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UFES: Institution and Research Activities Overview Prof. Neyval Costa Reis Jr. Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies
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Outline 1.Brief Description of UFES –Overview –Geography –Numbers –Organization 2.Research Activities 3.Post-Graduate Studies
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UFES Overview UFES is the main higher education institution in the state of Espirito Santo. It was founded in 1954, in Vitória. UFES offers 91 undergraduate courses and 50 Post- Graduate Programmes, with nearly 20.000 students.
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Annual AverageQuantity Graduated students per year2.200 Undergraduate students enrolled per year4.000 Undergraduate students enrolled17.839 Graduate students (MSc level)1.800 Graduate students (PhD level)500 Academic staff (Lecturers + Professors)1.300 Built area 225.918 m 2 UFES in numbers
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Organization Overview President Dean for Administration Dean for Under-Graduate Studies Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies Dean for Institutional Planning and Development Graduate Courses (91 courses) Academic Centers (10 Academic Centers) Dean for Extramural Affairs Post-Graduate Programmes (50 programmes) Administrative Units Academic Units
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Academic Centers 1.Arts 2.Agricultural Sciences 3.Exact Sciences 4.Engineering 5.Law and Economy 6.Humanities and Natural Sciences 7.Education 8.Health 9.Physical Education and Sports 10.North of Espirito Santo 91 Graduate courses 50 Post-Graduate Programmes
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Institutional partnerships involving several courses at Under- Graduate and Graduate levels: –Group de Ecole d´Mines (France) –University of Pittsburg (USA) –Virginia Tech (USA) –Université Du Littoral Côte D’Opale (France) –And several others In addition, there are various partnerships with Graduate Programmes, which involve joint research, academic visits and the students exchange at Graduate Level with external funding. International Partnerships
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UFES publications at the SCOPUS database citation 2013
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Institution Overview Number of Active Research Groups
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UFES publications at the SCOPUS database citation * Pharmacology, Toxicology, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Neurology, Earth Sciences and others *
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Post-graduate Programmes
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Institution Overview
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Research Overview Most research activities are carried out by research groups integrating Post-Graduate Programmes. Yet, some research activities are also carried out outside these groups. UFES has a large Scientific Initiation Programme for under-graduated students, with approximately 1200 students enrolled annually.
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ARTS Arts (MSc) Architecture and Urban Planning (MSc) EDUCATION Education (MSc, PhD) PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS Physical Education (MSc) Graduate Programmes Top 10
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Agricultural Sciences Food Technlogy (MSc) Plant Production (MSc, PhD) Forest Science (MSc, PhD) Veterinary Science (MSc) Genetic Improvement (MSc, PhD) CEUNES Energy (MSc) Tropical Agriculture (MSc) Tropical Biodiversity (MSc) Post-Graduate Programmes
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Humanities and Natural Science Geography (MSc) Environmental Oceanography (MSc, PhD) Plant Biology (MSc) Social Sciences (MSc) Philosophy (MSc) History (MSc) Psychology (MSc, PhD) Institutional Psychology (MSc) Literature (MSc, PhD) Linguistics (MSc) Social Policy (MSc) Post-Graduate Programmes Top 10
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Health Medicine (MSc) Physiological Sciences (MSc, PhD) Attention to Public Health (MSc) Biotechnology (MSc, PhD) Dental Clinic (MSc) Infectious Diseases (MSc, PhD) Biological Sciences (Zoology) (MSc, PhD) Post-Graduate Programmes Top 10
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Law and Economy Public Administration (MSc) Administration (MSc) Accounting (MSc) Civil Procedural Law (MSc) Economics (MSc) Exact Sciences Teaching degree in Physics (MSc) Chemistry (MSc) Physics (MSc, PhD) Mathematics (MSc) Post-Graduate Programmes
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ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering (MSc, PhD) Environmental Engineering (MSc, PhD) Civil Engineering (MSc) Mechanical Engineering (MSc) Computers (MSc, PhD) Post-Graduate Programmes Top 10
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Extensive partnership with industry and external agencies (governmental and non-governmental) –Oil and Gas Industry –Environment –Material Science –Agriculture Research Highlights Intense research on heavy and extra- heavy oil NEMOG – Center for Study and Measurement of Oil & Gas Computational Fluid Dynamics applied to Oil & Gas Flows
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ARTS Arts (MSc) Architecture and Urban Planning (MSc) EDUCATION Education (MSc, PhD) PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS Physical Education (MSc) Graduate Programmes Created in 1978, with nearly 500 MSc Dissertations concluded and 15 PhD Thesis concluded. Main Research Topics: Culture, curriculum & teacher education Diversity and educational practices for inclusion History, society, culture and educational policy Top 10
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Agricultural Sciences Food Technology (MSc) Plant Production (MSc, PhD) Forest Science (MSc) Veterinary Science (MSc) CEUNES Energy Tropical Agriculture (MSc) Tropical Biodiversity (MSc) Graduate Programmes Created in 2003, located in Alegre, in the southern part of the State. Main Research Topics include: Crop and plantation technology for production improvement Crop health and diseases Soil and crop nutrition Planning and management of water resources Biothecnology
