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			{{short description\|Public state university in Brazil}}
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			\| budget = ] 7.5 billion<ref>{{cite web\|title=Orçamento da USP para 2022 é aprovado pelo Conselho Universitário\|date=14 December 2021 \|url=https://jornal.usp.br/institucional/orcamento-da-usp-para-2022-e-aprovado-pelo-conselho-universitario//}}</ref>
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	The '''University of São Paulo''' (in Portuguese '''Universidade de São Paulo'''; '''USP''') is one of the three public universities funded by the State of ]. The Brazilian publication '''' currently ranks USP as the best university of the country.<ref></ref>.

			The '''Universidade de São Paulo''' ({{langx\|en\|University of São Paulo}}, '''USP''') is a ] ] in the ]ian ] of ], and the largest public university in Brazil.
	USP is one of the largest institutions of higher education in ] and ], with approximately 75,000 enrolled students. It comprises eleven ], four of them in the ] (the main campus is called Campus Armando de Salles Oliveira, with an area of 7,443,770 m²). There are campuses in the cities of ], ], ], ], ] and two in ]. USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge.

			The university was founded in 1934, regrouping already existing schools in the state of São Paulo, such as the ], the ], and the ]. The university's foundation in that year was marked by the creation of the ], and subsequently new departments. Currently, the university is involved in teaching, research, and university extension in all areas of knowledge, offering a broad range of courses. It has eleven campuses, four of them in the ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.usp.br/pco/ \|title=COCESP \|publisher=Usp.br \|access-date=20 September 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105082414/http://www.usp.br/pco/ \|archive-date=5 January 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The remaining campuses are in the cities of ], ], ], ], ] and two in ].
	USP is considered as Brazil's top academic and research institute. The ranks USP as the 176th top university in the world, with the best ranking in Latin America. According to the 2008 ], published by the ], USP is placed in the group of the 102-150 top world universities, being the 121th best university. ] ranked USP in the 113th place. The (European Graduate Institute) reported that USP is the 58th best university in the world, according to the 2006 edition. USP is considered the 45th most productive university on the globe.

			University of São Paulo alumni and faculty include past or present 13 ], numerous ], members of the ], founders and executives of notable Brazilian companies, as has been alma mater for numerous alums of important positions in Brazilian society. Regarding research, the USP is among Brazil's largest research institutions, producing more than 25% of the scientific papers published by Brazilian researchers in high-quality conferences and journals.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.anpei.org.br/imprensa/noticias/instituicoes-publicas-concentram-as-pesquisas-cientificas/ \|title=Instituições públicas concentram as pesquisas científicas \|publisher=ANPEI \|date=2014-06-20 \|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	], located in ] downtown, circa 1948]] During the "search for alternatives" period in the 1930s, political centralization and the first attempt to provide Brazil with modern administrative, military and educational institutions took place. The main initiatives included the University of São Paulo, which was created in 1934. Its nucleus was the creation of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters, with professors coming from ], ], ] and other European countries. USP also brought together several research and higher-education institutions in the state created before, such as the Faculty of Medicine (Faculdade de Medicina), the Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica), and the ] (Faculdade de Direito). The Polytechnic School includes ], ], ], ], ], ] and ], and ] departments.
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	==Admissions==
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	] Students are admitted by an entrance exam, known as the ] (]), consisting of two steps:
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			\| caption1 = The Viscount of São Leopoldo, precursor of the ], the oldest body of the University of São Paulo, in 1827

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	*'''Part I''' is composed of 90 multiple-choice questions (], English, ], ], ], ], ] and ]).
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			\| caption2 = ], intervenor of São Paulo and of the University of São Paulo, in 1934
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			After its defeat in the ], ] needed institutional improvements. Therefore, in 1933, a group of businessmen founded the ''Free School of Sociology and Politics'' (ELSP) (the current Foundation of the ''School of Sociology and Politics'' in São Paulo). In 1934, the intervenor of São Paulo (which corresponded to the governor), Armando de Sales Oliveira, founded the University of São Paulo (USP).<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://redeglobo.globo.com/globouniversidade/noticia/2011/12/conheca-historia-da-criacao-da-usp.html\|title=Conheça a história da criação da USP\|work=redeglobo.globo.com\|access-date=2017-06-24\|language=pt-br}}</ref>
	*'''Part II''' is composed of up to 40 write-in, short-answer questions related to each candidate's intended major. Engineering candidates, for example, take Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry exams, whereas Law-School applicants are required to take History and Geography tests. All candidates however, irrespective of their intended course, must take the Portuguese Language and Literature exam, which includes a compulsory written essay.

			That was one of the efforts to provide Brazil with modern administrative, educational, and military institutions in a period known as "search for alternatives". One of the main initiatives included the founding, that same year, of the University of São Paulo. Its nucleus was the School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Languages, with professors from France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and other European countries. The ELSP assumed the goal of administrative elites to form a new model in which they noted an increasing role of the state. At the same time, the USP focused on training teachers for secondary schools, experts in sciences, engineers, lawyers, physicians, and professors. The ELSP followed a sociological American model, while the USP used the French academic world as its primary source of inspiration.
	Moreover, candidates who attended a public school for their entire course of high-school studies get up to 12% bonus on their Part I and Part II scores, in order to compensate for the generally low quality of Brazilian public basic education.

			Foreign professors such as ] (France), ] (France), ] (France), Robert H. Aubreton (France), Heinrich Rheinboldt (Germany), Paul Arbousse Bastide (France), Jean Magüé (France), ] (France), Emilio Willems (Germany), Donald Pierson (US), ] (]), ] (France), ] (]), ] (Italy), ] (Czech Republic), ] (Italy) and ] (Germany), broadcast in various institutions new standards for teaching and research, creating new generations of scientists in ].
	USP's entrance exam is prepared and administered by FUVEST (University Foundation for Vestibular), subject to regulations approved by the university's Undergraduate Studies Council. In 2006, 142,656 students signed up for Fuvest's vestibular to apply for admission to the University of São Paulo. There were 10,202 openings. One of the most competitive courses was ], with about 45 applicants per opening. In order to pass to Part II, the most difficult course (Medicine) required a grade of 83%. USP is a free university, and students do not have to pay tuition fees.

