Federal University of Campina Grande

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Federal University of Campina Grande

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Other names	UFCG
Motto	Supra Omnis Lux Lucis (Above man shines the light)
Type	Public
Established	1952 as Paraíba State Polytechnical School. Became part of UFPB in 1970[1] and in 2002 was established as UFCG
Endowment	R$ 658.481.753,00 (2015) [2]
Chancellor	Dr. Vicemário Simões
Academic staff	1500+
Administrative staff	2,000+
Undergraduates	10.000+
Postgraduates	400+[3]
Location	Campina Grande , Paraíba , Brazil 7°13′00.80″S 35°54′38.00″W / 7.2168889°S 35.9105556°W / -7.2168889; -35.9105556
Website	ufcg.edu.br

The Federal University of Campina Grande (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 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 Paraíba, 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 other around the world - that represents a new vision for technology. It was again quoted in 2003 as the Brazilian Silicon Valley. It is one of the five institutions to have a continuous international concept from the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (grade over 5) in the Electrical Engineering Postgraduate Program, and one of the two to simultaneously hold a concept of 5 stars in the Technological Department (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) from the Ministry of Education.