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 project in partnership with Niterói Government helps preserve local artisanal fishing
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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...
UFF Research Center works in the sustainable development of environmental preservation areas in the State of Rio de Janeiro
Although the shape of our planet – which is spherical by nature – never changes, the modes of symbolic representation of its structure can be altered over time, as in the case of maps. For each new territory identified and discovered, a ritual of cataloging and naming...
UFF professors’ book on Marine Ecology marks the beginning of the Decade of Ocean Science promoted by the UN
The oceans cover about two-thirds of the Earth's surface; however, they are still little known and conserved. The protection of life in the water is the theme of the Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the United Nations (UN), which officially launched last Tuesday...