Federal University of Pernambuco

The Federal University of Pernambuco (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE) is a public federal university in Recife, created on 11 August 1946 as the University of Recife and federalised in 1965.伯南布哥联邦大学（Universidade Federal de Pernambuco，简称 UFPE）是巴西累西腓的一所公立联邦大学，1946 年 8 月 11 日以累西腓大学之名创办，1965 年转为联邦大学。

Its main campus, the Cidade Universitária Reitor Joaquim Amazonas, covers 149 hectares in the Várzea district, while academic centres in Caruaru and Vitória de Santo Antão extend the university into the interior of Pernambuco.该校主校区名为若阿金·阿马佐纳斯校长大学城，位于瓦尔泽亚区，占地 149 公顷，另在卡鲁阿鲁与维多利亚德圣安唐设有学术中心，把大学延伸至伯南布哥内陆。

UFPE is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, 1601-1800 in the Times Higher Education 2027, 1,033rd in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 and 901-1000 in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名中位列 1601-1800 区间，在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中居第 1033 位，并在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位列 901-1000 区间。

History

• The oldest root of UFPE is the Olinda Law School, created by Emperor Pedro I on 11 August 1827 and installed in Olinda the following year, making it one of Brazil's first law schools. Its creation followed the 1827 law that established law schools in Olinda and São Paulo.该校最古老的源头是奥林达法学院，1827 年 8 月 11 日由皇帝佩德罗一世创设，次年在奥林达开学，是巴西最早的法学院之一。其创办依据是 1827 年规定在奥林达与圣保罗设立法学院的法律。
• The law school moved to Recife in 1854, where it became a centre of abolitionist and republican thought and trained generations of Brazilian jurists and politicians. The move accompanied Recife's rise as the political and commercial capital of Pernambuco.法学院于 1854 年迁至累西腓，此后成为废奴主义与共和思想的中心，培养了几代巴西法学家与政治家。此次迁校伴随累西腓崛起为伯南布哥的政治与商业首府。
• The Engineering School of Pernambuco was founded in 1895 and became a pioneer of technical education in the Brazilian Northeast. It trained engineers for the state's sugar, textile and railway industries.伯南布哥工程学校创办于 1895 年，成为巴西东北部技术教育的先驱。它为伯南布哥的制糖、纺织与铁路工业培养工程师。
• The Faculty of Medicine of Recife was created in 1927, giving the city a second major professional school alongside law and engineering. It grew out of earlier clinical teaching in Recife's hospitals.累西腓医学院创办于 1927 年，使这座城市在法学与工程之外又拥有一所重要的专业学院。它由累西腓各医院早先的临床教学发展而来。
• The School of Fine Arts was founded in 1932 and the Faculty of Philosophy in 1941, adding the arts and humanities to the professional schools. Together they gave the future university a broad base in the arts and humanities.美术学校于 1932 年成立，哲学院于 1941 年成立，为专业学院体系增添了艺术与人文学科。两者共同为后来的大学奠定了宽广的艺术与人文基础。
• On 11 August 1946 a federal decree created the University of Recife by joining the law, medicine, engineering, philosophy and fine arts schools under one administration. It was one of several universities created in Brazil at the end of the Vargas era.1946 年 8 月 11 日，一项联邦法令把法学、医学、工程、哲学与美术等学院合并为累西腓大学，实行统一管理。它是瓦加斯时代结束时巴西创办的几所大学之一。
• Joaquim Amazonas, a physician and professor, became the university's first rector, and the main campus still bears his name. He had taught at the medical school and was known for his work in public health.医师与教授若阿金·阿马佐纳斯出任该校首任校长，主校区至今仍以他命名。他曾在医学院任教，并以公共卫生工作闻名。
