Federal University of São João del-Rei


The Federal University of São João del-Rei is a Brazilian university in the city of São João del-Rei in the state of Minas Gerais. It has other campuses in the cities of Ouro Branco, Divinópolis and Sete Lagoas, all of them in the state of Minas Gerais.
It was founded as a school in 1987 and reorganized as a university in 2002. The university offers over 30 bachelor's degree programs and more than 20 graduate degree programs.

History

The university was created by the law 7,555 of 28 December 1986 with the name of São João del-Rei College Foundation, also called FUNREI. It was the result of the union of three colleges: Dom Bosco College of Philosophy, Science and Languages, College of Economics, Business and Accounting and College of Industrial Engineering.
FUNREI became a university through the law 10,425, of 19 of April 2002 and it was called Federal University of São João del-Rei. UFSJ is the common accepted abbreviation.

Organization

UFSJ consists of six campuses and five special units. The campuses and special unities are property of UFSJ or are under its responsibility.
The undergraduate programs are divided among the campuses as follows:

''Campus'' Alto Paraopeba

The university has several graduate programs as follows:

''Campus'' Alto Paraopeba

Executive directors and chancellors of the Federal University of São João del-Rei:
OrderNameUniversity of originPeriodTitleVice
1João Bosco de Castro TeixeiraFederal University of UberlândiaApril 21, 1987 to September 22, 1990Chancellor----
2João Bosco de Castro TeixeiraFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of PhilosophySeptember 22, 1990 to August 19, 1994ChancellorMagda Mara Assis
3José Raimundo FacionFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of PsychologyAugust 19, 1994 to August 19, 1998ChancellorFrederico Ozanan Neves
4Antônio Lima BandeiraFederal University of ViçosaAugust 20, 1998 to September 23, 1998Chancellor-----
5Mário Neto BorgesFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of Electrical EngineeringSeptember 24, 1998 to April 19, 2002ChancellorMaria do Carmo Narciso Silva Gonçalves
6Mário Neto BorgesFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of Electrical EngineeringApril 19, 2002 to August 5, 2004ChancellorMaria do Carmo Narciso Silva Gonçalves
7Helvécio Luiz ReisFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of Business and AccountingAugust 6, 2004 to August 7, 2008ChancellorWlamir José da Silva
8Helvécio Luiz ReisFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of Business and AccountingAugust 8, 2008 to July 5, 2012ChancellorValéria Heloísa Kemp
9Valéria Heloísa KempFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of PsychologyJuly 6, 2012 to presentChancellorSérgio Augusto Araújo da Gama Cerqueira
10Sérgio Augusto Araújo da Gama CerqueiraFederal University of São João del-Rei - Department of Mechanical EngineeringMay 9, 2016 to presentChancellorMarcelo Pereira de Andrade
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