Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC, in English: Federal University of ABC) is a Brazilian institution of higher learning based in Santo André, with operations in several municipalities in the ABC region, all in the state of São Paulo.
The chairman of the committee that formulated the proposal of the university was Luiz Bevilacqua, who became its second rector.
The UFABC is the only federal university in Brazil with 100% of its professors holding Ph.D.s and, for the second consecutive year in 2011, emerged as the only university in Brazil with impact factor in scientific publications above the world average according to SCImago Institutions Rankings.
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