Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Education
Forests
Health
International law
Marine Resources
Oceans and seas
Science
Sustainable Tourism
Toxic chemicals
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Geographic scope: |
National
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Country of activity: |
Brazil
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1950 |
Number and type of members: |
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
• More than 26,000 students
• 2,300 professors
• 97 courses
• Sirius System: a group of 21 networked libraries
• 350 laboratories
• More than 4,000 technical-administrative workers
• An average of 1,213 internship agreements with companies and governmnent agencies
• Over 2,000 vacancies of external internship
• About 2,050 internal Scholarships every year
• Complementary Internship, Introduction to Scientific Research, Introduction to Teaching, Monitoring, Extension
• Moren than 5,000 Proiniciar scholarships: a system of quotas for students from different socioeconomic levels
GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH
• 5,000 students
• 50 postgraduation courses
• More than 100 lato sensu courses
• 346 research groups in all areas of knowledge
• 92 visiting professors
• 411 professors granted with the Prociência: a full-time dedication program
• About 100 professors on teaching incentive programs and about
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
• 180 agreements with foreign institutions of higher education
• 110 foreign students
EXTENSION AND CULTURE
• More than 450 projects
• 23 programs
• About 500 extension courses per year
THEATERS
• Odylo Costa, filho is the second biggest theater of Rio de Janeiro with 1,106 seats, perfect visibility and privileged acoustics, which holds bigger plays and musical productions
• Noel Rosa is a 256-seat-theater, destined to more intimate presentations, such as chamber concerts and smaller musicals and theatrical performances
• Concha Acústica (acoutic shell) is an open air theater with 3.000 seats
OTHER SPACES
• Cândido Portinari Gallery and the Cultural Center provides exhibitions for UERJ and guest artists
HEALTH
PEDRO ERNESTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
• More than 60 medical specialities and subspecialities
• About 27,000 monthly services
• 1,500 monthly hospitalizations
• 600 monthly surgeries
• 300 rooms for ambulatory assistence
• 20 rooms for surgery and more than 500 beds
PIQUET CARNEIRO POLYCLINIC
• 41 medical specialities
• 16,000 monthly medical appointments |
Funding structure: |
Fees for education and training services
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Funding structure other: |
public funds |