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Humanities and Natural Science Geography (MSc) Environmental Oceanography (MSc, PhD) Plant Biology (MSc) Social Sciences (MSc) Philosophy (MSc) History (MSc) Psychology (MSc, PhD) Institutional Psychology (MSc) Literature (MSc, PhD) Linguistics (MSc) Social Policy (MSc) Graduate Programmes Created in 2007, one of the most recent Graduate Programmes, but rapidly expanding. Main Research Topics include: Coastal systems monitoring Structure of the aquatic communities and populations on coastal and marine systems Physical, chemical and geomorphological processes on coastal and marine environments
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Humanities and Natural Science Geography (MSc) Environmental Oceanography (MSc, PhD) Plant Biology (MSc) Social Sciences (MSc) Philosophy (MSc) History (MSc) Psychology (MSc, PhD) Institutional Psychology (MSc) Literature (MSc, PhD) Linguistics (MSc) Social Policy (MSc) Graduate Programmes Created in 1992, one of the most traditional and best evaluated programmes of UFES. Main Research Topics include: Psychosocial processes Development processes of human and animal behavior Social psychology and health
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Humanities and Natural Science Geography (MSc) Environmental Oceanography (MSc, PhD) Plant Biology (MSc) Social Sciences (MSc) Philosophy (MSc) History (MSc) Psychology (MSc, PhD) Institutional Psychology (MSc) Literature (MSc, PhD) Linguistics (MSc) Social Policy (MSc) Graduate Programmes Created in 1994, for MSc Level. In 2010, the PhD Level Programmes was started. Main Research Topics include: Literature and the otherness expression Literature and other signification systems Poetics from antiquity to post- modern times
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Health Medicine (MSc) Physiological Sciences (MSc, PhD) Attention to Public Health (MSc) Biotechnology (MSc, PhD) Dental Clinic (MSc) Infectious Diseases (MSc, PhD) Biological Sciences (Zoology) (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 1989, characterized by the presence of several senior researchers, it is one of the most traditional courses of the institution. Well known for its contribuitions on Cardiovascular Deseases and Physiology. It is one of the Nacional Excelence Centres funded by National Council for Scientific Research (CNPq).
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Health Medicine (MSc) Physiological Sciences (MSc, PhD) Attention to Public Health (MSc) Biotechnology (MSc, PhD) Dental Clinic (MSc) Infectious Diseases (MSc, PhD) Biological Sciences (Zoology) (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 2006, UFES’ PhD programme is part of a network of 28 institutions. It is focused on: Cellular and molecular biology use on fruit culture, manufacture technology and processing of food and drinks Molecular bases for the physiopathological aspects of diseases
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Health Medicine (MSc) Physiological Sciences (MSc, PhD) Attention to Public Health (MSc) Biotechnology (MSc, PhD) Dental Clinic (MSc) Infectious Diseases (MSc, PhD) Biological Sciences (Zoology) (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 1996, it is one of the best evaluated programmes of UFES. Strong interaction with other international research centers for test and creation of new drugs. Main Research Topics include: Epidemiology Diagnostics, clinics and therapeutics Immunology, pathogens and molecular biology
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Health Medicine (MSc) Physiological Sciences (MSc, PhD) Attention to Public Health (MSc) Biotechnology (MSc, PhD) Dental Clinic (MSc) Infectious Diseases (MSc, PhD) Biological Sciences (Zoology) (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 1997 Research topics are focused on the various aspects of biological organization, from the molecular level to ecosystems, studies also consider the bio-diversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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Law and Economy Public Administration (MSc) Administration (MSc) Accounting (MSc) Civil Procedural Law (MSc) Economics (MSc) Exact Sciences Teaching of Physics (MSc) Chemistry (MSc) Physics (MSc, PhD) Mathematics (MSc) Graduate Programmes Created in 1992, one of the Nacional Excelence Centres funded by National Council for Scientific Research (CNPq). The programme is responsible for 5 important research labs of the institution: High Pressure Laboratory Quantum Computing Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Magnetometry Carbonaceous and Ceramic Materials Thermal Plasma
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ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering (MSc, PhD) Environmental Engineering (MSc, PhD) Civil Engineering (MSc) Mechanical Engineering (MSc) Informatics (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 1991. Automation is its main research focus. Main Research Topics include: Power electronics and energy quality Signal processing and pattern recognition Robotics and intelligent automation Control systems Telecommunications and information technology
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ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering (MSc, PhD) Environmental Engineering (MSc, PhD) Civil Engineering (MSc) Mechanical Engineering (MSc) Informatics (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 1989, one of the most traditional programmes of the institution. Its research efforts are focused along 3 lines of study: Water resources (management, monitoring and modeling) Sanitation (solid residue, water and waste-water treatment) Air pollution (Air quality modeling and monitoring)
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ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering (MSc, PhD) Environmental Engineering (MSc, PhD) Civil Engineering (MSc) Mechanical Engineering (MSc) Computers (MSc, PhD) Graduate Programmes Created in 1994. In 2010, a PhD level Programme was started. It houses the largest academic facilities for high performance computing in the state. Main Research Topics include: High Performance Computing Computational intelligence Optimization Information systems
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Contact Information: Neyval C. Reis Jr. proreitor@prppg.ufes.br + 55 27 4009 7843 www.prppg.ufes.br Thank you for your attention
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