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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande | |
Other names | FURG |
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Former names | Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande |
Type | Federal, public. |
Established | 20 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.
Formally established on October 21, 1969, it includes 18 departments providing 31 different undergraduate courses, as well as a number of graduate programs.
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]
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):
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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