São Paulo State UniversityUniversidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”

Total number of institutions: 2,285

Universities - 185Private system: 87Public system: 98

São Paulo State: 8 public universities (3 federal, 3 state, 2 city)

Source: 2009 MEC Census

Higher Education System in Brazil

UNESP USP

UNICAMP

Federal: 59State: 34City: 5

• Official creation: 1976 è Only 35 years

• Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – 2011: International: 301th/400th, Americas: 134th/162th, Brazil: 3th/5th

• Ibero-American SCImago Institutions Ranking 2011: 5th

• 33 Higher Education Institutes - 23 Campuses – Unique Characteristic

• Interaction with different sectors of the society throughout the state with strong influence on its development

Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP

São Paulo StatePopulation (2010): 41,252,160

Area: 250,000,000 sqm

São Paulo State Presence: 23 Campuses

580 km

Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP

800 km

5

• 30 Libraries / Free access to 126 international databases and 16,000 journals

• Undergraduate students: 35,000• 169 Undergraduate programs: Health and Biological Sciences: 47 /

Engineering and Exact Sciences: 51 / Humanities: 71 • 6,000 Undergraduate Diplomas / year• 1 University Hospital: 250,000 procedures/month, 462 beds• 3 University Veterinary Hospitals, 3 Clinics of Dentistry,

5 Teaching and Research Farms (5,000 hectares)• Dental Care Center for Disabled Individuals (15,000 patients/year),

Clinics of Psychology, Physiotherapy, Speech and Hearing Therapy• A Confucius Institute: Best in the word in 2010 / 1,000 mandarin

students

UNESP Figures

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• Graduate students: 15,000

• Graduate programs: 211 (117 Masters, 94 PhD)

• 3,000 Diplomas/year: 2,200 MSc – 805 PhD

• Teaching staff: 3.500 - 95% with PhD, 87% full time

• Research groups: 600 (covering most of the areas of knowledge)

• Excellence programs: Animal Science, Aquaculture, Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chemistry, Geography, Genetics, Linguistics, Motricity Science, Odontology, Physics and Veterinary Science.

• Budget (2011): 1,100 Millions U.S. Dollars

UNESP Figures

Programs in nearly all knowledge areas

Health and BiologicalSciences: 47 Programs

• Agriculture • Animal Science • Veterinary• Medicine• Dentistry • Nursing • Nutrition • Occupational Therapy • Speech and Hearing Therapy • Physiotherapy • Physical Education • Pharmacy-Biochemistry

• Biotechnology• Biological Sciences • Ecology • Forest Engineering

Engineering and Exact Sciences: 51 Programs

• Environmental Chemistry • Geodesy Engineering • Food Engineering • Civil Engineering • Industrial Design • Automation and

Control Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering• Materials Engineering • Manufacturing Engineering • Industrial Wood Engineering • Environmental Engineering

• Architecture • Information Systems • Computer Sciences • Chemistry • Geology • Medical Physics • Biological Physics

Humanities: 71 Programs

• Law • International Relations• Public Administration • Business Administration • Agribusiness • Economics • Tourism• Education • Language Studies • Communication• Music (Vocal Performance, Composition, Conducting

and Instruments Performance)

• Social Science • Philosophy• Psychology • Geography • History • Archivology• Library Sciences• Arts

Graduate Programs: Fields of International Excellence

HUMAN SCIENCESGeography, Linguistics,

Portuguese

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESAnimal Science, Aquaculture,

Biosciences and Biotechnology, Motricity Sciences, Dentistry,

Veterinary Sciences

EXACT SCIENCESPhysics, Chemistry

Fields TotalAgricultural Sciences 24Biological Sciences 12Health Sciences 29Exact Sciences and Geosciences 13Humanities 15Social and Applied Sciences 6Engineering 18Linguistics, Language & Literature and Fine Arts 7Multidisciplinary Studies 8

Total 117

Graduate Programs at UNESP

Brazil USA # PhDUSP 2.265

U.TX Austin 796UNESP 805 (2010)

U.MI Ann Arbor 754

UNICAMP 748U.CA, Berkeley 747U.MN Twin Cities 720U.CA, Los Angeles 702U.IL Urbana-Champaign 690PA State U. main Campus 674OH State U. main Campus 664

UFRJ 656

Source: C.H.Brito Cruz / FAPESP

UNESP: Number of PhD by Year

• Bioenergy• Ocean Science• Bioactive Natural Products• Pharmaceutical Development and

Technology• Nanotechnology• Environment and Climate Changes• Biotechnology and Biomaterials• Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research• Public Policy

Research: High Level Competence

• Biomass to Bioenergy: Genetic improvement, Agriculture, Agriculture engineering, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 23

Bioenergy Institute

• Biofuel Production: Biomass preparation, First, Second and Third Generation ethanol production, Use of water, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 33

• Application on automotive motors: Ethanol engines, Fuel cells, Fuel quality, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 05

• Biorefineries, alcoholchemistry, oil chemistry: Products, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 05

• Sustainability aspects: Agribusiness of ethanol, Social aspects, Environmental aspects, Economical aspects, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 14

Centre of Ocean ScienceLocation: São Vicente - São Paulo State Coast

• 118 UNESP Researchers• 13 Institutes• 72 Undergraduate Programs, 53 Graduate Programs

• Support for scientific multi-disciplinary research• Education and training of human resources• Dissemination and transfer of knowledge and technological

innovation on geological, physical, biological, chemical, environmental, and various other issues related to the ocean

Partnerships• University of Bremen• University of Heidelberg• University of Kiel• IFREMER - France• CIMAR - France

Organization

Centre of Biomaterials and BiotechnologyLocation: Botucatu

• 31 UNESP Researchers• 8 Institutes• 50 Undergraduate Programs, 20 Graduate Programs

• Support for scientific multi-disciplinary research• Education and training of human resources• Dissemination and transfer of knowledge and

technological innovation on biomaterials, genomics, proteomics.

Organization

Scientific ComputingGridUNESP• 1st Campus Grid of Latin America• 33 Teraflops of processing power• 30 scientific projects: Physics, Chemistry, Life

Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science, Weather Forecasting

• US$ 5 million investment: Federal Agency + UNESP

SPRACE (São Paulo Research and Analysis Centre)• Tier-2 of the Worldwide LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Computing Grid

(WLCG)• One of the most reliable and available resource of WLCG (Worldwide LHC

Computing Grid)• Supporting the HEP (High Energy Physics) Group

Contact InformationInternational Relations Office

José Celso Freire Junior - jcfreire@reitoria.unesp.br

http://www.unesp.br/en