The Fluminense Federal University (Portuguese: Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF) is one of the four federally funded public universities in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The university was established by federal law on December 18, 1960. It is the union of five federal colleges and three state colleges. It has about 50,000 undergraduate students, and 12,000 graduate students (2011). It has six campi in the city of Niterói, on the southeast side of Guanabara Bay, and 12 satellite campi in towns of the state. There are 68 undergraduate and 208 graduate (Ph.D., Master and Specialization) programs available at UFF in Natural and Social Sciences.
The word fluminense in Portuguese, from Latin flumen ("river"), is the native adjective for the state of Rio de Janeiro.
The Law School of Fluminense Federal University was founded in 1912.
The School of Medicine of Fluminense Federal University is one of the Brazilian leading schools in scientific research and article publications.
UFF holds the first undergraduate course in Film ever created in Brazil, founded by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
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