Universidade Federal de São Paulo

UNIFESP (Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Federal University of São Paulo) is a university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the best federal institution of higher education of Brazil, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC).

Until 2005 UNIFESP was exclusively for Health Sciences, but after that year, an expansion plan began and the university became a multi-area school. Now it has 5 campi, the oldest in Vila Clementino, in São Paulo (Health) and four more in Guarulhos (Humanities area), Diadema (Chemistry and related), Santos (Health) and São José dos Campos (computational area). New campuses are planned in Santo Amaro (São Paulo) and Osasco for economics and accounting.

Courses offered

Campus Vila Clementino (São Paulo) - Founded in 1933 as Paulista School of Medicine

• Medicine since 1933
• Nursing - 1939
• Biomedicine - 1966
• Fonaudiology - 1969
• Health Technologies - Ophthalmology - 2008 (1962 as Ophthalmology)
• Health Technologies - Radiology - 2008
• Health Technologies - Health Informatics) - 2010

Campus Baixada Santista - Founded in 2006

• Nutrition - 2006
• Physical therapy - 2006
• Physical education - 2006
• Psychology - 2006
• Occupational therapy - 2006
• Social work - 2009

Campus Guarulhos - Founded in 2007

• History - 2007
• Social sciences - 2007
• Philosophy - 2007
• Pedagogy - 2007
• History of Art - 2009
• Letras(Portuguese and English/French/Spanish - 2009)

Campus Diadema - Founded in 2007

• Chemistry - 2007
• Chemical Engineering - 2007
• Biochemistry and Pharmacy - 2007
• Biology - 2007

Campus São José dos Campos - Founded in 2007

• Computer Science - 2007
• Computational Mathematics - 2009
• Bachelor of Science and Technology - 2011

Campus Osasco - Founded in 2011

• Administration
• Accounting
• Economy
• International relations

UNIFESP Osasco

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Portuguese)

See also

• Brazil University Rankings
• Universities and Higher Education in Brazil