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The University of São Paulo (in Portuguese Universidade de São Paulo; USP) is one of the three public universities funded by the State of São Paulo. The Brazilian publication Guia do Estudante currently ranks USP as the best university of the country..
USP is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Brazil and Latin America, with approximately 75,000 enrolled students. It comprises eleven campuses, four of them in the City of São Paulo (External Link

) (the main campus is called Campus Armando de Salles Oliveira, with an area of 7,443,770 m²). There are campuses in the cities of Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and two in São Carlos. USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge.
USP is considered as Brazil's top academic and research institute. The Times Higher Education 2007 World University Rankings

ranks USP as the 176th top university in the world, with the best ranking in Latin America. According to the 2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by the Shanghai Jiaotong University, USP is placed in the group of the 102-150nd top world universities. The EGI

(European Graduate Institute) reported that USP is the 58th best university in the world, according to the 2006 edition. USP is considered the 45th most productive university on the globe. (External Link

)

History

During 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 the creation of the Faculty 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 created before, such as the Faculty of Medicine (Faculdade de Medicina), the Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica), and the Faculty of Law (Faculdade de Direito). The Polytechnic School includes civil, electrical, mechanical, mining, metallurgical, naval and oceanic, and chemical engineering departments.

Admissions

Students are admitted by an entrance exam, known as the vestibular (FUVEST), consisting of two steps:

Part I is composed of 90 multiple-choice questions (Portuguese, English, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Geography, History and Biology).

Part II is composed of up to 40 write-in, short-answer questions related to each candidate's intended major. Engineering candidates, for example, take Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry exams, whereas Law-School applicants are required to take History and Geography tests. All candidates however, irrespective of their intended course, must take the Portuguese Language and Literature exam, which includes a compulsory written essay. Moreover, candidates who attended a public school for their entire course of high-school studies get a 3% bonus on their Part I and Part II scores, in order to compensate for the generally low quality of Brazilian public basic education.
USP's entrance exam is prepared and administered by FUVEST (University Foundation for Vestibular), subject to regulations approved by the university's Undergraduate Studies Council. In 2006, 142,656 students signed up for Fuvest's vestibular to apply for admission to the University of São Paulo. There were 10,202 openings. One of the most competitive courses was Journalism, with about 45 applicants per opening. In order to pass to Part II, the most difficult course (Medicine) required a grade of 83%. USP is a free university, and students don't have to pay tuition fees.
A renowned Brazilian publication has selected USP the best university in Brazil in 2006.

Academic career

Teaching Assistant (Auxiliar de Ensino) - MS-2 (must have a Master's degree and be enrolled in a doctoral program)

Professor Doutor - MS-3 (must have a doctoral or equivalent degree)

Professor Associado - MS-5 (must have a Livre Docente title; equivalent to the German Habilitation)

Professor Titular - MS-6 (top rank, only MS-6 professors are allowed to hold positions such as Dean of a Faculty/School or Rector of the University)

Notable Alumni

Presidents of Brazil

Prudente de Morais (1894–1898)

Campos Sales (1898–1902)

Rodrigues Alves (1902–1906)

Afonso Pena (1906–1909)

Nilo Peçanha (1909–1910)

Venceslau Brás (1914–1918)

Delfim Moreira (1918–1919)

Washington Luís (1926–1930)

Nereu Ramos (1955–1956)

Jânio Quadros (1961)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2003)

São Paulo state governors

José Alves de Cerqueira César (1889–1892)

Américo Brasiliense de Almeida Melo (1891)

Bernardino José de Campos Júnior (1896–1902)

Campos Sales (1896–1897)

Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1912–1916)

Altino Arantes Marques (1916–1920)

Washington Luís (1920–1924)

Carlos de Campos (1924–1927)

Júlio Prestes (1927–1930)

Armando de Sales Oliveira (1935–1936)

José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto (1937–1938)

Lucas Nogueira Garcez (1951–1955)

Jânio Quadros (1955–1959)

Carvalho Pinto (1959–1963)

