Universidade Federal do Ceará
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Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) is a federal university with campuses in the city of Fortaleza, Sobral and Barbalha, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The UFC is a public and free of charge university, with several academic programs in most areas of knowledge.
In Fortaleza, the university has three main campuses: the "Campus do Pici", with most programs in the area of science and technology; the "Campus do Benfica", with the university's administration and programs in arts, business, and the law school; and the "Campus do Porangabussu", with the medical school. The campuses of Sobral and Barbalha are new and have only a medical school each, which are extensions of the central medical school at Fortaleza.
UFC was created by the Brazilian federal government in 1955 and is under the Ministry of Education.