• In the 1950s the university became a centre of regionalist thought, and the geographer Josué de Castro taught there while writing on hunger and underdevelopment. His book Geografia da Fome, published in 1946, became a classic of Brazilian social thought.1950 年代该校成为地区主义思想的中心，地理学家若苏埃·德卡斯特罗在此任教，并撰写关于饥饿与欠发达的著作。他 1946 年出版的《饥饿地理》成为巴西社会思想的经典。
• In 1961 Paulo Freire took charge of the university's cultural extension service, where he developed the literacy method that made him internationally known. His method was later used in national campaigns before the 1964 coup.1961 年，保罗·弗莱雷主持该校文化推广部门，并在那里发展出后来享誉国际的识字教育法。他的方法后来在 1964 年政变前的全国扫盲运动中得到使用。
• Law 4,847 of 1965 federalised the University of Recife, which was renamed the Federal University of Pernambuco. The change recognised the university's federal funding and its national role.1965 年第 4847 号法律将累西腓大学收归联邦，学校随之更名为伯南布哥联邦大学。这一变化确认了该校的联邦经费来源与全国性角色。
• UFPE created its first postgraduate courses in 1967, when four master's programmes were approved, beginning a steady expansion of research degrees. Research degrees became central to the university's mission in the following decades.该校于 1967 年设立首批研究生课程，当时有四个硕士项目获批，由此开始稳步扩展研究学位。此后数十年，研究学位逐渐成为大学使命的核心。
• During the 1970s the university consolidated its main campus in Várzea, bringing most of its centres together on the 149-hectare site. The campus replaced scattered buildings across Recife with a single academic city.1970 年代，该校整合位于瓦尔泽亚的主校区，把大部分中心集中到这片 149 公顷的土地上。新校区以一座统一的大学城取代了累西腓各地分散的建筑。
• In 2009 the Agreste Academic Centre in Caruaru became a permanent campus with eleven undergraduate courses, extending federal higher education to the interior. It now offers courses in education, health, technology and social sciences.2009 年，卡鲁阿鲁的农业腹地学术中心成为设有十一个本科课程的永久校区，把联邦高等教育延伸至内陆。该中心如今开设教育、健康、技术与社会科学的课程。
• The Vitória de Santo Antão Academic Centre opened in the 2000s and now offers courses in health, education and applied sciences. It serves students from the Zona da Mata and the interior of Pernambuco.维多利亚德圣安唐学术中心于 2000 年代开设，如今提供健康、教育与应用科学领域的课程。它服务森林地带与伯南布哥内陆的学生。
• UFPE adopted affirmative-action quotas for its entrance examination, reserving places for Black, brown and public-school candidates. The policy was later aligned with the federal quota law of 2012.该校在入学考试中实行平权配额，为黑人、混血与公立学校考生保留名额。该政策后来与 2012 年联邦配额法保持一致。
• In 2020 the university suspended in-person teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and mobilised laboratories for diagnostic testing and epidemiological surveillance.2020 年该校在新冠疫情期间暂停面授教学，并调动实验室参与诊断检测与流行病学监测。
• The university marked its 75th anniversary in 2021 with online ceremonies, exhibitions and a series of interviews with former rectors.2021 年该校以线上庆典、展览与一系列前任校长访谈纪念建校七十五周年。
• The Recife Law School building in the old centre remains one of the university's architectural symbols and hosts public lectures and ceremonies. The building is part of Recife's architectural heritage.位于老城的累西腓法学院大楼至今仍是该校的建筑象征之一，并承办公开讲座与典礼。这栋建筑是累西腓建筑遗产的一部分。
• The university's historical archive preserves records of the law school, the medical faculty and the campus movements of the twentieth century, and documents UFPE's role in debates over hunger, literacy and regional development.该校历史档案馆保存着法学院、医学院以及二十世纪校园运动的档案，并记录该校在饥饿、扫盲与地区发展辩论中的角色。