	A renowned Brazilian publication has selected USP the best university in Brazil in 2006.<ref></ref>

			Since its foundation the USP received professors and researchers from all over the world, such as ] (US), ] (Italy), ] (France), ] (Germany), Helmi Nasr (Egypt), Gérard Lebrun (France), ] (]), ] (France), and Heinz Dieter Heidemann (Germany).
	==Academic career==
	]
	* Teaching Assistant (Auxiliar de Ensino) - MS-2 (must have a Master's degree and be enrolled in a doctoral program). Undergraduate students can also be teaching assistant for a semester, with scholarship from each department.
	* Professor Doctor(Professor Doutor) - MS-3 (must have a doctoral or equivalent degree)
	* Associate Professor (Professor Associado) - MS-5 (must have a ''Livre Docente'' title; equivalent to the German ])
	* Full Professor(Professor Titular) - MS-6 (top rank, only MS-6 professors are allowed to hold positions such as Dean of a Faculty/School or Rector of the University)

			===Origins===
	==Race and ancestries==
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			The University of São Paulo is the result of a combination of the newly founded School of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages (Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, FFCL, currently the ] – Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humana''s'', FFLCH)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.research.fflch.usp.br/\|title=Research in Humanities – University of São Paulo\|website=Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences}}</ref> with the existing ] of Engineering (founded in 1893), the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (]) (founded in 1901), the Medical School (founded in 1912), the traditional ] (founded in 1827), the old School of Pharmacy and Dentistry (founded in 1898), the Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (founded in 1886), and the School of Veterinary Medicine (founded in 1919).<ref name="www5.usp.br">{{cite web\|url=http://www5.usp.br/institucional/a-usp/historia/linha-do-tempo/ \|title=História \| USP – Universidade de São Paulo \|website=5.usp.br \|date=2014-06-20 \|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>
	In a survey with students of the University of São Paulo, 76.9% reported to be ], 12.8% ], 7% ] (brown), 1.2% ], 0.4% ], and 1.7% did not answer the question.

			The FFCL emerged as the integrating element of the university, bringing together courses in various areas of knowledge. Also, in 1934, the ''School of Physical Education'' (sports science) of the State of São Paulo was created, the first civil school of physical education in Brazil, which would later be part of the university. In 1944, the Medical School opened its public hospital ('']''). The School of Engineering of Sao Carlos (EESC) emerged in the same year. In subsequent years, several other research units were also created, such as a second Medical School located in the city of ] (São Paulo's inland) in 1952.<ref name="www5.usp.br"/>
	98.5% of the students were Brazilian born, 0.5% naturalized Brazilians and 1% foreigners. 92.7% of the students hold only a Brazilian citizenship and 7.3% hold a ] (56.7% Italian citizenship, 9.3% Portuguese, 8.5% Spanish, 6% German, 4.2% Japanese and 4% American).

			In the 1960s, the university gradually transferred the headquarters of some of its units to the ''City University Armando de Salles Oliveira'', in São Paulo. In 1963, the ] was founded. After that, new institutes and schools were created, for instance, the '']'' (ECA) in 1966. Over the years, some of the university's old departments were transformed into autonomous faculties or institutes, such as the ''Institute of Biomedical Sciences'' (ICB), the ''Institute of Geosciences'' (IGc), and the ''Institute of Biosciences'' (IB) in 1969.<ref name="www5.usp.br"/>
	Asked if they are "descendants of foreign immigrants", 81% of the students reported "yes", which reflects the majority of the population of the ], which is mostly composed of descendants of 19th and 20th centuries immigrants who went to Brazil. The main reported ancestries were: ] (30.5%), ] (23%), ] (14%), ] (8%), ] (5.6%), "Brazilian" (4.3%), ] (2.8%), ] (2.4%) and ] (1.2%) .<ref>Universidade de São Paulo - race and ancestries</ref>

			===Military dictatorship===
	One curious fact if that people reported as Asian in the Brazilian census make up only 2% of the population in Greater São Paulo, while in the University of São Paulo they are almost 13% of the students. Also, Whites make up 60.3% of the population, while in the University they are almost 77%. The census reported 30.3% of Pardos (brown) in Greater São Paulo, but they are only 7% of the students and Blacks were 7% in the census, but only 1.2% in the University.<ref>{{cite book\|url=ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Indicadores_Sociais/Sintese_de_Indicadores_Sociais_2007/Tabelas\|title=Síntese de Indicadores Sociais 2007\|publisher= IBGE \|location=São Paulo, Brazil\|format=PDF\|isbn=85-240-3919-1\|accessdate=2007-07-18\|year=2007\|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
			] in front of one of the university's buildings.]]

			During the 1970s and part of the 1980s, some critics believed that the USP underwent an intellectual dissection in terms of knowledge production and the quality of human resources. During the past decades, the university played an essential role in the discussion and dissemination of important political ideas that contributed to the democratization of the country, bringing together many leftist intellectuals (such as ], Boris Fausto, Paul Singer, ], ] among others).
	== Notable Alumni ==
	===Presidents of Brazil===
	* ] (1894–1898)
	* ] (1898–1902)
	* ] (1902–1906)
	* ] (1906–1909)
	* ] (1909–1910)
	* ] (1914–1918)
	* ] (1918–1919)
	* ] (1926–1930)
	* ] (1955–1956)
	* ] (1961)
	* ] (1995–2003)

