Federal University of Acre

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{{Infobox university

| name = Federal University of Acre

| native_name = Universidade Federal do Acre

| native_name_lang = Pt

| other_names = UFAC

|image_name= Logo-ufac.png

|caption = University's Logo

|coordinates = {{Coord|-9.9754|-67.8312|display=title}}

|established = 1964

|type = Public

|budget = R$ 274.335.519,59 (2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.ufac.br/site/ufac/proplan/diretoria-de-orcamentos-e-custos|title=Orçamentos e Custos — Universidade Federal do Acre|website=www.ufac.br}}

|chancellor = Minoro Martins Kinpara

|vice_chancellor = Margarida de Aquino Cunha

|city = Rio Branco

|state = Acre

|country = Brazil

|undergrad =

|postgrad =

|staff =

|pushpin_map = Brazil

|campus = Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, Brasiléia

|affiliations = CRUB, RENEX

|website = [http://www.ufac.edu.br]

}}

The Federal University of Acre ({{langx|pt|Universidade Federal do Acre}}, UFAC) is a Brazilian university with headquarters in Rio Branco, Acre.

The university was founded as a law school in 1964, was reorganized as a university in 1971, and was federalized in 1974.{{cite web|url=http://www.ufac.br/portal/acessoainformacao/institucional/base-juridica-da-estrutura-organizacional|title=Base jurídica da estrutura organizacional|work=ufac.br|access-date=30 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511231312/http://www.ufac.br/portal/acessoainformacao/institucional/base-juridica-da-estrutura-organizacional|archive-date=11 May 2015}} Its enrollment is over 10,000 students in undergraduate and post-graduate programs.{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/edufac/docs/ufacemn_|title=ISSUU – Ufac em Números by Editora Edufac|author=Editora Edufac|work=Issuu|date=15 December 2014 |access-date=30 April 2015}}

Undergraduate programs

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  • Agronomy Engineering
  • Biology
  • Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS)
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Collective Health
  • Communication: Journalism
  • Economics
  • Electrical Engineering (Power Systems, Electronics and Telecommunications)

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  • Geography
  • History
  • Languages and Literature (English, French, Portuguese, Libras and Spanish)
  • Law
  • Licenciature Indigenous
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine
  • Music
  • Nutrition
  • Nursing
  • Pedagogy
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Education
  • Economic Sciences

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Master programs

Doctoral programs

  • Plant Production
  • Biodiversity and Biotechnology
  • Health and Sustainable Animal Production in the Western Amazon
  • Collective Health

Admissions

The Federal University of Acre, as well as the other Brazilian federal universities, adopted the National High School Examination (ENEM) in 2012 as a standard of admission.

Notable alumni

  • Binho Marques, former Governor of Acre.
  • Marina Silva, former senator of the state of Acre.{{Cite web|url=http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI88634-15223,00.html|title=Brasil - NOTÍCIAS - Marina Silva deixa o PT|website=revistaepoca.globo.com}}
  • Mailza Gomes, senator of the state of Acre.{{cite web|title=Mailza Gomes - AC|url=https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/senadores/senador/-/perfil/5557|language=pt|access-date=4 July 2019}}
  • Iolanda Fleming, former Governor of Acre and the first woman to become a state governor in Brazil.{{Cite web |last=Brasil |first=CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do |title=IOLANDA DE LIMA REIS FLEMING |url=http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/iolanda-de-lima-reis-fleming |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil |language=pt-br}}

See also

References

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