The University of São Paulo
Portuguese: Universidade de São Paulo, USP is a public
university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian
public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution,
the best university inIbero-America, and holds a high reputation among world
universities, being ranked 51-60 worldwide in reputation by the Times Higher
Education World University Rankings.USP is involved in teaching, research and
university extension in all areas of knowledge, offering a broad range of
courses.
The university was founded in 1934, regrouping already
existing schools in the state of São Paulo, such as the Faculdade de Direito do
Largo de São Francisco (Law), the Polytechnic School (Engineering) and the
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz(Agriculture). The university has
subsequently created new departments, becoming one of the largest institutions
of higher education in Latin America, with approximately 90,000 enrolled
students. Currently, it has eleven campuses, four of them in the city of São
Paulo. The remaining campuses are in the cities of Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba,
Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and two in São Carlos.
Several students from the University of São Paulo achieved
important positions in the Brazilian society. It was the alma mater of twelve
Brazilian presidents. USP was ranked 19th worldwide in a rank based on the
number of alumni who became CEOs in the world's 500 largest companies. and also
classed in the top 100 worldwide in the Global Employability University
Ranking. In terms of research, USP is Brazil's largest research institution,
producing more than 25% of the scientific papers published by Brazilian
researchers in high quality conferences and journals. In 2015, out of 36
subjects, the QS World University Rankingsranked USP in the top 50 in eight
subjects (including Architecture, Dentistry, Civil Engineering,
Agriculture/Forestry, Art/Design and Veterinary Science) and in the top
51-100th position in 21 more subjects (including Computer Science, Mechanical,
Electrical and Chemical Engineering, Modern Languages, Geography, Physics,
Chemistry and Mathematics).
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