University of Pernambuco

UPE

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The UPE logo

The University of Pernambuco (Universidade de Pernambuco, UPE, former Fundação de Ensino Superior de Pernambuco FESP) is a public state university located in Recife, Pernambuco Brazil.

History

In 1966, some facultys as Medicine Science of Pernambuco (founded in 1950), Ondontology of Pernambuco, Nursing Nossa Senhora das Graças (1946), Management (1965) associated themselves with Politechinic School of Pernambuco (1912) in order to create the initial nucleous of the Upper Teaching Foundation of Pernambuco (Fundação de Ensino Superior de Pernambuco - FESP), which will going to become, in the beggining of nineties, the University of Pernambuco, taking on a public character and assuming its social role.

There will come, yet, to join them the Upper Teaching of Physical Education (founded in 1956) and also facultys of teachers graduation from Garanhuns, Nazaré da Mata e Petrolina.

Thus, UPE has a decentralized campus spreaded out throughout the state of Pernambuco (Caruaru, Garanhus, Nazaré da Mata, Petrolina e Salgueiro), and furthermore having implanted Biological Science course (bachelor level in Biology) from distance in cites like Fernando de Noronha, Garanhuns, Nazaré da Mata, Ouricuri, Palmares, Petrolina, Serra Talhada, Surubim and Tabira, besides Campina Grande, in Paraíba (other federal state).

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A local TV program offering informations about what is going on the University

Campuses and their undergrade courses

• Metropolitan area of Recife

• 1. • Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco - POLI (Engineering school)
     • Faculdade de Enfermagem Nossa Senhora das Graças - FENSG (Nursing Faculty)
     • Escola Superior de Educação Física - ESEF (Physical education school)
     • Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Pernambuco - FCM (Medicine Faculty)
     • Faculdade de Ciências da Administração de Pernambuco - FCAP (Management Faculty)
     • Faculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco - FOP (Odontology Faculty)
     • Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB (Bio Science Institute)

• Countryside
  1. • Faculdade de Formação de Professores de Garanhuns - FFPG (Graduating Teachers Faculty in Garanhuns)
     • Faculdade de Formação de Professores de Nazaré da Mata - FFPNM (Graduating Teachers Faculty in Nazaré da Mata)
     • Faculdade de Formação de Professores de Petrolina - FFPP (Graduating Teachers Faculty in Petrolina)
     • Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco - POLI/Campus de Caruaru (Engineering School in Caruaru)

• In coming contryside undergrade courses

According to a program which main aim is extend university throughout countryside.

Caruaru

Marketing

Petrolina

Nursing

Salgueiro

Physiotherapy

• Advanced units of distance education

With too many courses, UPE offers enventually Bio Science (bachelor degree) through Distance Education Program (EAD, in portuguese) accredited by National Distance Education Office of the Ministery of Education and Culture (MEC).

• • Garanhuns
  • Nazaré da Mata
  • Petrolina
  • Surubim
  • Tabira
  • Campina Grande (Paraíba)

also expected for 2006 the implantation in

• • Fernando de Noronha
  • Ouricuri
  • Palmares
  • Serra Talhada

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Administration adress

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Universidade de Pernambuco (Reitoria)

Av. Agamenon Magalhães, s/n - Santo Amaro

Recife/PE (POSTAL CODE: 50100-010)

Phone 55 81 34164000

www.upe.br

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