History
The Federal University of Goiás was founded in 1960 with 102 undergraduate courses and more than 28 thousand students
Education
There are a number of faculties:
- Faculdade De Administração, Contabilidade E Economia
- Escola De Agronomi
- Faculdade De Artes Visuais
- Escola De Musica E Artes Cenicas
- Faculdade De Informação E Comunicação
- Instituto De Ciencias Biologicas
- Instituto De Patologia Tropical E Saude Publica
- Instituto De Informatica
- Instituto De Estudos Socio-Ambientais
- Instituto De Ciencias Biologicas
- Faculdade De Direito
- and more
Research
Research Groups:
- 1880 faculty members own a PHD;
- 472 research groups registered in CNPq (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development).
University Ranking
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2024
901
2023
901
2022
901
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2025
1401
2024
1401 -200
2023
1201
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2025
-
2024
1201
2023
1201
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2025
-
2024
1287 -84
2023
1203
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Library services
Integrated System of Libraries (Sibi/UFG) composed by 9 units, distributed in the UFG campuses through a single database (software SophiA);
- 43,000 active users;
- 55,000 lendings/month;
- 575,000 printed itens and 10,749 itens in e-books collection;
- UFG Journal Portal (28 eletronic journals published by UFG).
Campus life
The UFG has its headquarters at Samambaia Campus, in Goiânia, the capital of the State of Goiás. The capital is strategically located in Brazil's Midwest, approximately 126 miles (200 kilometers) from Brasília, Brazil’s capital.
Sports facilities
The College of Physical Education and Dance in Goiânia has an area of approximately 100,000 m² including, among others, one official football field with grass, five outdoors sports courts, one indoor sports court, one olympic pool, one children's pool, one official running track, one gymansium for gymnastics and wrestling. It develops a program aiming to reduce the distance between university and society through offering opportunities for swimming, volleyball, dancing, wrestiling, gymnastics, yoga and others;