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Federal University of Lavras, Lavras - Minas Gerais
Brazil
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Brazil in the world
Brazil in the world
l area: 586.528 km²
l popula2on: 20 million
l capital: Belo Horizonte (2,4 million)
Lavras – MG
UFLA is located in the city of Lavras, in the southern state of Minas Gerais, 230km away from the cap i t a l c i t y o f Be lo Horizonte, 370km from São Paulo and 420km from Rio de Janeiro.
Minas Gerais
Lavras n Known as the city of "Ipe" trees and of schools it is
renowned for its teaching and for its universities which brings together students from the different regions of Brazil.
Lavras n Latitude: 21º14'30'' S
n Longitude: 45º00'10'' W
n Area: 564,5 km².
n Altitude: 918 m
n Population: 92.200 (2012)
Leisure & Culture n Mall (2 movie theaters) n Radical Sports (Rafting) n Cities around
n Tiradentes / São João Del Rei (Historical cities)
n São Tomé das Letras n (Mystical City)
n Itumirim / Carrancas (Water falls)
Radical Sports (Rafting)
Lavras n Lavras – BH: 220 km
n Lavras – SP: 380 km
n Lavras – Rio: 319 km
History The Agricultural School of Lavras: Founded 1908
– Founder: Dr. Samuel Rhea Gammon – 1st Director: Dr. Benjamin Harris Hunnicutt
1938: Superior Agricultural School of Lavras – ESAL
1963: Federalization
1994: Federal University of Lavras
1973: Graduate programs
ESAL (1964) – 108 students
2014
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE LAVRAS In 2013, UFLA has received
the highest qualificaIon that a University can have by the Ministry of Educa2on (MEC), by its qualifica2on in tripod of teaching, research
and extension .
UFLA was considered the 2nd best na2onal university in the country by the IGC,2012. UFLA received the highest score amongst the universi2es of Minas Gerais and the second place amongst 226
universiIes in Brazil, only behind UFRGS.
l Number of students: 16.581
l undergraduate: 9.454
l graduate: 2.027
l Number of programs:
l undergraduate: 36
l master: 25 (7)
l PhD: 22
University Structure
n Area: 600 ha
n 2 experimental farms
n 18 Departments
n 162 Labs
n 1 Central Library
n Restaurant
n Museums
n Publishing House
n Radio and TV Station
UFLA Graduate Programs
Masters’ Degrees (M) Doctoral Studies (D)
Professional Master's Programs (P)
Department of Agriculture
Crop Science (M/D)
• Management and ProducIon of Major Crops • Management and ProducIon of HorIcultural Plants • Seed ProducIon and Technology
Department of Animal Science
Animal Science (M/D)
• ProducIon and NutriIon of Non Ruminants • ProducIon and NutriIon of Ruminants
Department of Business Management
Business Management (M/D)
• Strategic Management, MarkeIng and InnovaIon • OrganizaIons, Management and Society • Business Management, Economics and Markets
Development Sustainability and Extension (P)
• Sustainability and Extension • Development and Extension
Public AdministraIon (P)
• Management of State Public Organizations • Management of Non-State Public Organizations
Department of Biology
Agricultural Microbiology (M/D)
• Ecology, GeneIcs and Physiology of Microorganisms • Quality and Microbiological Safety of Food • Biotechnology of Microorganisms applied to Agriculture and Environment
Applied Botany (M/D)
• Structure and FuncIon of Plants • Plant BiosystemaIcs
Applied Ecology (M/D)
• Survey and DescripIon of Biodiversity • Organism-‐environment RelaIons • Ecology and Monitoring of Ecosystems under Anthropogenic Interference
GeneIcs and Plant Breeding (M/D/P)
• Breeding of Plants of Regional Importance • Molecular Markers • CytogeneIcs Applied to Plant Breeding • QuanItaIve GeneIcs in Plant Breeding
Plant Physiology (M/D) • Molecular Biology • Behavior of Plants in Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems • Plant Physiological Behavior under Environmental Stress • Physiology of Sexual and Asexual PropagaIon of Plants • Physiology and Anatomy of Medicinal Plants, Ornamental and Fruit Trees • NutriIon and Metabolism of C and N in Higher Plants
Department of Computer Science
Computer Science (M) • Database and So^ware Engineering • ComputaIonal Intelligence and Graphics Processing
• Computer Networks and Embedded Systems
Department of Chemistry
Agricultural Chemistry (M/D)
• Environmental Chemistry • ComputaIonal Chemistry • Chemistry and Biochemistry of Natural and SyntheIc Products
Department of EducaIon
EducaIon (P)
• Teacher EducaIon • Language, Cultural Diversity and Pedagogic InnovaIon
Department of Engineering
Agricultural Engineering (M/D)
