Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Motto:	Ars et Scientia
Established:	1962
Type:	Public
Rector:	Álvaro Toubes Prata
Staff:	4,539
Undergraduates:	18,491
Postgraduates:	11,404
Location:	Florianópolis, Santa Catarina,, Brazil
Campus:	Urban
Website:	www.ufsc.br

View over the central square of the main campus. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Florianópolis ( Nicknamed Floripa) is the capital city of Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil. (ˈsɐ̃ta kataˈɾina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in the country |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina is a public university located at Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. Florianópolis ( Nicknamed Floripa) is the capital city of Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil. (ˈsɐ̃ta kataˈɾina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in the country |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld It is one of the leading Latin-American research universities, and the only Federal University in the state of Santa Catarina. (ˈsɐ̃ta kataˈɾina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in the country

Numbers

2004 numbers, provided by the institution.

• 62 undergraduation courses;
• 48 Master courses;
• 33 doctorate courses;
• 32,286 students (total);
• 1,552 Professors;
• 2,987 auxiliary staff;

External links

• University website (In Portuguese)