			During the ], a large number of professors from the USP were persecuted and even tortured – many were forced to leave the country.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?id=359121\|title=Legado da ditadura na USP é tema de audiência na Comissão da Verdade\|website=Al.sp.gov.br\|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www5.usp.br/72585/eca-relembra-seu-passado-como-voz-de-resistencia-a-ditadura/\|title=ECA relembra seu passado como voz de resistência à ditadura\|website=5.usp.br\|date=9 December 2014 \|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www5.usp.br/36161/comissao-da-verdade-homenageia-ana-rosa-kucinski-em-audiencia-publica/\|title=Comissão da Verdade homenageia Ana Rosa Kucinski em audiência pública\|website=5.usp.br\|date=11 November 2013 \|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> This slowed down scientific production in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www5.usp.br/45863/estudo-resgata-historia-dos-livros-censurados-pela-ditadura-no-brasil/\|title=Estudo resgata história dos livros censurados pela ditadura no Brasil\|website=5.usp.br\|date=3 July 2014 \|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> It also promoted a systematic increase in the total number of graduate vacancies, encouraged by the state government.
	===São Paulo state governors===
	*] (1889–1892)
	*] (1891)
	*] (1896–1902)
	*] (1896–1897)
	*] (1912–1916)
	*] (1916–1920)
	*] (1920–1924)
	*] (1924–1927)
	*] (1927–1930)
	*] (1935–1936)
	*] (1937–1938)
	*] (1951–1955)
	*] (1955–1959)
	*] (1959–1963)
	*] (1967–1971)
	*] (1979–1982)
	*] (1983–1987)
	*] (1995–2001)
	*] (2005)
	*] (2006–present)

			The gap caused by the removal of teachers and students chased by the ] was interrupted by the campaign of political amnesty in the early 1980s. Several units of USP celebrated the return of their deposed professors, although many of them were rehired under different conditions (former ]s took new positions as assistant professors).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://beta.cebrap.org.br/v3/arquivos/artigos/a-filosofia-da-usp-sob-a-ditadura-militar-1536.pdf \|title=A Filosofia Da USP SOB A Ditadura Militar\|lang=pt\|access-date=5 February 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205211018/http://beta.cebrap.org.br/v3/arquivos/artigos/a-filosofia-da-usp-sob-a-ditadura-militar-1536.pdf \|archive-date=5 February 2015 }}</ref>]'s building]]
	===Politicians===
	*] - current ] (economics degree)
	*] - former Brazil's Finance minister (M.D. degree)
	*] - the current Brazil's ] (law degree)
	*] - the current ] (engineering and economics degree)
	*] - the current Brazil's ] (economics degree)

	===~~Writers~~===		===Expansion===
			Parallel to the resulting intellectual emptiness of political repression in the 1960s-80s, academic units were fragmented; new faculties and institutes were created, resulting in new courses, new lines of research, and ]s. Originally conceived as the university's academic core – gathering itself the various fields of knowledge – the FFCL (''School of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters'') saw its departments gain autonomy and become separate units. The '']'' was the first department to extricate itself from the old FFCL, followed by other natural science departments.
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			In 2004, the university founded the '''' to study global matters in a multidisciplinary environment (law, political science, economy, and history) with Brazilian and international students and professors (''International Exchange Program'').<ref>http://www.iri.usp.br/documentos/Factsheet_IRI-USP_oct_2016.pdf International Exchange Program. On 27 December 2017</ref> In 2005, it was built in the East Zone of the ] a new '']'' (EACH), taking a few courses that go beyond the traditional Brazilian university model and aim to diversify the areas of the consolidated institution. On 21 March 2006, the USP approved the merger of a second ''School of Chemical Engineering'' (FAENQUIL) in the city of Lorena (rural area), at the ] (]'s rural area), with about 1,600 students in total and of these 1,200 at graduation. In 2007, a second Law School was established in the city of ], also in the ]'s countryside.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.direitorp.usp.br/\|title=Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto\|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>
	===Scientists and physicians===
	*] - physician
	*] - physicist, co-discoverer of the ]
	*] - physician, educator and medical science popularizer
	*] - physicist and scientific leader
	*] - physician, he did the first ] in ]
	*] - experimental and theoretical nuclear physicist
	*] - system software architect for ]/L, the fastest supercomputer in the world
	*] - scientific leader and research scientist
	*] - theoretical physicist
	*] - physicist
	*] - molecular biologist and geneticist
	*] - physician and neurobiological researcher
	*] - Italian nuclear physicist
	*] - electrical engineer and experimental nuclear physicist
	*] - physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a new drug against hypertension
	*] - geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees

	==~~=Others=~~==		==Academics==
			{{Infobox university rankings
	*] - sailor and explorer (economics degree)
			\| THE_W = 201–250
	*] - singer (dramatic arts degree)
			\| THE_W_year =2023
	*] - actor (dramatic arts degree)
			\| THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking\|title=World University Rankings 2023\|work=Times Higher Education\|date=4 October 2022 \|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
	*] - film director, he did '']'' and '']'' (architecture degree)
			\| QS_W = =85
	*] - the current president of the ] (engineering degree)
			\| QS_W_year = 2024
	*] - architect (architecture degree)
			\| QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024\|title=QS World University Rankings - 2024 \|publisher=Top Universities \|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
	*] - playwriter (law degree)
			\| ARWU_W = 101-150
	*] - actor and writer (engineering degree)
			\| ARWU_W_year =2022
	*] - actor (dramatic arts degree)
			\| ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web\|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2022\|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2022\|publisher=Shanghai Jiaotong University\|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
	*] - filmmaker (law degree)
			\| USNWR_W = =120
	*] - actor (law degree)
			\| USNWR_W_year =2022-23
	*] - photographer and photojournalist (economics degree)
			\| USNWR_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings\|title=USNWR World Rankings - 2022-23 \|publisher=U.S. News & World Report \|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
			\| CWTS_W=12
			\| CWTS_W_year=2023
			\| CWTS_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web\|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking – 2020\|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2023/list\|publisher=Leiden University\|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
			\| CWUR_W=109
			\| CWUR_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cwur.org/2023.php\|title=CWUR World University Rankings - 2023 \|publisher=CWUR \|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
			\| CWUR_W_year=2023}}

			Today, the USP has five hospitals and offers 247 undergraduate programs and 239 graduate programs in all areas of study.<ref name="International Office">{{cite web\|url=http://www.usp.br/internationaloffice/en/index.php/admissions/undergraduate\|title=International Office\|website=Usp.br\|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> The university houses altogether 24 museums and galleries – with half a million visitors a year – two theaters, a cinema, a TV channel and an orchestra.<ref name="International Office"/> The University of São Paulo welcomes people from all continents and stimulates this process via networks and consortiums (), such as ], Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa, and Rede Magalhães (SMILE – Student Mobility in Latin America, Caribbean and Europe), among others.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.usp.br/internationaloffice/en/\|title=International Office\|website=Usp.br\|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>
	== Notes ==

