Unesp
Encyclopedia
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) is one of the six public universities
of the Brazil
ian state of São Paulo
, with USP
, UFABC
, UNIFESP, UFSCar and UNICAMP
. It's a part of the state’s higher education system.
UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23 campuses. The first of them is the Araraquara Pharmacy and Odontology Faculty, founded in 1923 and incorporated by the state of São Paulo in 1956. Before the university’s official foundation in 1976, its original 12 campuses were public independent faculties.
UNESP is the most successful multi-campus university system in Brazil. It is the country’s second largest one, comprising 33 faculties or institutes, 30 libraries, 2 hospitals, 3 animal hospitals, 5 farms and 7 complementary units.
São Paulo State University is considered the 3rd most important university in Brazil and 5th in Latin America
. It is ranked amongst the 300 best universities in the world as of the "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2010". The university excellence is proved by its many renowned professors and the great scientific work that is produced.
The original campuses were in Araçatuba
, Araraquara
, Assis
, Botucatu
, Franca
, Guaratinguetá, Ilha Solteira
, Jaboticabal
, Marília
, Presidente Prudente
, Rio Claro
, São José dos Campos
, São José do Rio Preto
and São Paulo. Bauru
campus was incorporated in 1988.
Rio de Janeiro Federal University was the first one, containing every faculty inside Rio de Janeiro city in 1926. São Paulo’s first university was USP
, founded in 1933. By the 1950s, countryside people had to move toward capitals for undergraduate study. There were few higher education institutes outside Brazilian metropolises then.
São Paulo state government created many colleges outside the capital in the 1950s and '60s. Preeminent cities in the state received these isolated institutes, known as “Faculdade de Filosofia.” Coordination of them was made poorly by São Paulo State Education Department, which had so many attributions.
In the 1970s, countless discussions were made within state government on how to hold well these separate institutes. One idea was to comprise then-14 institutes in a federation or a single university. Eventually, final decision would be the latter.
Inspired by University of California
multi-campus system, UNESP was founded in 1976. The original campuses were in Araçatuba
, Araraquara
, Assis
, Botucatu
, Franca
, Guaratinguetá, Ilha Solteira
, Jaboticabal
, Marília
, Presidente Prudente
, Rio Claro
, São José dos Campos
, São José do Rio Preto
and São Paulo. Bauru
campus was incorporated in 1988.
Since then, eight new campuses were created in 2003, after a polemical decision to conform state’s expansion policies on higher education system. That overexpansion, along with low budgets, raised a series of protests and strikes among students and academics. Brazilian successive economic crisis, government mismanagement, low wages and investment put doubts about the future of public higher education. São Paulo, the wealthiest state, is no exception to that rule.
, appointed by state governor who chose one in a list of three nominees. These nominees are indicated by elections among university’s academics held every four years. Usually, the governor selects the winner of those elections.
The rector presides over the University Council (CO), comprised by directors of every institute in the system and academic representatives. There are ten students representatives. CO takes most decisions that affect the whole university.
Each institute (there are campus with more than one) has one director and a council who rules with a certain degree of autonomy.
, which comprises the whole content taught in Brazilian high school
. For physical education
, architecture
, arts
and design
undergraduate courses, a specific exam is also required.
Prepared by VUNESP, an institution specialized in exams organization, UNESP vestibular are held on three subsequent days. The first consists of 84 questions in the following disciplines: mathematics
, chemistry
, biology
, geography
, history
, physics
and English
or French
. The second day of exams is made up of specific questions (i.e., if the student applies for a human science course, there are only history, geography and Portuguese
questions). The third day consists of a Portuguese and a writing exam.
A student can only apply for a single course in entire São Paulo State University system. For example, a student cannot simultaneously apply for History in Franca and Geography in Presidente Prudente.
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University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
of the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian state of São Paulo
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
, with USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, UFABC
Universidade Federal do ABC
Universidade Federal do ABC is a Brazilian institution of higher learning based in Santo André, with operations scheduled for several municipalities in the ABC region, all in the state of São Paulo....
, UNIFESP, UFSCar and UNICAMP
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas is one of the three public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, along both USP and UNESP....
. It's a part of the state’s higher education system.
UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23 campuses. The first of them is the Araraquara Pharmacy and Odontology Faculty, founded in 1923 and incorporated by the state of São Paulo in 1956. Before the university’s official foundation in 1976, its original 12 campuses were public independent faculties.
UNESP is the most successful multi-campus university system in Brazil. It is the country’s second largest one, comprising 33 faculties or institutes, 30 libraries, 2 hospitals, 3 animal hospitals, 5 farms and 7 complementary units.
São Paulo State University is considered the 3rd most important university in Brazil and 5th in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. It is ranked amongst the 300 best universities in the world as of the "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2010". The university excellence is proved by its many renowned professors and the great scientific work that is produced.
