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Brazil · Pernambuco

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

University · Federal (public) · Recife, Pernambuco

Enrolments, 2024

31,142

30,251 in person · 891 at a distance

Entrants

6,864

Graduates

3,716

Tuition

All courses free

as marked in the census

113 courses with students · 3,083 teaching staff · 52 enrolments of foreign nationals (0.2%).

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

  • Education7,904 · 25.4%
  • Health & welfare6,072 · 19.5%
  • Engineering, manufacturing & construction4,962 · 15.9%
  • Business, administration & law4,338 · 13.9%
  • Social sciences, journalism & information2,863 · 9.2%
  • Arts & humanities1,866 · 6.0%
  • Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics1,598 · 5.1%
  • Computing & ICT1,112 · 3.6%
  • Services427 · 1.4%
  • Bachelor's (bacharelado)23,238 · 74.6%
  • Teaching degree (licenciatura)7,904 · 25.4%

Largest courses

  1. Educação Física1,582
  2. Administração1,552
  3. Pedagogia1,424
  4. Direito1,338
  5. Ciências Biológicas1,307
  6. Medicina1,305
  7. Design1,030
  8. Ciências Contábeis914
  9. Ciências Econômicas814
  10. Geografia755
  11. Engenharia Civil743
  12. Matemática696

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 Recife: Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Centro Universitário Brasileiro, Universidade de Pernambuco, Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau Derby, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Centro Universitário Fbv Wyden, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco, Centro Universitário Estácio do Recife, Centro Universitário Frassinetti do Recife, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas Esuda

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.