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Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL)

University · Federal (public) · Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul

Enrolments, 2024

15,285

14,208 in person · 1,077 at a distance

Entrants

4,559

Graduates

2,008

Tuition

All courses free

as marked in the census

103 courses with students · 1,566 teaching staff · 49 enrolments of foreign nationals (0.3%).

Figures are enrolments (matrículas) in undergraduate courses on the 2024 census, not people: a student on two courses is counted twice. Postgraduate study is not in this census.

What students study

  • Education3,385 · 22.1%
  • Health & welfare2,802 · 18.3%
  • Agriculture, forestry, fisheries & veterinary1,883 · 12.3%
  • Engineering, manufacturing & construction1,745 · 11.4%
  • Arts & humanities1,336 · 8.7%
  • Business, administration & law1,284 · 8.4%
  • Social sciences, journalism & information1,127 · 7.4%
  • Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics719 · 4.7%
  • Computing & ICT414 · 2.7%
  • Services348 · 2.3%
  • Common entry programmes (field chosen later)242 · 1.6%
  • Bachelor's (bacharelado)11,084 · 72.5%
  • Teaching degree (licenciatura)3,385 · 22.1%
  • Technology degree (tecnológico)574 · 3.8%

Largest courses

  1. Agronomia896
  2. História770
  3. Medicina695
  4. Direito643
  5. Medicina Veterinária590
  6. Enfermagem505
  7. Nutrição433
  8. Odontologia424
  9. Ciência Da Computação414
  10. Matemática363
  11. Pedagogia359
  12. Artes Visuais346

Course names as the census records them. “Abi” is a common entry programme whose students choose a degree later.

Fees and admission

Federal and state institutions charge no tuition for undergraduate courses — that is in Brazil's constitution — and the census marks each course as free or not. Private institutions set their own fees, which the census does not record. Admission to public universities is mostly through the national ENEM exam and SISU; cut-off scores are not in the census, but the ministry's Sisu cut-offs for the participating public institutions are in the matcher.

Also in Pelotas: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-Rio-Grandense, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Faculdade Anhanguera de Pelotas

Source: Inep/MEC — Microdados do Censo da Educação Superior 2024, listed on dados.gov.br under Creative Commons Attribution. Changes: course records summed per institution, names converted from capitals, and categories translated by CollegeMatcher. Course names are Inep's, in Portuguese.