Abreu Sodré (1967–1971)

Paulo Maluf (1979–1982)

André Franco Montoro (1983–1987)

Mário Covas (1995–2001)

Cláudio Lembo (2005)

José Serra (2006–present)

Politicians

Gilberto Kassab - the current mayor of São Paulo (engineering and economics degree)

Guido Mantega - the current Brazil's Finance minister (economics degree)

Fernando Haddad - the current Brazil's minister of Education (law degree)

Aloizio Mercadante - current Brazilian senator (economics degree)

Antonio Palocci - former Brazil's Finance minister (M.D. degree)

Writers

Alcides Nogueira

Alphonsus de Guimarães

Antônio Cândido de Mello e Souza

Augusto de Campos

Álvares de Azevedo

Antônio de Alcântara Machado

Lygia Fagundes Telles

Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes

Raduan Nassar

Raul Pompéia

Scientists and physicians

Mário Schenberg - physicist

César Lattes - physicist, co-discoverer of the pi meson

Oscar Sala - Italian nuclear physicist

Ennio Candotti - physicist and scientific leader

José Leite Lopes - theoretical physicist

Jayme Tiomno - experimental and theoretical nuclear physicist

Roberto Salmeron - electrical engineer and experimental nuclear physicist

José Goldemberg - scientific leader and research scientist

José E. Moreira - system software architect for Blue Gene/L, the fastest supercomputer in the world

Adib Domingos Jatene - physician

Drauzio Varella - physician, educator and medical science popularizer

Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini - physician, he did the first heart transplantation in Latin America

Miguel Nicolelis - physician and neurobiological researcher

Mayana Zatz - molecular biologist and geneticist

Warwick Estevam Kerr - geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees

Sérgio Henrique Ferreira - physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a new drug against hypertension

Others

Nelson Pereira dos Santos - filmmaker (law degree)

Amyr Klink - sailor and explorer (economics degree)

Fernando Meirelles - film director, he did City of God (External Link

) and The Constant Gardener (External Link

) (architecture degree)

Henrique Meirelles - the current president of the Central Bank of Brazil (engineering degree)

Sebastião Salgado - photographer and photojournalist (economics degree)

Paulo Autran - actor (law degree)

José Celso Martinez Corrêa - playwriter (law degree)

João Batista Vilanova Artigas - architect (architecture degree)

Ana Cañas - singer (dramatic arts degree)

Marcelo Tas - actor and writer (engineering degree)

Dan Stulbach - actor (dramatic arts degree)

Matheus Nachtergaele - actor (dramatic arts degree)

Trivia

The Polytechnic School has a program known as "double diploma", where the graduation course is legally valid in both Brazil and the European Union.

This college is the only institution outside the European Union to integrate the TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) association.

For six months, USP had a supercomputer indicated on the TOP500 list on rank 363. It was the only Brazilian university who appeared in that list.

In the Higher Education Evaluation & A. Council, USP obtained the 94th place (External Link

) .

USP has the 70th best academic library in the world (External Link

) .

USP was classified in the 34th place, in the Professional Ranking of World Universities (External Link

) .

USP was ranked 26th in the ACM 2007, among approximately 1,750 universities (External Link

) .

Global Engineering Study

The "Global Engineering Excellence" will study the importance of technology in the competitiveness of nations. The selected universities are:

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Tsinghua University, China

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

University of Tokyo, Japan

Schools, Faculties and Institutes

Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades

School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities � : Courses: Fashion and Textile Arts, Tourism and Leisure, Environmental Management, Gerontology, Information Systems, Marketing, Obstetrics, Physical Education, Public Administration, Science Education

Escola de Comunicações e Artes

School of Communications and Arts � : Courses: "Audiovisual" Arts (Film, Animation and TV), Theatre (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy and Scenography), Communications (Journalism, Editing and Publishing, Advertising and Publicity, Public Relations), Library Science, Music (Conducting, Composing, specific musical instrument, Singing), Plastic Arts (Printmaking, Painting, Multimedia and Sculpture), Tourism

