Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
The Universidade de São Paulo (USP), rated eighth among BRICS universities, is the first Brazilian university in the QS University Rankings: BRICS. With over 88,000 students and over 21,000 employees, USP is Brazil's largest university.
The University of Sao Paulo, founded in 1934, was the product of a partnership between the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco (Law), the Polytechnic School (Engineering), and the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Agriculture).
It is Brazil's largest public university and one of Latin America's largest higher education institutions. Four of its eleven campuses are located in São Paulo; the others are in Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeiro Preto, and two in So Carlos.
On campus, there are 70 libraries, five connected hospitals, 24 museums and galleries, two theaters, a cinema, and its own student-run television station. A considerable share of Brazilian scientific articles are also written in universities.
Notable graduates include former Brazilian President Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia, writer, professor, sociologist, and literary critic Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza, and former Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
Founded: 1934
Location: Butanta, São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Telefone: +55 11 3091-3116
Website: www5.usp.br