History
Universities in Brazil are very recent phenomena, compared to other Latin American countries. It was only in 1808 that the first one had been created (Rio de Janeiro Medicine Faculty). Before the 20th century, there was not a single university in the country. All of them were public or church-maintained higher education independent institutes.The original campuses were in Araçatuba
Araçatuba
Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil. The city has 181.579 inhabitants and 1,167.4 km² of area. The city name comes from the Tupi language and means "abundance of araçá "...
, Araraquara
Araraquara
Not to be confused with Araracuara, a town, region, genus of trees in ColombiaAraraquara is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hazy temperature, especially in summer.More than 200,000 people...
, Assis
Assis
Assis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. In the city, there are many industries, schools, universities, large agriculture production and strong commerce...
, Botucatu
Botucatu
Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located 224.8 km from São Paulo, the Capital of the State of São Paulo. The city has a population of about 127,370 inhabitants within a of 1,486.4 square kilometers, on top of a plateau . Botucatu became a township in .The...
, Franca
Franca
-Demography:*Total: 328.473 inhabitants on July 1, 2006.** Urban: 324.138** Rural: 6.999*Demographic density : 473,80*Child mortality until 1 year : 12,66 = 1,26%*Life expectancy : 73,03*Fertility : 2,26...
, Guaratinguetá, Ilha Solteira
Ilha Solteira
Ilha Solteira is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 25,168 and the area is 661.34 km². The elevation is 335 m. This city was named after the nearby Ilha Solteira Dam....
, Jaboticabal
Jaboticabal
Jaboticabal is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil whose name comes from the Tupi language. The name is derived from the tree with the name Jabuticaba....
, Marília
Marília
Marília is a Brazilian city and municipality in the midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. Its distance from the state capital is by highway, by railway and in a straight line. It is located at latitude 22º 12'50 "south and longitude 49º 56'45" west, with an altitude of 675 meters...
, Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 207,610 inhabitants and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president Prudente de Morais. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo.Presidente Prudente is considered the...
, Rio Claro
Rio Claro, São Paulo
Rio Claro is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2005 was 195,131 and the area is 521 km². The elevation is 613 m. It was incorporated as the village of São João Batista do Ribeirão Claro in 1827, and this incorporation is celebrated every year on June 24 as a municipal...
, São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos is a municipality and a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil and one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America. It is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo ...
, São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto is a city and municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Is located at the north/northwest portion of the state, 450 km from the city of São Paulo and 700 km from Brasília....
and São Paulo. Bauru
Bauru
Bauru is a Brazilian city and municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is also the capital of the micro-region of Bauru...
campus was incorporated in 1988.
Rio de Janeiro Federal University was the first one, containing every faculty inside Rio de Janeiro city in 1926. São Paulo’s first university was USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, founded in 1933. By the 1950s, countryside people had to move toward capitals for undergraduate study. There were few higher education institutes outside Brazilian metropolises then.
São Paulo state government created many colleges outside the capital in the 1950s and '60s. Preeminent cities in the state received these isolated institutes, known as “Faculdade de Filosofia.” Coordination of them was made poorly by São Paulo State Education Department, which had so many attributions.
In the 1970s, countless discussions were made within state government on how to hold well these separate institutes. One idea was to comprise then-14 institutes in a federation or a single university. Eventually, final decision would be the latter.
Inspired by University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
multi-campus system, UNESP was founded in 1976. The original campuses were in Araçatuba
Araçatuba
Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil. The city has 181.579 inhabitants and 1,167.4 km² of area. The city name comes from the Tupi language and means "abundance of araçá "...
, Araraquara
Araraquara
Not to be confused with Araracuara, a town, region, genus of trees in ColombiaAraraquara is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hazy temperature, especially in summer.More than 200,000 people...
, Assis
Assis
Assis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. In the city, there are many industries, schools, universities, large agriculture production and strong commerce...
, Botucatu
Botucatu
Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located 224.8 km from São Paulo, the Capital of the State of São Paulo. The city has a population of about 127,370 inhabitants within a of 1,486.4 square kilometers, on top of a plateau . Botucatu became a township in .The...
, Franca
Franca
-Demography:*Total: 328.473 inhabitants on July 1, 2006.** Urban: 324.138** Rural: 6.999*Demographic density : 473,80*Child mortality until 1 year : 12,66 = 1,26%*Life expectancy : 73,03*Fertility : 2,26...
, Guaratinguetá, Ilha Solteira
Ilha Solteira
Ilha Solteira is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 25,168 and the area is 661.34 km². The elevation is 335 m. This city was named after the nearby Ilha Solteira Dam....
, Jaboticabal
Jaboticabal
Jaboticabal is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil whose name comes from the Tupi language. The name is derived from the tree with the name Jabuticaba....
, Marília
Marília
Marília is a Brazilian city and municipality in the midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. Its distance from the state capital is by highway, by railway and in a straight line. It is located at latitude 22º 12'50 "south and longitude 49º 56'45" west, with an altitude of 675 meters...
, Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 207,610 inhabitants and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president Prudente de Morais. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo.Presidente Prudente is considered the...