			===Rankings===
	*The Polytechnic School has a program known as "double diploma", where the graduation course is legally valid in both Brazil and the ].
			According to ], the USP was classified in first place regarding the number of doctorates awarded during 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.infomoney.com.br/carreira/usp-e-primeira-do-ranking-mundial-em-formacao-de-doutores-diz-arwu/ \|title=(Text in Portuguese) \|date=23 February 2012 \|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> USP is ranked among the top 70 universities in the world, in the Ranking "Top Universities by Reputation 2013" published by ''Times Higher Education''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/reputation-ranking\|title=World Reputation Rankings 2013\|work=Times Higher Education\|date=13 April 2015 \|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> According to the 2013 ], the USP is placed in the group of the 101–151 top world universities.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2010\|url=http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010_2.jsp\|publisher=Shanghai Jiaotong University\|access-date=30 October 2010}}</ref> According to the 2020 ], the University of São Paulo is ranked 7th in the world.<ref>{{cite web\|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020 – Ranking 2020\|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2020/list\|access-date=2020-07-10\|website=Leidenranking.com}}</ref> In the 2024 ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024\|title=QS World University Rankings – 2024 \|publisher=Top Universities \|date=27 June 2023 \|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref> the University of São Paulo ranked 85th in the world and is ranked 1st in Latin America.<ref>{{cite web\|date=27 June 2023\|title=QS Latin American University Rankings – 2024\|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024?&region=Latin%20America\|access-date=27 June 2023\|publisher=Top Universities}}</ref> As of 2021, the University of São Paulo is the first Latin American institution in the ] to be ranked at 201-250th.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2021/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats\|title=World University Rankings 2021\|work=Times Higher Education\|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>

			===Healthcare===
	*USP is the only outside ] institution to integrate the TIME (]) association.
			], part of the ], the largest health complex in ]]]

			The USP operates four hospitals, among them ], the largest hospital complex in Latin America and the major teaching and training site for the university's Faculty of Medicine,<ref name="Almeida p=39">{{cite journal \| last=Almeida \| first=Talita De \| title=The Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP) Internationalization Strategy \| journal=Revista de Medicina \| publisher=Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) \| volume=95 \| issue=spe3 \| date=2016-08-26 \| issn=1679-9836 \| doi=10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v95ispe3p39-43 \| page=39\| doi-access=free }}</ref> which is highly ranked within ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/clinicas_2009/las_20_mejores_clinicas_y_hospitales_de_america_latina.php \|title=Rankings de Clínicas y Hospitales de América Latina 2009 \|editor=América Economia \|date=2009 \|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> All of them are:
	*For six months, USP had a supercomputer indicated on the ] list on rank 363. It was the only Brazilian university who appeared in that list.

			* ]
	*In the Higher Education Evaluation & A. Council, USP obtained the 94th place .
			* ]
			* ]
			*

			===Library system===
	*Wuhan University ranks USP as the 83th best college in the world .
			].\|alt=]]

			The USP has 42 libraries managed by the Integrated Library System (''SIB – Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas'' in Portuguese), which is also responsible for the university's online system, DEDALUS.
	*USP has the 70th best academic library in the world .

			Dedalus is an online database that allows simultaneous consultation in all university libraries. It is also integrated into a system named Integrated Research, which integrates all online databases signed by the university. This makes academic research faster and provides researchers with easy access to international publications.
	*USP was classified in the 34th place, in the Professional Ranking of World Universities .

			===Museums and art galleries===
	*Computer science students from USP were ranked 26th in the ] 2007, among approximately 1,750 universities .
			The University of São Paulo manages a rich set of museums and ], most of them located on the central campus in the city of São Paulo:
			* ] (Museum of Contemporary Art)
			* ] (Historical Museum of São Paulo)
			* ] (Museum of Zoology)
			* (])
			* ] (Ribeirão Preto Campus)
			<br />
			{{wide image\|Panorama Museu do Ipiranga.jpg\|1000px\|align-cap=center\|Panorama of the ]}}

			===Academic career===
	== Global Engineering Study ==
			]''

			* Teaching Assistant (Auxiliar de Ensino)—MS-2 (must have a master's degree and be enrolled in a doctoral program). Undergraduate students can also be teaching assistants for a semester, with scholarships from each department.
	The "Global Engineering Excellence" will study the importance of technology in the competitiveness of nations.
			* Professor Doctor (Professor Doutor) – MS-3 (must have a doctoral or equivalent degree).
	The selected universities are:
			* Associate Professor (Professor Associado) – MS-5 (must have a ''Livre Docente'' title; equivalent to the German ]).
			* Full Professor (Professor Titular) – MS-6 (top rank, only MS-6 professors can hold positions such as the Dean of a Faculty/School or the university's Rector).

			==Admissions==
	*], ]
			] building, where the main admission exams are managed.]]
	*], ]
	*], ]
	*], USA
	*], ]
	*], China
	*Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
	*], ]

