The 7th Council of Presidents Meetings,

Global U8 Consortium

Dr Randal Martins Pompeu

Vice-President

University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR

Seoul - Korea

Nov 21 – 23, 2012.

BRAZIL: STATES AND POPULATION

Federal Republic

Capital: Brasília

States: 26 States and 1 Federal District

Population: 190.732.694

48,92% men

51,08% women

Value of the Brazilian minimum wage:

R$ 622,00 (US$ 300,00 )

56,8% pop less than 1 minimum wage

Source: IBGE (2011)

FORTALEZA - CEARÁ

Fortaleza,

capital of Ceara State

Northeastern Brazil

Population of 2.447.409 p

Total: 8,185,286 p of State

Temperature: 26 - 30 °C

Beautiful beaches

Source: IBGE (2011)

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA - UNIFOR

- Established in 1973, by entrepreneur Edson Queiroz;

- Supply the demand for higher education courses and

work in the development process in the region.

- Private non-profit social entity,

- Maintained by Edson Queiroz Foundation.

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA – UNIFOR

• Private university that has become a landmark in

higher education in Northeastern Brazil

• 25,000 students / 31 undergraduate courses

• 6 graduate programs

• Offers a well-rounded education distinguished by

real-world opportunities within and beyond

classroom.

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Undergraduate Courses

Business School

• Business Administration • Accounting • Economics • Foreign Trade

- Technological Courses – 2 years - Events - Tourism Management - Marketing

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Undergraduate Courses

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Audiovisual Arts and New Medias • Fine Arts • Journalism • Psychology • Marketing and Advertising

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Undergraduate Courses

Law school • Law

School of Health and Sciences • Nutrition • Physical Therapy • Nursing • Pharmacy • Phisiotherapy • Speech Therapy and Audiology • Medicine • Dentistry • Occupational Therapy

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Undergraduate Courses

School of Technology • Architecture and Urban Planning • Computer Science • Environmental Engineering • Civil Engineering • Computer Engineering • Control and Automation Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Production Engineering • Telecommunication Engineering

Technological Courses – 2 years - Development and System Analysis

- Building Construction - Products Design

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Management:

Concentration Area: - Strategic Fundamentals and Processes toward Sustainability Research Area: - Organizational Strategies - Socio-Environmental Studies - International Management Processes

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Constitucional Law:

Concentration Area: - Constitutional, Public Law and Political Theory Research Area: - Human Rights - The Democratic State of Law in Brazil - Theory of Democracy

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Constitucional Law:

Concentration Area: - Constitutional Law in Private Relations Research Area: - The Constitution and Contract Law - The Constitution and Real Property Rights - The Constitution and Economic Relations

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Applied Informatics:

Concentration Area: - Information System Research Area: - Data Management Systems - Software Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Applied Informatics :

Concentration Area: - Computer System Research Area: - Applied Computing - Intelligent Systems - Computer Networks and Distributed Systems - Visualization and Interaction

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA

Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Psycology:

Concentration Area: - Psychology, Society and Culture Research Area: - Socio- Cultural Expression and Production of Subjectivity - Environment, Labor and Culture in Social Organizations

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA

Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Psycology:

Concentration Area: - Psychoanalytic Studies Research Area: - Subject - Environment, Work and Culture in Social Organizations

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA

Graduate and Research

Graduate Programs in Public Health:

Concentration Area: - Health Promotion Research Area: - Analysis of Health Situation - Culture and Health Humanization - Policy and Health Promotion

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA EXTENSION PROGRAMS

Extension Programs:

• Link between academic and external

community;

• Social Responsibility:

• cultural, ethical, moral, artistic, environmental,

productive and formative repercussions.

• Regional and Local development

University: not only prepares good professionals,

but also conscious individuals

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA EXTENSION PROGRAMS

• Center for Medical Integrated Assistence - NAMI;

• Yolanda Queiroz Primary School ;

• Legal Practice Office - EPJ;

• Professional Education Center – CFP;

• Young Volunteer Project ;

• Education and Health on Learning Discovery ;

• Sport School Projects ;

• Art and Culture Projects

Center for Medical Integrated Assistence -

NAMI

• Since 1978

• Primary health care and preventive in nature for

the population living close to the university.

• 430 thousand procedures & 50 thousand patients

per Year

• School of Health Sciences Courses

– Nursing, Pharmacy, Medicine,

– Phonoaudiology & Physiotherapy

Yolanda Queiroz Primary School

• Since 1982

• Thousands of children became literate, from the

poorest community nearby, the “Dendê”

• 661 children enrolled in 2012

Legal Practice Office - EPJ

• Since 2000

• Enable the low income population to have

easier acess to Justice

• Law faculties, students and lawyers provide

FREE consultations to the population, of a legal

nature

• More than 28 thousands cases per year

Professional Education Center -CFP

• Since 2002, free access

• 12.000 students certified for the job market

• Most demanded courses:

Secretary, Waiter, Computer technicians, foreign

languages (English/Spanish)

• Graduate Cerimony on Campus

Art and Culture Projects

• Espaço Cultural UNIFOR

•Free access for culture through arts exhibitions:

• Rembrandt, Rubens, Miró and Brazilian Artists

• Guided tours

• Free transportation for children in public schools

UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA

Teaching and Learning

THANK YOU

randal@unifor.br