The Federal University of Uberlândia (in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; UFU) is an institution in the southwest of Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

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, Brazil

Brazil

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. It is a public university (and therefore it does not charge any tuition for the enrolled students) located in Uberlândia

Uberlândia

Uberlândia is the main town in the Triangle region, west of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. With a population of 604,013 inhabitants, according to 2010 estimates, the city is the second largest in the state second only to Belo Horizonte...

. The students are admitted through yearly exams, the vestibular

Vestibular

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As of 2008, UFU offers 33 different undergraduate degrees, including an extremely sought-after Medicine

Medicine

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 degree, more traditional options such as Law

Law

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 and Economics

Economics

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, plus a handful of Engineering

Engineering

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 and a wide array of Science

Science

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 and Art

Art

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degrees. It also offers 10 PhD programs, 22 MSc programs, 34 diplomas and 21 medical residence programs. UFU projected the city of Uberlândia, which use to be nationally unknown, into Brazilian's academic field.