, Rio Claro
Rio Claro, São Paulo
Rio Claro is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2005 was 195,131 and the area is 521 km². The elevation is 613 m. It was incorporated as the village of São João Batista do Ribeirão Claro in 1827, and this incorporation is celebrated every year on June 24 as a municipal...
, São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos is a municipality and a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil and one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America. It is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo ...
, São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto is a city and municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Is located at the north/northwest portion of the state, 450 km from the city of São Paulo and 700 km from Brasília....
and São Paulo. Bauru
Bauru
Bauru is a Brazilian city and municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is also the capital of the micro-region of Bauru...
campus was incorporated in 1988.
Since then, eight new campuses were created in 2003, after a polemical decision to conform state’s expansion policies on higher education system. That overexpansion, along with low budgets, raised a series of protests and strikes among students and academics. Brazilian successive economic crisis, government mismanagement, low wages and investment put doubts about the future of public higher education. São Paulo, the wealthiest state, is no exception to that rule.
Governance
UNESP is governed by a rectorRector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
, appointed by state governor who chose one in a list of three nominees. These nominees are indicated by elections among university’s academics held every four years. Usually, the governor selects the winner of those elections.
The rector presides over the University Council (CO), comprised by directors of every institute in the system and academic representatives. There are ten students representatives. CO takes most decisions that affect the whole university.
Each institute (there are campus with more than one) has one director and a council who rules with a certain degree of autonomy.
UNESP rectors
- Luis Ferreira Martins (10/03/1976 – 09/03/1980)
- Armando Octávio Ramos (10/03/1980 – 08/03/1984)
- Manuel Nunes Dias (27/03/1984 – 31/07/1984), pro-tempore
- Jorge Nagle (01/08/1984 – 16/01/1989)
- Milton Barbosa Landim (17/01/1989 – 15/01/1993)
- Artur Roquete de Macedo (16/01/1993 – 14/01/1997)
- Antônio Manuel dos Santos Silva (15/01/1997 – 14/01/2001)
- José Carlos Souza Trindade (15/01/2001 – 14/01/2005)
- Marcos Macari (15/01/2005 - 14/01/2009)
- Herman Jacobus Cornelis Voorwald (since 15/01/2009)
Campuses
São Paulo State University comprises 23 campuses and 33 institutes (the main campuses are bold-faced):- UNESP, Campus de Araçatuba
- Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba (FOA)
- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária )FMV)
- UNESP, Campus de Araraquara
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCF)
- Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL)
- Faculdade de Odontologia (FO)
- Instituto de Química (IQ)
- UNESP, Campus de Assis
- Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL)
- UNESP, Campus de Bauru
- Faculdade de Arquitetura, Artes e Comunicação (FAAC)
- Faculdade de Ciências (FC)
- Faculdade de Engenharia de Bauru (FEB)
- UNESP, Campus de Botucatu
- Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA)
- Faculdade de Medicina (FM)
- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ)
- Instituto de Biociências (IB)
- UNESP, Campus Experimental de Dracena
- UNESP, Campus de Franca
- Faculdade de História, Direito e Serviço Social (FHDSS)
- UNESP, Campus de Guaratinguetá
- Faculdade de Engenharia de Guaratinguetá (FEG)
- UNESP, Campus de Ilha Solteira
- Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira (FEIS)
- UNESP, Campus Experimental de Itapeva
- UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal
- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV)
- UNESP, Campus de Marília
- Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC)
- UNESP, Campus Experimental de Ourinhos
- UNESP, Campus de Presidente Prudente
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT)
- UNESP, Campus Experimental de Registro
- UNESP, Campus de Rio Claro
- Instituto de Biociências (IB)
- Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE)
- UNESP, Campus Experimental de Rosana
- UNESP, Campus de São José do Rio Preto
- Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE)
- UNESP, Campus de São José dos Campos
- Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos (FOSJC)
- UNESP, Campus de São Paulo
- Instituto de Artes (IA)
- Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT)
- Núcleo de Educação a Distância (NEaD)
- UNESP, Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista (São Vicente)
- UNESP, Campus de Sorocaba
- UNESP, Campus Experimental de Tupã
Complementary units
- UNESP, São Paulo
- Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) (Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Admissions
Admissions to UNESP are made through an exam, known as vestibularVestibular
The Vestibular is a competitive examination and is the primary and widespread system used by Brazilian universities to select their students. The Vestibular usually takes place from November to January, right before the start of school year in February or March, although certain universities hold...
, which comprises the whole content taught in Brazilian high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
. For physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
and design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
undergraduate courses, a specific exam is also required.
Prepared by VUNESP, an institution specialized in exams organization, UNESP vestibular are held on three subsequent days. The first consists of 84 questions in the following disciplines: mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
or French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
. The second day of exams is made up of specific questions (i.e., if the student applies for a human science course, there are only history, geography and 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...
questions). The third day consists of a Portuguese and a writing exam.
A student can only apply for a single course in entire São Paulo State University system. For example, a student cannot simultaneously apply for History in Franca and Geography in Presidente Prudente.
External links
- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Official Website
- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Official Website in English
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