A comprehensive university at the heart of the state of Rio de Janeiro
Founded in 1960, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) is a public institution, part of the Brazilian federal higher education system. Its headquarters are located in the city of Niterói and its campuses can be found in various parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro, as a result of a strong decentralization policy. There is also an out-of-state campus in Oriximiná, in the Amazon rainforest.
UFF stated mission is to produce, disseminate, and apply knowledge and culture in a critical and socially relevant way.
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UFF’s Optics and Quantum Information Laboratory develops cutting-edge work with international recognition
"It is not easy to be a pioneer in Brazil acting in such a Eurocentric science as Physics". The phrase is authored by UFF Physics Institute (IF) professor Antonio Zelaquett Khoury, founder, and coordinator of the university's Optics and Quantum Information Laboratory....
UFF’s project in partnership with Niterói Government helps preserve local artisanal fishing
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Caring for those who care: UFF project investigates mental health of Healthcare Workers during the pandemic
A little over a year ago, when the pandemic was threatening to take hold in our country, we watched in horror as the average number of deaths per day from COVID-19 in Italy, the epicenter of the disease in the world up to that time, was high. The sum totaled around...
UFF prepares to inaugurate digital fabrication laboratory at Antonio Pedro University Hospital
For UFF President Antonio Claudio Lucas da Nóbrega, "this is another fruit of the Program for the Development of Applied Projects - PDPA, a partnership we built between UFF, the Government of Niterói, and the Euclides da Cunha Foundation, aiming to develop and...
UFF’s partnership with German university creates important axis in research on the ‘Global South’
Since the mid-twentieth century, the term "third world" has been used to represent the group of countries considered underdeveloped, generally located in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The expression was created by the French economist Alfred Sauvy, who, based on...