Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro State University

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Type	Public
Established	December 4, 1950 (Faculty of Economics dates from 1930)
Endowment	R$ 1,188,322,772.48 (2013)
Chancellor	Luiz Fernando Pezão
Provost	Ruy Garcia Marques
Academic staff	3,020
Administrative staff	4,519
Students	28,624
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Coordinates: 22°54′40″S 43°14′10″W / 22.91111°S 43.23611°W / -22.91111; -43.23611
Campus	Angra dos Reis, Duque de Caxias, Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis, Resende, Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, Teresópolis
Athletics	CRUB, RENEX, ABRUEM
Website	www.uerj.br

Rio de Janeiro State University (Portuguese: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ) is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Brazil. The university's law school is among the best in the country, as is the medical school. Its main campus is located at Francisco Negrão de Lima in the Maracanã neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro city. Other campuses are located at Petrópolis, Nova Friburgo (), Teresópolis, Duque de Caxias, Ilha Grande, Resende, and São Gonçalo.

The university was founded on December 4, 1950 as a Federal District University (UDF). Due to political shifts, the university experienced various name changes. In 1961, after the Federal District was moved to Brasilia, it was renamed Guanabara State University (UEG). It was only in 1975 that the university received its current name, when the State of Guanabara merged with the Old State of Rio de Janeiro to form the New State of Rio de Janeiro.

The university's first four schools were the Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Economic Sciences, the Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Philosophy of the La Fayette Institute, and the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

Some of the schools (e.g. the Faculty of Law, founded in 1935) are older than the university itself, and were joined together upon the university's founding.

UERJ currently enrolls approximately 23,000 students. They have one of the state's biggest educational structures at their disposal, with 31 undergraduate programs, unfolded in different qualifications, education, and bachelor courses. The university also boasts 40 graduate programs, divided into 38 master's degree programs, two professional master's degree programs and 23 doctorate degree programs. The institution offers 80 lato sensu graduate programs in Humanities and Social Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Natural Sciences.