University of São Paulo

The University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is one of the three public universities funded by the State of São Paulo.

USP is the largest institution of higher education in Brazil and the largest in Latin America, with approximately 75,000 enrolled students. It is comprised of seven campi, two of them being in the City of São Paulo (the main campus is called Campus Armando de Salles Oliveira, with 7,443,770 m² of area). The other five are located in the cities Bauru, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and São Carlos. USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge and has been recognized as being the best academic university in Latin America according to the [http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005Main.htm 2005 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

In the "search for alternatives" period in the 1930s, political centralization and the first attempt to provide Brazil with modern administrative, military, and educational institutions took place. The main initiatives included the University of São Paulo, which was created in 1934. Its nucleus was a School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters, with professors coming from France, Italy, Germany, and other European countries. USP also brought together several research and higher education institutions in the state, such as the School of Medicine (Faculdade de Medicina), the Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica), and the School of Law (Faculdade de Direito). (The Polytechnic School includes civil, electrical, mechanical, mining, metallurgical, naval and ocean, and chemical engineering departments).

USP is considered as Brazil's top academic and research institute. In its 2005 edition, The Times Higher Education Supplement considered USP to be the 196th best university institution in the world. According to the 2005 Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by the Shanghai Jiaotong University, USP is placed in the group of the 101-152nd top world universities.

Admissions

Students are admitted by an entrance exam, also known as vestibular exam, composed by two steps: one multiple-choice (First Phase) and one written exam (Second Phase). It is ruled and applied by FUVEST (University Foundation for Vestibular). ^*

Schools and Institutes

Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades
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Courses: Marketing; Information Systems; Nursing; Tourism; Environmental Management; Textile Industry; Physical Education; Science Education; Public Policy Management ;

Escola de Comunicações e Artes
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Courses: Social Communication; Tourism; Arts; Public Relations; Journalism; Bibliotheconomy; Editing

Escola de Educação Física e Esporte
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Course: Physical Education

Escola de Enfermagem
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Courses: Nursing; Nutrition Sciences

Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
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Course: Nursing

Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos
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Courses: Aerospace Engineering; Architecture and Urban Planning; Civil Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Environmental engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics Engineering; Production engineering;

Escola Politécnica
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Courses: Civil Engineering; Mining Engineering; Material and Metallurgical Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Production engineering; Naval Engineering; Ocean Engineering; Mechatronics Engineering

Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
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Courses: Agricultural Sciences; Forestry Engineering; Environmental Management; Rural Administration

Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Courses: Architecture and Urban Planning;

Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
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Course: Biochemical Pharmacy

Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto
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Course: Pharmacy

Faculdade de Direito
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Course: Law

Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade / FEA
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Courses: Business Administration; Economics; Accountancy;

Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto
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Courses: Business Administration; Economics; Accountancy

Faculdade de Educação
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Courses: Education

Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto
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Courses: Chemistry; Biology; Psychology; Biomedical Infomatics

Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas
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Courses: Philosophy; History; Geography; Literature and Languages; Social Sciences

Faculdade de Medicina
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Courses: Medicine; Speech Therapy; Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy;

Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Courses: Animal Science; Veterinary Medicine;

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
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Courses: Medicine; Physiotherapy; Occupational Therapy and Biomedical Informatics

Faculdade de Odontologia
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Courses: Dentistry;

Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru
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Courses: Dentistry; Speech Therapy;

Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto
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Courses: Dentistry;

Faculdade de Saúde Pública
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Courses: Nutrition; Hospital Administration;

Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos
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Courses: Animal Science; Food Technology and Science;

Instituto Oceanográfico
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Courses: Geosciences; Oceanography;

Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas
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Courses: Astronomy; Geophysics; Meteorology

Instituto de Biociências
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Courses: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; General Biology; Botanic; Zoology; Ecology; Physiology;

Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas
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Courses: Physiology; Biophysics; Pharmacology; Immunology; Microbiology; Parasitological; HEALTH SCIENCES.

Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação
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Courses: Mathematics; Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing; Informatics; Computer Science;

Instituto de Física
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Courses: Physics;

Instituto de Física de São Carlos
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Courses: Physics, Computational physics, Biomolecular sciences, Exact Sciences (Teaching);

Instituto de Geociências
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Courses: Geology;

Instituto de Matemática e Estatística
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Courses: Mathematics; Statistics; Computer Science;

Instituto de Psicologia
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Courses: Psychology;

Instituto de Química
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Courses: Chemistry; Biochemistry;

Instituto de Química de São Carlos
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Courses: Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry;

Instituto de Relações Internacionais
Course: International Relations

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Universidade de São Paulo (in Portuguese)

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