Team:USP-UNESP-Brazil/Extras/USP and Unesp

From 2012.igem.org

The University of São Paulo (USP) is a public university maintained by the State of São Paulo and connected to the State Department of Economic Development, Science and Technology. The talent and dedication of faculty, students and staff have been recognized by various world rankings, designed to measure the quality of universities from several criteria, mainly those related to scientific productivity.

Founded in 1934, the University of São Paulo is one of the most important institutions of higher education in Brazil. The talent and dedication of faculty, students and staff have been recognized by various world rankings, designed to measure the quality of universities from several criteria, mainly those related to scientific productivity.

Currently, the most important are the rankings of the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, established in 2003, and The Times (2004). In the latest edition of Shanghai University (2010), which ranks the top 500 universities in the world, USP was in the 143rd position. In the Index of the UK newspaper "The Times", USP was, last year, among the 250 best institutions in the world.

Its undergraduate degree is formed by 240 courses, dedicated to all areas of knowledge, divided into 42 units of teaching and research and offered to more than 57,000 students. The graduate degree is composed of 239 programs (308 masters and 299 doctorates).

To develop its activities, USP has several campi spread through the cities of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Piracicaba, São Carlos, Pirassununga, Bauru and Lorena, as well as teaching units, museums and research centers located outside these spaces and different municipalities.

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