Federal University of Rio Grande

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Federal University of Rio Grande
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Logo FURG institucional.png
Other names
FURG
Former names
Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande
TypeFederal, public.
Established20 August 1969
Website http://www.furg.br

The Federal University of Rio Grande (Portuguese : Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG) [1] is a public Brazilian university funded by the Brazilian federal government, located in the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Formally established on October 21, 1969, it includes 18 departments providing 31 different undergraduate courses, as well as a number of graduate programs.

Degrees

FURG provides five different types of degree: undergraduate (bachelor, teaching, and technology), graduate's specialization, residency (for undergraduate courses, such as medicine, teaching courses, nursing, and law), master's degree, and doctoral degree. [2]

Undergraduate studies

FURG teaching the following undergraduate courses in five different campi (located in the following cities: Rio Grande, São Lourenço do Sul, Santa Vitória do Palmar, Santo Antônio da Patrulha):

Master's and doctoral degrees

FURG teaching the following master's and doctoral degrees in two different campi (located in the following cities: Rio Grande, Brazil|Rio Grande and Santo Antônio da Patrulha):

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References

  1. Its official name changed in 2008, dropping the word "Foundation", while keeping the historic acronym (FURG), as per Portaria Nº 653/2008
  2. "Our degrees". FURG. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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