Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará

{{Infobox university

|name = Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará

|native_name = Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará

|image = Panorâmica da Cidade Universitária da Unifesspa.jpg

| native_name_lang = Pt

| other_names = UNIFESSPA

|established = June 5, 2013

|type = Public university

|rector = Francisco Ribeiro da Costa{{cite web|url=https://correiodecarajas.com.br/maurilio-e-idelma-defendem-uniao-na-unifesspa/ |title=Maurílio e Idelma defendem união na Unifesspa |date=18 September 2020 |publisher=Correio de Carajás}}

|city = Marabá

|state = Pará

|country = {{BRA}}

|budget = R$ 30 525 000,00 (2014)[http://www.planejamento.gov.br/secretarias/upload/Arquivos/sof/ploa2014/VolumeII_PLOA2014.pdf Exercício financeiro para 2014: 14XO Implantação da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará - UNIFESSPA]

|students = 4.096[https://www.unifesspa.edu.br/index.php/institutos-de-estudos-e-pesquisa-da-unifesspa-fora-de-sede-iniciam-hoje-atividades-academicas Institutos de Estudos e Pesquisa da Unifesspa fora de sede iniciam hoje atividades acadêmicas] - Portal Unifesspa

|undergrad =

|postgrad =

|academic_staff = 184[https://www.unifesspa.edu.br/index.php/institucional/unifesspa-em-numeros UNIFESSPA em números: Quadro de servidores da UNIFESSPA - Data de Referencia (28/07/2014)]

|administrative_staff = 110

| campus = 5 campuses: Marabá (main campus), Santana do Araguaia, São Félix do Xingu,[http://www.sfxingu.pa.gov.br/noticias.php?i=S2J3PT0=2e0d3ae5c96fb6bC779a7910be8907cV1hYjA8ak5oLWVcMQ==MWE4ZGQxjk4NQ==M Governo Dilma sanciona campus universitário para São Félix do Xingu] - Prefeitura de São Félix do Xingu Rondon do Pará and Xinguara

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

}}

The Federal University of Southern and Southeastern ParáBrazil. Presidency of the Republic. Social Communication Office.

[http://www2.planalto.gov.br/acompanhe-o-planalto/caderno-destaques/edicoes-anteriores-lista-de-pdf/2013/caderno-destaques-edicao-julho-de-2013-ingles-colorido Highlights / Social Communication Office]. – Year VI, no.2 (March-June 2013) – Brasília: SECOM, 2013. ({{langx|pt|Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará}}, UNIFESSPA) is a multi-campus public university, based in the city of Marabá, with campuses in Santana do Araguaia, São Félix do Xingu, Rondon do Pará and Xinguara.[http://www.portal.ufpa.br/imprensa/noticia.php?cod=7696 Presidenta Dilma Rousseff sanciona lei que cria a Unifesspa] - Portal UFPA The legislation that created the institution was sanctioned on June 5, 2013 by President Dilma Rousseff.

Unifesspa is the result of the dismemberment of the Marabá campus of the Federal University of Pará. In 2018, the institution held a total of 37 degrees; 28 in Marabá, 1 in Santana do Araguaia, 1 in São Félix do Xingu, 3 in Rondon and 4 in Xinguara. It also maintains eleven advanced university centers in Abel Figueiredo, Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Breu Branco, Canaã dos Carajás, Itupiranga, Jacundá, Moju, Ourilândia do Norte, Piçarra, Tailândia e São Geraldo do Araguaia.{{cite web|url=https://www.unifesspa.edu.br/noticias/2182-40-vagas-unifesspa-vai-ofertar-turma-de-sistemas-de-informacao-em-sao-geraldo-do-araguaia |title=40 vagas: Unifesspa vai ofertar turma de Sistemas de Informação em São Geraldo do Araguaia |publisher=Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará |date=2 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unifesspa.edu.br/noticias/4786-inscricoes-abertas-unifesspa-oferta-315-vagas-em-cursos-de-graduacao-no-prosel-2020 |title=Inscrições abertas: Unifesspa oferta 315 vagas em cursos de graduação no Prosel 2020 |publisher=Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará |date=10 September 2020}}

Although young, the university tries to construct its identity and vocation, having as main focus the agrarian question, verified in the preoccupation with the courses of Field Education, Agronomy and Law of the Earth, and; the great mineral enterprises, visualized in the courses of Mining Engineering, Materials Engineering and Geology.

In the Folha University Ranking (RUF; in portuguese: Ranking Universitário Folha) of 2019, UNIFESSPA ranked 182 out of 197 universities surveyed, winning, surprisingly, 10 positions since its first appearance on the list in 2016; at RUF, UNIFESSPA's best qualified courses were Chemical Engineering and Agronomy.{{cite web|url=https://ruf.folha.uol.com.br/2019/lista-universidades-instituicoes/universidade-federal-do-sul-e-sudeste-do-para-18440.shtml |title=Perfil de Universidades e Faculdades: Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA) |publisher=Folha de S. Paulo |date=2019 |access-date=22 September 2020}} Its 2018 General Course Index (IGC; in portuguese: Índice Geral de Cursos) was grade 4 (on a scale of 0 to 5); and the best qualified courses at IGC were, respectively, the Chemistry degree and the Bachelor's degree in Agronomy.{{cite web|url=http://download.inep.gov.br/educacao_superior/igc_cpc/2018/portal_IGC_edicao2018.xlsx |title=Índice Geral de Cursos Avaliados da Instituição – IGC - edição 2018 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira |date=15 January 2020}}