Public university in Brazil

Acronym: UFCG

Higher Education in the State of Paraiba has its origins in the creation of its first high education school, the Northeastern School of Agronomy, in 1934, in the town of Areia.

The Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil, or UFCG, is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. Together with the Federal University of Paraíba, it is the main university of the state of Paraiba, Brazil. Established after splitting from UFPB in 2002, it is one of the leading technological and scientific production institutes of northeastern Brazil, being mentioned in a 2001 edition of the Newsweek magazine as a technopole - among 9 others around the world - that represents a new vision for technology. It was again quoted in 2003 as the Brazilian silicon valley.

Website: http://www.ufcg.edu.br/

Address:
Rua Aprigio Veloso 882
58429-900 Campina Grande (17)
Brazil

Projects:

• SOCIENTIZE - Society as e-Infrastructure through technology, innovation and creativity