			Brazilian students take the USP's entrance exam, the ], which is prepared and administered by ] (University Foundation for Vestibular), subject to regulations approved by the university's Undergraduate Studies Council. In 2012, 159,603 students signed up for Fuvest's vestibular for 10,982 openings. Candidates must take a multiple-choice test involving chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, geography, history, Portuguese, and English. The second round of tests is written and specific to the chosen field of studies, including more in-depth questions in physics, chemistry, and mathematics for engineering; history, math, and geography for law; and so on. In-depth written Portuguese questions are required for all.
	==Schools, Faculties and Institutes==
	]
	]]]
	*
	School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
	:: Courses: ] and ], ] and ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
	*
	School of Communications and Arts
	:: Courses: "Audiovisual" Arts (], ] and ]), ] (], ], ] and ]), ] (], ] and ], ] and ], ]), ], ] (], ], specific ], ]), ] (], ], ] and ]), ]
	*
	School of Physical Education and Sports
	:: Courses: ] and ]
	*
	School of Nursing
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing
	:: Course: Nursing
	*
	Lorena School of Engineering
	:: Courses: ], ], Chemical ], ]
	*
	São Carlos School of Engineering
	:: Courses: ] and ], ], ], ], ], ] ], ] (] or ] and ] Systems), ], ]
	*
	Polytechnical School
	:: Courses: ], ], ], ], ], ] (] and Automation, ], ] and ], ], ]), ], ], ], ], ] (]), ]
	*
	Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture
	:: Courses: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
	*
	Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
	:: Courses: ] and ], ]
	*
	Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
	:: Course: ] and ]
	*
	Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
	:: Course: Pharmacy and Biochemistry
	* ]
	Faculty of Law
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Faculty of Law of Ribeirão Preto
	:: Course: ]
	* ]
	Faculty of Economy, Management and Accounting
	:: Courses: (]), ], ], ]
	*
	Faculty of Economy, Management and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto)
	:: Courses: ] (Business Administration), Economics, Accounting
	*
	Faculty of Education
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences
	:: Courses: ], ], ]s and ]s (], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], English, ], ], ], ], ]), ], ], ] (], ], ])
	*
	Faculty of Medicine
	:: Courses: ], ], ], ]
	*
	Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine
	:: Courses: ] (medicine emphasis), Medicine, ], Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy
	*
	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Faculty of Odontology
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Bauru Faculty of Odontology
	:: Courses: Dentistry, Speech and Language Therapy
	*
	Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Odontology
	:: Course: Dentistry
	*
	Faculty of Public Health
	:: Courses: ], ] (graduate studies)
	*
	Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering
	:: Courses: ], ]
	*
	Institute of Oceonography
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences
	:: Courses: ], ], ],
	*
	Institute of Biosciencies
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Institute of Biomedical Sciences
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Institute of Mathematics Sciences and Computer Science of São Carlos
	:: Courses: ], ] and Scientific Computing, ] and ]
	*
	Institute of Physics
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Institute of Physics of São Carlos
	:: Courses: Physics, ], ], ] (Teaching)
	*
	Institute of Geosciences
	:: Course: ], ] and ] (Teaching)
	*
	Institute of Mathematics and Statistics
	:: Courses: ] and ], ] (Bachelor and Teaching), ] and ]
	*
	Institute os Psychology
	:: Course: ]
	*
	Institute of Chemistry
	:: Courses: ]
	*
	Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos
	:: Courses: ] (Teaching), ]
	*
	Institute of Foreign Affairs
	:: Course: ]

			More recently, students have also been able to access the university by taking the nation-wide high school evaluation test, ENEM, through the ] (SISU). Each undergraduate course manages the vacancies available for each admission process.
	==Museums and art galleries==

	]
			International students may come through several exchange programs. In 2012, the USP hosted over 2,300 exchange students. Roughly a third of the international students are enrolled in humanities and social sciences, with another third in engineering courses.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://g1.globo.com/educacao/noticia/2013/08/ciencias-humanas-e-preferencia-entre-intercambistas-estrangeiros-da-usp.html\|title=G1 – Ciências humanas é preferência entre intercambistas estrangeiros da USP – notícias em Educação\|work=Educação\|date=August 2013 \|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>
	The University of São Paulo has endowed a rich set of ]s and important ], most of them located in the central campus in São Paulo, such as:

	* ] (Museum of Contemporary Art)
			The USP does not require its students, national or foreign, to pay any tuition, as its source of funding comes from the state of São Paulo.
	* ] (Historical Museum of São Paulo)

	* ] (Museum of Zoology)
			==Organization==
			]

			The USP corresponds to the idea of "university" as a set of autonomous schools, institutes, and colleges, each responsible for one area of knowledge (the aforementioned thirty-six teaching, research, and extension). Like most Brazilian universities, it grants autonomy to its teaching, research, and extension units regarding the didactic organization and curricular definition of each of the courses, which often results in a considered excessive fragmentation of teaching and research and the disconnection between the knowledge produced in each of the units.

			Each unit is divided into departments. A department is usually responsible for one of the courses offered by the unit or for a specific search line. In the case of units with only one or two courses, departments are not responsible for the entire course but for a part of it. Due to the aforementioned fragmentation and decentralization of the university, it is common to see departments with similar profiles in different units, which raises criticism as to the effectiveness of public investments and duplication of efforts.

			===Administration===
			The administrative structure of the USP has in the ] its central organ, as well as in the ]r the main figure of the university. Subordinated to the Rectory are the four Pro-Rectorates, specialized agencies in each of the university's fields of activity: ''Pro-Rectorate'' (PRG), ''Post-Graduation Pro-Rectorate'' (PRPG), ''Pro-Rectory of Research'' (PRP) and ''Pro-Rectory of Culture and Extension'' (PRC).

			In recent years, there has been discussion about creating a ''Pro-Rectorate for Student Assistance,'' a subject that, according to critics, has always been considered secondary to the university's leaders.

			{{wide image\|Cidade Universitária USP.jpg\|1000px\|align-cap=center\|Panorama of the University City in ].}}

			==In popular culture==
			* The USP is referenced in ]'s 2011 novel, ''K'', a fictionalized account of the disappearance of an assistant lecturer in 1974 and her father's desperate attempt to find her.

			==See also==
			* ]
			* ]
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Public state university in Brazil Not to be confused with Federal University of São Paulo. "São Paulo University" redirects here. Not to be confused with São Paulo State University.

University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Coat of arms of the University of São Paulo
Other name	USP
Motto	Scientia Vinces
Motto in English	"Through knowledge you will conquer"
Type	Public university
Established	25 January 1934; 90 years ago (1934-01-25)
Budget	R$ 7.5 billion
Rector	Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Junior
Academic staff	5,383
Administrative staff	13,368
Students	97,325
Undergraduates	59,097
Postgraduates	29,295
Location	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 23°33′35″S 46°43′45″W / 23.55972°S 46.72917°W / -23.55972; -46.72917
Campus	Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto, Santos, São Carlos, São Paulo, São Sebastião
Colors	Primary blue, secondary blue and yellow
Website	usp.br

The Universidade de São Paulo (English: University of São Paulo, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil.

