UNESP is a public university system in São Paulo, Brazil with 23 campuses across the state. It has over 35,000 undergraduate students and 15,000 graduate students enrolled in a wide range of programs. UNESP focuses on research excellence in fields like bioenergy, ocean science, biomaterials, and biotechnology through its various research centers and institutes. It contributes significantly to the development of São Paulo through education, research, and partnerships.

1. São Paulo State University
Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”

2. Higher Education System in Brazil
Total number of institutions: 2,285
Universities - 185
Private system: 87
Public system: 98
Federal: 59
State: 34
City: 5
São Paulo State: 8 public universities (3 federal, 3 state, 2 city)
UNESP
USP
UNICAMP
Source: 2009 MEC Census

3. Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP
• Official creation: 1976 è Only 35 years
• Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – 2011:
International: 301th/400th, Americas: 134th/162th, Brazil: 3th/5th
• Ibero-American SCImago Institutions Ranking 2011: 5th
• 33 Higher Education Institutes - 23 Campuses – Unique
Characteristic
• Interaction with different sectors of the society throughout the
state with strong influence on its development

4. Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP
São Paulo State Presence:
23 Campuses
São Paulo State
Population (2010): 41,252,160
Area: 250,000,000 sqm
580 km
800 km

5. UNESP Figures
• 30 Libraries / Free access to 126 international databases and 16,000
journals
• Undergraduate students: 35,000
• 169 Undergraduate programs: Health and Biological Sciences: 47 /
Engineering and Exact Sciences: 51 / Humanities: 71
• 6,000 Undergraduate Diplomas / year
• 1 University Hospital: 250,000 procedures/month, 462 beds
• 3 University Veterinary Hospitals, 3 Clinics of Dentistry,
5 Teaching and Research Farms (5,000 hectares)
• Dental Care Center for Disabled Individuals (15,000 patients/year),
Clinics of Psychology, Physiotherapy, Speech and Hearing Therapy
• A Confucius Institute: Best in the word in 2010 / 1,000 mandarin
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6. UNESP Figures
• Graduate students: 15,000
• Graduate programs: 211 (117 Masters, 94 PhD)
• 3,000 Diplomas/year: 2,200 MSc – 805 PhD
• Teaching staff: 3.500 - 95% with PhD, 87% full time
• Research groups: 600 (covering most of the areas of knowledge)
• Excellence programs: Animal Science, Aquaculture, Biosciences and
Biotechnology, Chemistry, Geography, Genetics, Linguistics, Motricity
Science, Odontology, Physics and Veterinary Science.
• Budget (2011): 1,100 Millions U.S. Dollars
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7. Programs in nearly all knowledge areas

8. Health and Biological
Sciences: 47 Programs
• Agriculture • Biotechnology
• Animal Science • Biological Sciences
• Veterinary • Ecology
• Medicine • Forest Engineering
• Dentistry
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech and Hearing Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Physical Education
• Pharmacy-Biochemistry

9. Engineering and Exact
Sciences: 51 Programs
• Environmental Chemistry • Architecture
• Geodesy Engineering • Information Systems
• Food Engineering • Computer Sciences
• Civil Engineering • Chemistry
• Industrial Design • Geology
• Automation and • Medical Physics
Control Engineering • Biological Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Industrial Wood Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

10. Humanities: 71 Programs
• Law • Social Science
• International Relations • Philosophy
• Public Administration • Psychology
• Business Administration • Geography
• Agribusiness • History
• Economics • Archivology
• Tourism • Library Sciences
• Education • Arts
• Language Studies
• Communication
• Music (Vocal Performance, Composition, Conducting
and Instruments Performance)

11. Graduate Programs: Fields of International
Excellence
HUMAN SCIENCES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Geography, Linguistics, Animal Science, Aquaculture,
Portuguese Biosciences and Biotechnology,
Motricity Sciences, Dentistry,
Veterinary Sciences
EXACT SCIENCES
Physics, Chemistry

12. Graduate Programs at UNESP
Fields Total
Agricultural Sciences 24
Biological Sciences 12
Health Sciences 29
Exact Sciences and Geosciences 13
Humanities 15
Social and Applied Sciences 6
Engineering 18
Linguistics, Language & Literature and Fine Arts 7
Multidisciplinary Studies 8
Total 117

13. UNESP: Number of PhD by Year
Brazil USA # PhD
USP 2.265
U.TX Austin 796
UNESP 805 (2010)
U.MI Ann Arbor 754
UNICAMP 748
U.CA, Berkeley 747
U.MN Twin Cities 720
U.CA, Los Angeles 702
U.IL Urbana-Champaign 690
PA State U. main Campus 674
OH State U. main Campus 664
UFRJ 656
Source: C.H.Brito Cruz / FAPESP

14. Research:
High Level Competence
• Bioenergy
• Ocean Science
• Bioactive Natural Products
• Pharmaceutical Development and
Technology
• Nanotechnology
• Environment and Climate Changes
• Biotechnology and Biomaterials
• Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research
• Public Policy

15. Bioenergy Institute
• Biomass to Bioenergy: Genetic improvement, Agriculture, Agriculture
engineering, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 23
• Biofuel Production: Biomass preparation, First, Second and
Third Generation ethanol production, Use of water,
Basic sciences - Research Groups: 33
• Application on automotive motors: Ethanol engines, Fuel cells,
Fuel quality, Basic sciences - Research Groups: 05
• Biorefineries, alcoholchemistry, oil chemistry: Products, Basic
sciences - Research Groups: 05
• Sustainability aspects: Agribusiness of ethanol,
Social aspects, Environmental aspects,
Economical aspects, Basic sciences -
Research Groups: 14

16. Centre of Ocean Science
Location: São Vicente - São Paulo State Coast
• Support for scientific multi-disciplinary research
• Education and training of human resources
• Dissemination and transfer of knowledge and technological
innovation on geological, physical, biological, chemical,
environmental, and various other issues related to the ocean
Organization
• 118 UNESP Researchers
• 13 Institutes
• 72 Undergraduate Programs, 53 Graduate Programs
Partnerships
• University of Bremen
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Kiel
• IFREMER - France
• CIMAR - France

17. Centre of Biomaterials and Biotechnology
Location: Botucatu
• Support for scientific multi-disciplinary research
• Education and training of human resources
• Dissemination and transfer of knowledge and
technological innovation on biomaterials, genomics,
proteomics.
Organization
• 31 UNESP Researchers
• 8 Institutes
• 50 Undergraduate Programs, 20 Graduate Programs

18. Scientific Computing
GridUNESP
• 1st Campus Grid of Latin America
• 33 Teraflops of processing power
• 30 scientific projects: Physics, Chemistry, Life
Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science,
Weather Forecasting
• US$ 5 million investment: Federal Agency +
UNESP
SPRACE (São Paulo Research and Analysis Centre)
• Tier-2 of the Worldwide LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Computing Grid
(WLCG)
• One of the most reliable and available resource of WLCG (Worldwide LHC
Computing Grid)
• Supporting the HEP (High Energy Physics) Group

19. Contact Information
International Relations Office
José Celso Freire Junior - jcfreire@reitoria.unesp.br
http://www.unesp.br/en