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The Federal University of Sergipe (UFS, in Portuguese: ''Universidade Federal de Sergipe'') is a Brazilian public institution based in Sergipe, with campi sprawling through the cities of São Cristóvão (headquarters), Aracaju, Itabaiana, Laranjeiras and Lagarto. Founded in 1967 by the junction of the State's existing colleges, it became its second university (the first being the University of Tiradentes, a private institution founded in 1962)〔http://ead.unit.br/unit/historico.php〕 and its first, and so far only, public one. As traditionally seen in Brazilian educational system, in which state-banked universities tend to offer better quality of education, it became the State's most reputable and disputed〔As of 2011, over 29,000 students disputed a total of 5,490 vacancies. http://www.ccv.ufs.br/ccv/concursos/pss2012/files/INSCRITOS.pdf 2012 admission process〕 higher education institution, ranking among the country's 40 best universities〔http://ruf.folha.uol.com.br/rankings/rankingdeuniversidades/ 2012 ranking by RUF, Brazilian private media institution〕 and Latin America's top 200.〔http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2011?page=7 2011 ranking〕 ==History== Sergipe had government permission for higher education schools since the 1920s, but the first institutions of such type - the Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas (in English: ''College of Economic Sciences'') and the Escola de Química (''Chemistry School'') - would commence activities only in 1948 as independent public colleges. They were followed by the Faculdade de Direito (''Law College'', 1950), Faculdade Católica de Filosofia (''Catholic College of Philosophy'', 1950), Escola de Serviço Social (''Social Services School'', 1954) and the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (''Medical Sciences College'', 1961). By then, the State had fulfilled the minimum number of institutions (six) to form a university, which was commissioned in 1963 and approved in 1967 by law decree. Though recognized as a university, the UFS had no proper campus and the departments of its courses were scattered throughout the State's capital, Aracaju. By 1978, the university had grown to include 23 full-time courses, which resulted in an overwhelming bureaucracy and threats of inefficiency due the institution's decentralized structure. In this very year, attempts to organize the chaotic model, which had similar cases in several other States, were made by the Ministério da Educação (''Ministry of Education''), whose national guidelines forced universities across the country to unify the their courses in "centres". Initially, four centres were created for the UFS: Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia (''Centre of Exact Sciences and Technology'' - CCET), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (''Centre of Biological and Health Sciences'' - CCBS), Centro de Ciências Sociais Applicadas (''Centre of Applied Social Sciences'' - CCSA) e Centro de Educação and Ciências Humanas (''Centre of Education and Human Sciences'' - CECH). Following national education reforms, the university began a gradual transference to a new, unified campus in the city of São Cristóvão throughout the 1980s. In 1987, the fully transferred UFS inaugurated its new campus, which would eventually become the institution's headquarters. During the 1990s, following the foundation of 45 new undergraduate courses, there was an emphasis in technology and academic specialization: the Pólo de Novas Tecnologias (''Department for New Technologies'') was founded, bringing 10 new courses with it, and the Programa de Qualificação Docente (''Academic Qualification Program'' - PQD) was formed, graduating over 1,000 highly apt teachers for the State's public education system in the decade. Also in this period, the university began its first master degree programs through the Department of Post-Graduation and Research. Independent scientific thinking was promoted by the Programa de Iniciação Científica (''Scientific Initiation Program''), a partnership between UFS and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).〔http://oficiais.ufs.br/sites/default/files/21/anuario_estatistico_2008_2010.pdf Official statistics book covering 2008 to 2010, Page 13〕 Since 2004, the UFS faced a new and drastic cycle of expansion based in the government's new social policies,〔http://www.infonet.com.br/cidade/ler.asp?id=31691&titulo=noticias Retrieved 2012-09-05〕〔http://www.ufs.br/sites/default/files/relatorio_gestao_2011.pdf Official infrastructure report from 2011〕 combining the rise of new courses (19 so far), enlargement of the curricula, reform and expansion of infrastructure. The most notable of such reforms were the foundation of new campi in Itabaiana and Laranjeiras (specialized in Liberal Arts), which were added to the already existing campi in Aracaju and Lagarto (specialized in Medical Studies). Though generally praised for its scope,〔http://www.ufs.br/conteudo/secret-rio-mec-elogia-expans-vagas-6326.html Retrieved 2012-09-05〕〔http://www.infonet.com.br/marcoscardoso/ler.asp?id=129068〕 the so-called Expansion Program suffers criticisms ranging from its execution, permeated by bureaucracy and enormous personnel costs, to its efficiency.〔http://www.itnet.com.br/materia-15512-17 Retrieved 2012-09-05〕 As of 2012, the university had a total of 107 courses〔http://ruf.folha.uol.com.br/rankings/universidades/universidade-federal-de-sergipe-8434.shtml RUF's report on the university〕 divided in 6 centres.〔http://www.ufs.br/pagina/centros-1955.html Retrieved 2012-09-05〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Universidade Federal de Sergipe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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