The university was founded in 1934, regrouping already existing schools in the state of São Paulo, such as the Law School, the Polytechnic School, and the College of Agriculture. The university's foundation in that year was marked by the creation of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, and subsequently new departments. Currently, the university is involved in teaching, research, and university extension in all areas of knowledge, offering a broad range of courses. It has eleven campuses, four of them in the city of São Paulo. The remaining campuses are in the cities of Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and two in São Carlos.

University of São Paulo alumni and faculty include past or present 13 Brazilian presidents, numerous Nobel nominees, members of the National Congress, founders and executives of notable Brazilian companies, as has been alma mater for numerous alums of important positions in Brazilian society. Regarding research, the USP is among Brazil's largest research institutions, producing more than 25% of the scientific papers published by Brazilian researchers in high-quality conferences and journals.

History

The Viscount of São Leopoldo, precursor of the São Paulo Law School, the oldest body of the University of São Paulo, in 1827

Armando de Sales Oliveira, intervenor of São Paulo and of the University of São Paulo, in 1934

After its defeat in the Constitutionalist Revolution, São Paulo needed institutional improvements. Therefore, in 1933, a group of businessmen founded the Free School of Sociology and Politics (ELSP) (the current Foundation of the School of Sociology and Politics in São Paulo). In 1934, the intervenor of São Paulo (which corresponded to the governor), Armando de Sales Oliveira, founded the University of São Paulo (USP).

That was one of the efforts to provide Brazil with modern administrative, educational, and military institutions in a period known as "search for alternatives". One of the main initiatives included the founding, that same year, of the University of São Paulo. Its nucleus was the School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Languages, with professors from France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and other European countries. The ELSP assumed the goal of administrative elites to form a new model in which they noted an increasing role of the state. At the same time, the USP focused on training teachers for secondary schools, experts in sciences, engineers, lawyers, physicians, and professors. The ELSP followed a sociological American model, while the USP used the French academic world as its primary source of inspiration.

Foreign professors such as Claude Lévi-Strauss (France), Fernand Braudel (France), Roger Bastide (France), Robert H. Aubreton (France), Heinrich Rheinboldt (Germany), Paul Arbousse Bastide (France), Jean Magüé (France), Martial Gueroult (France), Emilio Willems (Germany), Donald Pierson (US), Gleb Vassielievich Wataghin (Russia), Pierre Monbeig (France), Giacomo Albanese (Italy), Luigi Fantappiè (Italy), Vilém Flusser (Czech Republic), Giuseppe Ungaretti (Italy) and Herbert Baldus (Germany), broadcast in various institutions new standards for teaching and research, creating new generations of scientists in Brazil.

Since its foundation the USP received professors and researchers from all over the world, such as David Bohm (US), Giuseppe Occhialini (Italy), François Châtelet (France), Anatol Rosenfeld (Germany), Helmi Nasr (Egypt), Gérard Lebrun (France), Fritz Köberle (Austria), Alexander Grothendieck (France), and Heinz Dieter Heidemann (Germany).

Origins

The Faculty of Medicine in the early twentieth century.

The Law School in 1880 during Pedro II's reign

The University of São Paulo is the result of a combination of the newly founded School of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages (Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, FFCL, currently the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences – Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, FFLCH) with the existing Polytechnic School of Engineering (founded in 1893), the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz) (founded in 1901), the Medical School (founded in 1912), the traditional Law School (founded in 1827), the old School of Pharmacy and Dentistry (founded in 1898), the Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (founded in 1886), and the School of Veterinary Medicine (founded in 1919).

The FFCL emerged as the integrating element of the university, bringing together courses in various areas of knowledge. Also, in 1934, the School of Physical Education (sports science) of the State of São Paulo was created, the first civil school of physical education in Brazil, which would later be part of the university. In 1944, the Medical School opened its public hospital (Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo). The School of Engineering of Sao Carlos (EESC) emerged in the same year. In subsequent years, several other research units were also created, such as a second Medical School located in the city of Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo's inland) in 1952.

In the 1960s, the university gradually transferred the headquarters of some of its units to the City University Armando de Salles Oliveira, in São Paulo. In 1963, the Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo was founded. After that, new institutes and schools were created, for instance, the School of Journalism, Communications and Arts (ECA) in 1966. Over the years, some of the university's old departments were transformed into autonomous faculties or institutes, such as the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), the Institute of Geosciences (IGc), and the Institute of Biosciences (IB) in 1969.

Military dictatorship

During the 1970s and part of the 1980s, some critics believed that the USP underwent an intellectual dissection in terms of knowledge production and the quality of human resources. During the past decades, the university played an essential role in the discussion and dissemination of important political ideas that contributed to the democratization of the country, bringing together many leftist intellectuals (such as Florestan Fernandes, Boris Fausto, Paul Singer, Antonio Candido, Gioconda Mussolini among others).

During the Brazilian dictatorship, a large number of professors from the USP were persecuted and even tortured – many were forced to leave the country. This slowed down scientific production in Brazil. It also promoted a systematic increase in the total number of graduate vacancies, encouraged by the state government.

The gap caused by the removal of teachers and students chased by the military regime was interrupted by the campaign of political amnesty in the early 1980s. Several units of USP celebrated the return of their deposed professors, although many of them were rehired under different conditions (former full professors took new positions as assistant professors).

Expansion

Parallel to the resulting intellectual emptiness of political repression in the 1960s-80s, academic units were fragmented; new faculties and institutes were created, resulting in new courses, new lines of research, and graduate programs. Originally conceived as the university's academic core – gathering itself the various fields of knowledge – the FFCL (School of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters) saw its departments gain autonomy and become separate units. The Institute of Physics was the first department to extricate itself from the old FFCL, followed by other natural science departments.

In 2004, the university founded the Institute of International Relations to study global matters in a multidisciplinary environment (law, political science, economy, and history) with Brazilian and international students and professors (International Exchange Program). In 2005, it was built in the East Zone of the city of São Paulo a new School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (EACH), taking a few courses that go beyond the traditional Brazilian university model and aim to diversify the areas of the consolidated institution. On 21 March 2006, the USP approved the merger of a second School of Chemical Engineering (FAENQUIL) in the city of Lorena (rural area), at the Paraíba Valley (State of São Paulo's rural area), with about 1,600 students in total and of these 1,200 at graduation. In 2007, a second Law School was established in the city of Ribeirão Preto, also in the State of São Paulo's countryside.

