Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB

The Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB, Federal University of Paraíba) is a public federal university in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, with campuses in the state capital, João Pessoa, and in other towns of the state. It was created by state law in 1955 as the Universidade da Paraíba, through the merger of several higher education schools, and became a federal university in 1960. In 2002 four of its campuses were split off to form the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande. The UFPB states that it has 38,005 students and offers free public education.

The university has four campuses:

• Campus I in João Pessoa, with centres for natural and exact sciences, humanities, letters and arts, medicine, health sciences, applied social sciences, education, technology, law, computing and renewable energy, among others
• Campus II in Areia, home to the Centre for Agricultural Sciences
• Campus III in Bananeiras, with the Centre for Human, Social and Agricultural Sciences
• Campus IV in Mamanguape and Rio Tinto, with the Centre for Applied Sciences and Education

Teaching ranges from basic and technical education to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, residencies and distance learning. Undergraduate admission uses the national SiSU system and other selection processes, and the university provides information for foreign students and runs exchange and international cooperation programmes. Facilities include student residences, university restaurants and the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital (HULW).