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UFES: Institution and Research Activities Overview. Prof. Neyval Costa Reis Jr. Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies. Outline. Brief Description of UFES Overview Geography Numbers Organization Research Activities Post-Graduate Studies. UFES Overview.
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UFES: Institution and Research Activities Overview Prof. Neyval Costa Reis Jr.Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies
Outline • Brief Description of UFES • Overview • Geography • Numbers • Organization • Research Activities • Post-Graduate Studies
UFES Overview UFES is the main higher education institution in the state of Espirito Santo. It was founded in 1954, in Vitória. UFES offers 91 undergraduate courses and 50 Post-Graduate Programmes, with nearly 20.000 students.
Organization Overview President Dean for Administration Dean for Under-Graduate Studies Administrative Units Dean for Institutional Planning and Development Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies Dean for Extramural Affairs Academic Centers (10 Academic Centers) Academic Units Graduate Courses (91 courses) Post-Graduate Programmes (50 programmes)
Academic Centers • Arts • Agricultural Sciences • Exact Sciences • Engineering • Law and Economy • Humanities and Natural Sciences • Education • Health • Physical Education and Sports • North of Espirito Santo 91 Graduate courses 50 Post-Graduate Programmes
International Partnerships Institutional partnerships involving several courses at Under-Graduate and Graduate levels: • Group de Ecole d´Mines (France) • University of Pittsburg (USA) • Virginia Tech (USA) • Université Du Littoral Côte D’Opale (France) • And several others In addition, there are various partnerships with Graduate Programmes, which involve joint research, academic visits and the students exchange at Graduate Level with external funding.
UFES publications at the SCOPUS database citation Top 100 IberolatinamericanInstitutions 2013
Institution Overview Number of Active Research Groups
UFES publications at the SCOPUS database citation * * Pharmacology, Toxicology, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Neurology, Earth Sciences and others
Research Overview Most research activities are carried out by research groups integrating Post-Graduate Programmes. Yet, some research activities are also carried out outside these groups. UFES has a large Scientific Initiation Programme for under-graduated students, with approximately 1200 students enrolledannually.
Post-Graduate Programmes Agricultural Sciences • Food Technlogy (MSc) • Plant Production (MSc, PhD) • Forest Science (MSc, PhD) • Veterinary Science (MSc) • Genetic Improvement (MSc, PhD) CEUNES • Energy (MSc) • Tropical Agriculture (MSc) • Tropical Biodiversity (MSc)
Post-Graduate Programmes Humanities and Natural Science • Geography (MSc) • Environmental Oceanography (MSc, PhD) • Plant Biology (MSc) • Social Sciences (MSc) • Philosophy (MSc) • History (MSc) • Psychology (MSc, PhD) • Institutional Psychology (MSc) • Literature (MSc, PhD) • Linguistics (MSc) • Social Policy (MSc) Top 10
Post-Graduate Programmes Health • Medicine (MSc) • Physiological Sciences (MSc, PhD) • Attention to Public Health (MSc) • Biotechnology (MSc, PhD) • Dental Clinic (MSc) • Infectious Diseases (MSc, PhD) • Biological Sciences (Zoology) (MSc, PhD) Top 10
Post-Graduate Programmes Law and Economy • Public Administration (MSc) • Administration (MSc) • Accounting (MSc) • Civil Procedural Law (MSc) • Economics (MSc) Exact Sciences • Teaching degree in Physics (MSc) • Chemistry (MSc) • Physics (MSc, PhD) • Mathematics (MSc)
Post-Graduate Programmes ENGINEERING • Electrical Engineering (MSc, PhD) • Environmental Engineering (MSc, PhD) • Civil Engineering (MSc) • Mechanical Engineering (MSc) • Computers (MSc, PhD) Top 10
Research Highlights • Extensive partnership with industry and external agencies (governmental and non-governmental) • Oil and Gas Industry • Environment • Material Science • Agriculture • Intense research on heavy and extra-heavy oil • NEMOG – Center for Study and Measurement of Oil & Gas • Computational Fluid Dynamics applied to Oil & Gas Flows
Thankyou for yourattention Contact Information: Neyval C. Reis Jr. proreitor@prppg.ufes.br + 55 27 4009 7843 www.prppg.ufes.br