Academics

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World	101-150 (2022)
CWUR World	109 (2023)
CWTS World	12 (2023)
QS World	=85 (2024)
THE World	201–250 (2023)
USNWR Global	=120 (2022-23)

Today, the USP has five hospitals and offers 247 undergraduate programs and 239 graduate programs in all areas of study. The university houses altogether 24 museums and galleries – with half a million visitors a year – two theaters, a cinema, a TV channel and an orchestra. The University of São Paulo welcomes people from all continents and stimulates this process via networks and consortiums (International Office – USP), such as Erasmus Mundus, Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa, and Rede Magalhães (SMILE – Student Mobility in Latin America, Caribbean and Europe), among others.

Rankings

According to ARWU, the USP was classified in first place regarding the number of doctorates awarded during 2011. USP is ranked among the top 70 universities in the world, in the Ranking "Top Universities by Reputation 2013" published by Times Higher Education. According to the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the USP is placed in the group of the 101–151 top world universities. According to the 2020 CWTS Leiden Ranking, the University of São Paulo is ranked 7th in the world. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings, the University of São Paulo ranked 85th in the world and is ranked 1st in Latin America. As of 2021, the University of São Paulo is the first Latin American institution in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings to be ranked at 201-250th.

Healthcare

The USP operates four hospitals, among them University of São Paulo Medical School Public Hospital, the largest hospital complex in Latin America and the major teaching and training site for the university's Faculty of Medicine, which is highly ranked within Latin America. All of them are:

Library system

The USP has 42 libraries managed by the Integrated Library System (SIB – Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas in Portuguese), which is also responsible for the university's online system, DEDALUS.

Dedalus is an online database that allows simultaneous consultation in all university libraries. It is also integrated into a system named Integrated Research, which integrates all online databases signed by the university. This makes academic research faster and provides researchers with easy access to international publications.

Museums and art galleries

The University of São Paulo manages a rich set of museums and art galleries, most of them located on the central campus in the city of São Paulo:

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (Museum of Contemporary Art)
Museu Paulista (Historical Museum of São Paulo)
Museu de Zoologia (Museum of Zoology)
MAE-USP – Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (Museum of Archeology and Ethnology)
Museu do Café Francisco Schmidt (Ribeirão Preto Campus)

Panorama of the Museu do Ipiranga

Academic career

Teaching Assistant (Auxiliar de Ensino)—MS-2 (must have a master's degree and be enrolled in a doctoral program). Undergraduate students can also be teaching assistants for a semester, with scholarships from each department.
Professor Doctor (Professor Doutor) – MS-3 (must have a doctoral or equivalent degree).
Associate Professor (Professor Associado) – MS-5 (must have a Livre Docente title; equivalent to the German Habilitation).
Full Professor (Professor Titular) – MS-6 (top rank, only MS-6 professors can hold positions such as the Dean of a Faculty/School or the university's Rector).

Admissions

Brazilian students take the USP's entrance exam, the vestibular, which is prepared and administered by FUVEST (University Foundation for Vestibular), subject to regulations approved by the university's Undergraduate Studies Council. In 2012, 159,603 students signed up for Fuvest's vestibular for 10,982 openings. Candidates must take a multiple-choice test involving chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, geography, history, Portuguese, and English. The second round of tests is written and specific to the chosen field of studies, including more in-depth questions in physics, chemistry, and mathematics for engineering; history, math, and geography for law; and so on. In-depth written Portuguese questions are required for all.

More recently, students have also been able to access the university by taking the nation-wide high school evaluation test, ENEM, through the Unified Selection System (SISU). Each undergraduate course manages the vacancies available for each admission process.

International students may come through several exchange programs. In 2012, the USP hosted over 2,300 exchange students. Roughly a third of the international students are enrolled in humanities and social sciences, with another third in engineering courses.

The USP does not require its students, national or foreign, to pay any tuition, as its source of funding comes from the state of São Paulo.

Organization

The USP corresponds to the idea of "university" as a set of autonomous schools, institutes, and colleges, each responsible for one area of knowledge (the aforementioned thirty-six teaching, research, and extension). Like most Brazilian universities, it grants autonomy to its teaching, research, and extension units regarding the didactic organization and curricular definition of each of the courses, which often results in a considered excessive fragmentation of teaching and research and the disconnection between the knowledge produced in each of the units.

Each unit is divided into departments. A department is usually responsible for one of the courses offered by the unit or for a specific search line. In the case of units with only one or two courses, departments are not responsible for the entire course but for a part of it. Due to the aforementioned fragmentation and decentralization of the university, it is common to see departments with similar profiles in different units, which raises criticism as to the effectiveness of public investments and duplication of efforts.

Administration

The administrative structure of the USP has in the Rectory its central organ, as well as in the Rector the main figure of the university. Subordinated to the Rectory are the four Pro-Rectorates, specialized agencies in each of the university's fields of activity: Pro-Rectorate (PRG), Post-Graduation Pro-Rectorate (PRPG), Pro-Rectory of Research (PRP) and Pro-Rectory of Culture and Extension (PRC).

In recent years, there has been discussion about creating a Pro-Rectorate for Student Assistance, a subject that, according to critics, has always been considered secondary to the university's leaders.

Panorama of the University City in São Paulo.

In popular culture

The USP is referenced in Bernardo Kucinski's 2011 novel, K, a fictionalized account of the disappearance of an assistant lecturer in 1974 and her father's desperate attempt to find her.

Notes

Since 11 August 1827 as a Law Academy.

