Founding of Universidade Federal de Goiás

The Federal University of Goias is a public university based in Goiania, the capital of the state of Goias in central Brazil. It was created in 1960 by merging several existing faculties, including those of law, medicine, engineering and pharmacy, to form a single federal institution at a time when the interior of Brazil was developing quickly. This was the period of the construction of Brasilia, the new capital, not far away. The university has grown with campuses in several cities of the state and offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a wide range of fields. It serves a region of agriculture and expanding urban centres and is among the principal centres of higher education in Brazil's Centre-West.

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