University Sao Paulo Information
Although mainly located in São Paulo city (four campuses) the University of Sao Paulo is also located in six other cities (seven campuses) across the state. The main campus is the Campus Armando de Salles Oliveira located in an urban area of Sao Paulo. The university is currently presided over by Suely Vilela Sampaio.
São Paulo university offers a large range of subjects to study and has school related to Arts, Sciences and Humanities; Communications and Arts; Nursing; Engineering; and Agriculture. It has faculties in Architecture and Urbanism; Pharmaceutical Sciences; Law; Economy, Management and Accounting; Education; Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences; Medicine; Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science; Odontology; Public Health; Animal Science and Food Engineering.
The university of São Paulo has a strong tradition of producing leaders of Brazil, these presidents include Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Prudente de Morais and Nereu Ramos amongst many. Other famous faculty and alumni associated with the university of Sao Paulo include the Writers Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes, Augusto de Campos, Monteiro Lobato and Raul Pompéia; the scientists César Lattes, Mayana Zatz, Oscar Sala, and Mário Schenberg; in film Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Fernando Meirelles; in photography Sebastião Salgado; and the explorer Amyr Klink.
University of Sao Paulo Address
The USO is spread across many campuses and cities below are the addresses of some of the main ones:
Armando de Salles Oliveira General area:
Coordenadoria do Campus da Capital do Estado de São Paulo – COCESP
Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, nº 1280 Butantã – São Paulo SP Brasil
USP – CCPS
Universidade de São Paulo – Campus de São Carlos
Av. Trabalhador São-carlense, 400, Arnold Schimidt
São Carlos – São Paulo – Brasil – CEP 13566-590
Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225
Caixa Postal 23 CEP 13635-900
USP – CCLQ
v. Pádua Dias, 11- CP 09 – CEP 13418-900 – Piracicaba, SP Brasil
USP – Campus de São Carlos
Av. Trabalhador São-carlense, 400, Arnold Schimidt
São Carlos – São Paulo – Brasil – CEP 13566-590
USP – Ribeirão Preto
Av. Bandeirantes, 3.900
Monte Alegre – Ribeirão Preto – SP
USP – Coordenadoria do Campus de Bauru.
Al. Dr. Octávio Pinheiro Brisolla, 9-75.
Cep:17012-901 . Bauru-SP . Brasil
Ranking and Quick Facts
Motto: Scientia Vinces (English: Through knowledge you win).
| University world Ranking – Times 200 (UK) |
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| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
102 to 150
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| University world Ranking – Newsweek 100 (USA) |
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| American university rank (Jiaotong) |
59 to 76
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USP Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) |
48530
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25007
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73,537
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| Faculty / Staff |
5,222
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| Established |
1827
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Other well ranked universities and colleges in Central and South America include University of Buenos Aires, UNICAMP, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual Paulista, University of Chile, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.