• ConstrucIon, Environment and Waste Treatment • InstrumentaIon • Machinery and Agricultural MechanizaIon • Processing of Agricultural Products • Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing
System Engineering (M) • Assessment and Modeling of ConstrucIon • Systems and Ambience • Control and Analysis of fuzzy Systems • ComputaIonal MathemaIcs of Dynamical Systems • Metrology and Image Analysis
Water Resources in Agricultural Systems (M/D) • Engineering and Management of IrrigaIon and Draining • Water and Environmental Salinity
Department of Entomology
Entomology (M/D)
• Biological Control of Pests • Integrated Pest Management
Department of Forestry Sciences
Engineering of Biomaterials (M/D) • Lignocellulosic composites and
nanocomposites • Products and foodstuffs nanoproducts
Forestry (M/D)
• Ecology • Management • GeneIcs
Wood Science and Technology (M/D)
• Wood as Raw Material • Processing and UIlizaIon of Wood
Department of MathemaIcal Sciences
Agricultural StaIsIcs and ExperimentaIon (M/D) • Regression Analysis • MulIvariate Analysis • Experimental StaIsIcs • Theory and StaIsIcal Methods • Applied StaIsIcs
MathemaIcs (P) • Improvement of training of basic educaIon teachers
• Encourage the improvement of mathemaIcs teaching at all levels
Physics (M/P) • Quantum Theory of Fields, GravitaIon and Cosmology
• Condensed maber physics (staIsIcal physics)
Department of Food Science
Food Science (M/D)
• Food Engineering • Postharvest Physiology of Plant Products • Food Microbiology • Food Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Plant Pathology
Plant Pathology (M/D) • Plant Virology • Seed Pathology • Plant Nematology • Phytopathogenic Bacteria • Physiology of ParasiIsm • Plant Resistance to Diseases • SystemaIcs and Ecology of Fungi • Ultrastructure of Plant-‐Pathogen InteracIons
Department of Soil Science
Soil Science (M/D) • Biology, Microbiology and Soil Processes • FerIlity and Plant NutriIon • Natural Resources and Land Use
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Sciences (M/D)
• Animal ProducIon Medicine • ReproducIon, Animal Health & Metabolism • Veterinary Clinic, Surgery and Pathology • GeneIcs, Breeding and Health of AquaIc Animals
Interdisciplinary Programs
Environmental Technologies and InnovaIons (P)
• RestoraIon and conservaIon of ecosystems • Soil and its interface with the environment
Medicinal plants, aromaIc and spice (M/D)
• CulIvaIon and sustainable management of Medicinal Plants
• BioacIvity of Medicinal Plants
Plant Biotechnology (M/D)
• Genomics and FuncIonal Analysis • GeneIc TransformaIon • Molecular Microbial Ecology
Undergraduate programs
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Graduate
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Areas for collabora2on
Agronomy Animal Science Biology Business administra2on Computer Science Engineerings Human nutri2on Linguis2cs Law Mathema2cs Medicine Philosophy Physical Educa2on Physics Public Administra2on Veterinary Medicine
New Undergraduate programs
• Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Material Engineering • Medicine
InternaIonal AcIons: UFLA develops ac2ons in
collabora2on with several foreign
ins2tu2ons in Argen2na, Spain, United States, Holland, Mexico, UK,
Portugal, Canada, France, etc.
University of Delaware USA
University of Lancaster England
CIRAD France
University of Illinois USA
University of Guelph Canada
Catholic University of Leuven Belgium
Universidade de Evora Portugal
Montpellier -‐ SupAgro France
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid -‐ Spain
Universida de Murcia Spain
Universidad de Lleida Spain
Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa Portugal
Academic Agreements
Centro de Inves2gaciones Op2cas
(CIOP) Argen2na
Universidad de Cordoba UNICORDOBA
Colombia
Universidad de Sucre Colombia
Universidad Pedro de Valdivia Chile
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste Argen2na
Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia
Colombia
Universita Degli Studi di Milano Biccoca -‐ Italia
A.I. Alikhanyan Na2onal Science Laboratory
Armênia
Ins2tuto Politécnico de Bragança Portugal
Academic Agreements
InternaIonal RelaIons l Students abroad: 2009 -‐ 2014
Ø Undergraduate Students: 538
2014: 141 students
Ø Graduate: 91
2014: 15 students
l Foreign students :
-‐ 2009 -‐2014: 81 students
-‐ 2014 : 39 students
Beyond the academics
LAVRASTEC
Parcial top view of the campus
Centre for Food Safety
LavrasTEC
New road
Water “production"
Replacing PET cups by permanent mugs on Campus
Sewage treatment plant
Reusing water, preventing losses
See you in Lavras and at UFLA!