References

^ "USP em Números 2020". Retrieved 26 January 2022.
"Orçamento da USP para 2022 é aprovado pelo Conselho Universitário". 14 December 2021.
"COCESP". Usp.br. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
"Instituições públicas concentram as pesquisas científicas". ANPEI. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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External links

Official website (in English)
International Cooperation Office – USP (in English)
Universidade de São Paulo – Universidades e Carreiras Online (Portuguese)
List of undergraduate courses offered by USP (English)
List of USP's Schools, Colleges and Institutes (English)
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (English)
Dept. of Computer Science (English)

v t e University of São Paulo
Faculties and schools	Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences Heart Institute Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME) Law School Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ) Molecular Sciences Course (CCM) NeuroMat Oceanographic Institute Polytechnic School School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (EACH) School of Communications and Arts (ECA) School of Economics, Business and Accounting (FEA) School of the Future
Examinations	FUVEST
Hospitals	Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto
Journals	Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
Libraries	Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin
Museums	Museu Paulista Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP Museum of Zoology Engenho dos Erasmos
Research	BINGO Kanguera Patinho Feio IEB
People	List of alumni List of faculty
Sports	Estádio Universitário São Paulo
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Universities	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Recôncavo Southern Western Brasília Ceará Cariri International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Grande Dourados Minas Gerais Alfenas Itajubá Juiz de Fora Lavras Ouro Preto São João del-Rei Triângulo Mineiro Uberlândia Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri Viçosa Pará Rural of Amazonia Southern and Southeastern Western Paraíba Campina Grande Paraná Latin American Integration Technology Pernambuco Rural São Francisco Valley Piauí Rio de Janeiro Fluminense Rural State of Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rural of the Semi-arid Region Rio Grande do Sul Health Sciences of Porto Alegre Pampa Pelotas Rio Grande Santa Maria Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina Fronteira Sul São Paulo ABC Region São Carlos Sergipe Tocantins
Colleges	Instituto Militar de Engenharia Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica Naval School
Institutes	Acre Bahia Baiano Brasília Ceará Mato Grosso Minas Gerais CEFET-MG Pará Paraná Pernambuco Rio de Janeiro Barra da Tijuca CEFET-RJ Rio Grande do Sul Sul-Rio-Grandense Santa Catarina São Paulo

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Abortion Censorship Corruption Crime Demographics Education Health Immigration Income inequality Languages LGBTQ T Life expectancy People Social issues States by HDI Unemployment Water supply and sanitation Welfare Youth
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Religion	Freedom of religion Baháʼí Buddhism Christianity Catholicism Armenian Catholic Maronite Melkite Ukrainian Catholic Eastern Orthodoxy Antiochian LDS Protestantism Islam Hinduism Judaism Syncretic Religions Candomblé Quimbanda Umbanda

v t e Education in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

v t e University Global Partnership Network
North Carolina State University University of Surrey University of Wollongong University of São Paulo

v t e Port-City University League
Brazil USP Canada UBC China DUT SJTU SDU Egypt Alexandria India IIT Madras Ireland University College Cork Japan YCU YNU Portugal ULisboa Saudi Arabia KAU South Korea INU PKNU UGent Global Turkey ITU United Kingdom Southampton Vietnam HCMUT

v t e Visitor attractions in São Paulo
Monuments and landmarks	Bandeirantes TV Tower Beco do Pinto Latin America Memorial Marco Zero Monument to the Bandeiras Monument to the Independence of Brazil Monument to Ramos de Azevedo Obelisk of São Paulo Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge
Buildings	Altino Arantes Building Brazil Stock Exchange Butantã's House Centro Comercial Aricanduva Centro Empresarial Nações Unidas Conjunto Nacional Copan Building Itália Building Iguatemi São Paulo Júlio Prestes Station Luz Station Mappin Building Martinelli Building Matarazzo Building Municipal Market Bandeirantes Palace São Pedro Theater Municipal Theater List of tallest buildings
Churches and religious sites	Basilica of the Most Blessed Sacrament Imaculado Coração de Maria Church Nossa Senhora da Consolação Church Nossa Senhora do Brasil Church Ordem Terceira do Carmo Church Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral Pátio do Colégio Santo Antônio Church São Bento Monastery São Cristóvão Church São Paulo Brazil Temple São Paulo Cathedral Temple of Solomon
Museums and cultural institutions	CAIXA Cultural São Paulo Carmo Planetarium Casa das Rosas Bank of Brazil Cultural Center Centro Cultural da Penha Centro Cultural e de Estudos Superiores Aúthos Pagano Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation Football Museum Immigration Museum Butantan Institute Mário de Andrade Library Memória do Bixiga Museum Museu Afro Brasil Museu Lasar Segall Museu Paulista (Ipiranga) São Paulo Museum of Art Museum of Art of the Parliament Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Image and Sound Museum of Modern Art Museum of Sacred Art Museum of the Portuguese Language Oca Pavilion Industries Palace Pinacoteca do Estado Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium Sala São Paulo
Stadiums	Allianz Parque Anhembi Convention Center Anhembi Sambadrome Arena Corinthians Canindé Stadium Morumbi Stadium Ícaro de Castro Melo Stadium Nicolau Alayon Stadium Parque São Jorge Stadium Rua Javari Stadium Estádio Universitário São Paulo Ibirapuera Auditorium Pacaembu Stadium Via Funchal Vibra São Paulo
Neighborhoods and districts	Aclimação Alto de Santana Bixiga Bom Retiro Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue Brooklin Novo Central Zone Japão Jardins Liberdade Paulista Avenue Rua 25 de Março Rua Augusta Rua Oscar Freire University of São Paulo (USP) Vila Madalena Vila Olímpia
Parks and public squares	Albert Löfgren State Park Beco do Batman Botanical Garden Cantareira State Park Cemitério da Consolação Ibirapuera Park Independence Park Jardim da Luz Largo da Batata Largo da Memória Parque do Carmo Parque Trianon People's Park Pico do Jaraguá Praça da República Praça da Sé Praça Roosevelt São Paulo Zoo Vale do Anhangabaú Viaduto do Chá Villa-Lobos State Park
Events	Anima Mundi Brazilian Grand Prix Electronic Language International Festival March for Jesus Saint Silvester Road Race São Paulo Art Biennial São Paulo Fashion Week São Paulo Gay Pride Parade São Paulo Indy 300 São Paulo International Film Festival São Paulo International Motor Show Virada Cultural

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