scattered throughout the State's capital, Aracaju.