Universidade Federal da Bahia

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Universidade Federal da Bahia
logo
motto Virtute spiritus
founding April 8, 1946
Sponsorship state
place Salvador da Bahia , Brazil
Rector João Carlos Salles Pires da Silva
Website www.ufba.br

The Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) (German: Federal University of Bahia ) is a Brazilian state university in Salvador da Bahia . It was founded on April 8, 1946. The university, the fifth largest in the country and the largest in the state of Bahia , is considered one of the most prestigious in all of Brazil and the best university in Bahia.

The university goes on that of King João VI. Escola de Cirurgia da Bahia was founded in 1808 and is now the Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia . Other faculties were added later.

The university rector has been the philosopher João Carlos Salles Pires da Silva since 2014 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Federal University of Bahia  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. João Salles é empossado em Brasília como novo reitor da UFBA. In: globo.com. G1 , August 21, 2014, archived from the original on March 8, 2018 ; accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  2. Administração Central. In: ufba.br. Universidade Federal da Bahia, accessed July 16, 2020 .

Coordinates: 12 ° 59 ′ 33.4 "  S , 38 ° 31 ′ 14.6"  W.