Escola de Educação Física e Esporte

School of Physical Education and Sports � : Courses: Physical Education and Sports Science

Escola de Enfermagem

School of Nursing � : Course: Nursing

Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing � : Course: Nursing

Escola de Engenharia de Lorena

Lorena School of Engineering � : Courses: Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering

Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos

São Carlos School of Engineering � : Courses: Architecture and Urban Planning, Aeronautical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering (Electronic Engineering or Energy and Automation Systems), Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics

Escola Politécnica

Polytechnical School � : Courses: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mining Engineering, Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering (Control and Automation, Computer Engineering, Energy and Automation, Electronic Systems, Telecommunications), Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Metallurgical Engineering, Naval Engineering, Chemical Engineering (Materials), Petroleum Engineering

Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz

Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture � : Courses: Agricultural Engineering, Biology, Food Science, Economics, Forestry, Environmental Management, Agricultural Education, Biology Education

Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism � : Courses: Architecture and Urban Planning, Design

Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences � : Course: Pharmacy and Biochemistry

Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences � : Course: Pharmacy and Biochemistry

Faculdade de Direito Faculty of Law � : Course: Law

Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto

Faculty of Law of Ribeirão Preto � : Course: Law

Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade Faculty of Economy, Management and Accounting � : Courses: (Business Administration), Economics, Accounting, Actuarial Science

Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto

Faculty of Economy, Management and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto) � : Courses: Management (Business Administration), Economics, Accounting

Faculdade de Educação

Faculty of Education � : Course: Pedagogy

Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences � : Courses: Geography, History, Languages and Literatures (German, Arab, Armenian, Chinese, Spanish, French, Greek, Hebrew, English, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian), Linguistics, Philosophy, Social Sciences (Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology)

Faculdade de Medicina

Faculty of Medicine � : Courses: Medicine, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine � : Courses: Biosciences (medicine emphasis), Medicine, Biomedical Informatics, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy

Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science � : Course: Veterinary Medicine

Faculdade de Odontologia

Faculty of Odontology � : Course: Dentistry

Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru

Bauru Faculty of Odontology � : Courses: Dentistry, Speech and Language Therapy

Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Odontology � : Course: Dentistry

Faculdade de Saúde Pública

Faculty of Public Health � : Courses: Nutrition, Public Health (graduate studies)

Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos

Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering � : Courses: Animal Science, Food Engineering

Instituto Oceanográfico

Institute of Oceonography � : Course: Oceanography

Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas

Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences � : Courses: Astronomy, Geophysics, Meteorology,

Instituto de Biociências

Institute of Biosciencies � : Course: Biology

Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas

Institute of Biomedical Sciences � : Course: Health Sciences

Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação de São Carlos

Institute of Mathematics Sciences and Computer Science of São Carlos � : Courses: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing, Computer Science and Informatics

Instituto de Física

Institute of Physics � : Course: Physics

Instituto de Física de São Carlos

Institute of Physics of São Carlos � : Courses: Physics, Computational physics, Biomolecular sciences, Exact Sciences (Teaching)

Instituto de Geociências

Institute of Geosciences � : Course: Geology, Environment and Geosciences (Teaching)

Instituto de Matemática e Estatística

Institute of Mathematics and Statistics � : Courses: Applied Mathematics and Computer Mathematics, Mathematics (Bachelor and Teaching), Statistics and Computer Science

Instituto de Psicologia

Institute os Psychology � : Course: Psychology

Instituto de Química

Institute of Chemistry � : Courses: Chemistry

Instituto de Química de São Carlos

Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos � : Courses: Exact Sciences (Teaching), Chemistry

Instituto de Relações Internacionais

Institute of Foreign Affairs � : Course: International Relations

Museums and art galleries

The University of São Paulo has endowed a rich set of museums and important art galleries, most of them located in the central campus in São Paulo, such as:

Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo (Museum of Contemporary Art)

Museu Paulista (Historical Museum of São Paulo)

Museu de Zoologia (Museum of Zoology)Further Information

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