Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

The Federal University of Espirito Santo (Ufes) is a self-governing institution connected to the Ministry of Education (MEC), with curricular, scientific, administrative, financial and asset-management autonomy. It operates under a belief in the indivisibility of teaching, research and outreach programs, with a vocation to work in all fields of knowledge.

Ufes was founded on May 5th 1954. It comprises four university campuses – Goiabeiras and Maruipe in the capital city of Vitoria, and in the municipalities of Alegre (south of the state) and Sao Mateus (north of the state) – with an area of 4.3 million square meters. The total area of its campuses is 292,000 square meters (built area).

Ufes offers 103 undergraduate majors, with a total of 5,004 places per year. In the graduate field, it has 62 masters programs and 32 PhD programs. It has 1,780 professors, 1,928 administrative staff, 20,467 undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students. Its administrative headquarters is located in Campus Goiabeiras, in Vitoria.

In the field of scientific and technological research, Ufes has around 5,500 ongoing projects. In the field of outreach programs, it has developed 851 projects and programs, in all municipalities of the state of Espirito Santo, serving around 2 million people.

Ufes also offers facilities to the academic and wider communities, including its theater – the largest and most modern in our state – movie theater, art galleries, language center, libraries, planetarium and astronomical observatory, auditoriums, sports center and others.

It also provides services in the field of health, through the university hospital Cassiano Antonio Moraes (HUCAM) – the main public health facility in the state of Espirito Santo – offering various medical specialties, working as a reference in medium- and high-complexity medical care.