Universidade Federal de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal University), also known as UNIFEI, formerly known as EFEI, is an important publicly-funded university located in the state of Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

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, Brazil

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. It was founded on November 23, 1913, originally as Instituto Eletrotécnico e Mecânico de Itajubá (Electrotechnical and Mechanical Institute of Itajubá, IEMI).

On April 16, 1968, its name officially changed to Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal Engineering School).

In 2002, it earned the title of University

University

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, and was renamed as Universidade Federal de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal University), by the Brazilian Law 10,435, approved by the former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso – also known by his initials FHC – was the 34th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2002. He is an accomplished sociologist, professor and politician...

. The university is considered to be one of the best universities of Brazil, according to the ranks published by the Ministério da Educação e Cultura - MEC (Culture and Education Ministry) .

As been one of the first school of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, it's publicly recognized for its great quality specially of these two courses. An example of this recognition is that Brazil's Government created the Electrical Engineering Day at November 23.

It was elected in 2009 one of the top ten universities in Brazil by two different rankings, occupying the first position in one of them. http://www.andifes.org.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1566&Itemid=37
In the IGC/2011 (College and Universities Evaluation) by MEC

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 (Ministry of Education), the Itajubá Federal University obtained the grade 5, maximum, being among the best 27 higher-education colleges and among the top 10 universities of the country. http://media.folha.uol.com.br/saber/2011/11/17/igc_2011.pdf http://g1.globo.com/vestibular-e-educacao/noticia/2011/11/indice-do-mec-aponta-unicamp-como-melhor-entre-universidades-do-pais.html

In 2010 the University started three new courses: Atmospheric Sciences (the second ever created in Brazil), Electronic Engineering and Materials Engineering.

The university owns and operates its own AM radio station, called Rádio Universitária 1570 kHz

Rádio Universitária 1570 kHz

Rádio Universitária AM 1570 kHz is the official AM radio station owned and operated by the Brazilian famed southwestern university Universidade Federal de Itajubá....

 (University Radio) ZYL-242, operating in the 1570 kHz band since early 1961.

Graduation courses

Itajubá campus

• Aerospace engineering
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• Atmospheric sciences
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• Biology
  Biology
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• Bioprocess engineering
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• Business administration
• Chemical engineering
  Chemical engineering
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• Chemistry
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• Civil engineering
  Civil engineering
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• Computer engineering
  Computer engineering
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• Computer science
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• Control systems engineering
• Electrical engineering
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• Electronic engineering
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• Energy engineering
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• Environmental engineering
  Environmental engineering
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• Hydraulic engineering
  Hydraulic engineering
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• Industrial engineering
  Industrial engineering
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• Information systems
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• Materials engineering
• Mathematics
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• Mechanical engineering
  Mechanical engineering
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• Physics
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External links

• Universidade Federal de Itajubá (official website)
• High Voltage Laboratory LAT-EFEI
• Rádio Universitária AM - University Radio