UFSC is one of the most important federal universities in Brazil. It offers more then 50 different undergraduation courses. Currently 36,000 students are enrolled in undergraduation and graduation (MSc and PhD) programes.
We are the Brazilian network for education and research. We provide secure, high-capacity internet, personalized services and promote innovation projects.
Our system includes universities, educational and cultural institutes, research agencies, teaching hospitals, parks and technology hubs. With this, we benefit 4 million Brazilian students, teachers and researchers.
We were the pioneers, bringing the internet to Brazil, and today our network reaches all units of the federation. We are also connected to other education and research networks in Latin America, North America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania through terrestrial and submarine fiber optic cables.
We are qualified as a social organization linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) and maintained by it, together with the ministries of Education (MEC), Communications (MCom), Culture, Health (MS) and Defense (MD ), who participate in the RNP Interministerial Program (PRO-RNP).
Our purpose: Promote science and education for all.
Our values:
- Innovation and Pioneering;
- Cooperation and Collaboration;
- Commitment and Commitment;
- Ethics and Transparency;
- Respect.
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The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE (Portuguese: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística), is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. The IBGE performs a national census every ten years, and the questionnaires account for information such as age, household income, literacy, education, occupation and hygiene levels.
IBGE is an institution of the Federal Government, constituted a public foundation by Decree Law No. 161 of February 13, 1967, and is bound to the Brazilian Department of Planning, Budget and Management. It has four directors and two other central organs.
IBGE has a network of national research and dissemination components, comprising:
27 state units (26 in state capitals and one in the Federal District);
27 centres for documentation and dissemination of information (26 in the capital and one in the Federal District);
581 data collection agencies in major cities.
The IBGE also maintains the Roncador Ecological Reserve, situated 35 km south of Brasília.