Academics

• UFPE offers more than 90 undergraduate programmes and 198 postgraduate programmes, with about 40,000 students and 2,000 professors. Its academic centres cover law, medicine, engineering, exact sciences, health, humanities, applied social sciences, arts and informatics.该校开设九十多个本科项目与 198 个研究生项目，约有 40000 名学生与 2000 名教授。其学术中心涵盖法学、医学、工程、精确科学、健康、人文、应用社会科学、艺术与信息学。
• The Recife Law School, founded in 1827, is one of Brazil's oldest law schools and maintains a legal aid clinic for low-income residents. The school also publishes a law review and hosts the university's legal history archive.累西腓法学院创办于 1827 年，是巴西最古老的法学院之一，并为低收入居民提供法律援助。学院还出版法学评论，并保管该校的法律史档案。
• The Medical School, founded in 1927, trains physicians and runs residency programmes with the Hospital das Clínicas, a referral centre for Pernambuco. It is one of the oldest medical schools in Brazil's Northeast and a major source of physicians for the region.医学院创办于 1927 年，培养医师，并与伯南布哥的转诊中心临床医院合作开展住院医师培训。它是巴西东北部最古老的医学院之一，也是该地区医师的主要来源。
• The Engineering School, founded in 1895, teaches civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical and mining engineering, with laboratories on the Recife campus. The school also offers postgraduate programmes in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering.工程学校创办于 1895 年，教授土木、机械、电气、化学与采矿工程，实验室设在累西腓校区。学院还开设土木、机械与电气工程研究生项目。
• The Centre of Exact and Natural Sciences covers physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology and oceanography. Its departments support several graduate programmes and research laboratories.精确与自然科学中心涵盖物理学、化学、数学、地质学与海洋学。其各系支撑多个研究生项目与研究实验室。
• The Centre of Biological Sciences covers biology, biomedical sciences, nursing and nutrition.生物科学中心涵盖生物学、生物医学、护理学与营养学。
• The Centre of Health Sciences brings together dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and speech therapy.健康科学中心汇集牙医学、药学、物理治疗与言语治疗等专业。
• The Centre of Philosophy and Human Sciences covers history, geography, philosophy, social sciences, psychology and education.哲学与人文科学中心涵盖历史学、地理学、哲学、社会科学、心理学与教育学。
• The Centre of Applied Social Sciences covers economics, business administration, accounting and actuarial science.应用社会科学中心涵盖经济学、工商管理、会计学与精算学。
• The Centre of Arts and Communication covers architecture, design, music, theatre and journalism.艺术与传播中心涵盖建筑学、设计、音乐、戏剧与新闻学。
• The Centre of Informatics is one of Brazil's leading computer-science schools and works closely with the Porto Digital technology cluster in Recife. It was among the first computer-science departments in Brazil and trains students in software, data science and artificial intelligence.信息学中心是巴西领先的计算机科学学院之一，并与累西腓的波尔图数字科技园区密切合作。它是巴西最早的计算机科学系之一，培养软件、数据科学与人工智能方向的学生。
• UFPE's postgraduate system grew from four master's programmes in 1967 to 198 programmes, including dozens of doctorates. Doctoral programmes expanded especially in computer science, physics, engineering and medicine.该校研究生体系从 1967 年的四个硕士项目发展到 198 个项目，其中包括数十个博士项目。博士项目在计算机科学、物理学、工程与医学领域扩展尤为明显。
• Research at UFPE is concentrated in energy, petroleum engineering, software, health sciences, oceanography and materials.该校科研集中于能源、石油工程、软件、健康科学、海洋学与材料领域。
• The university's library system includes a central library and branch libraries in the academic centres, with digital access to journals and theses.该校图书馆系统包括中央图书馆与各学术中心的分馆，并提供期刊与论文的数字访问。
• The Hospital das Clínicas serves patients through Brazil's public health system and supports teaching in medicine, nursing and allied health.临床医院通过巴西公共医疗系统服务患者，并支持医学、护理与相关健康专业教学。
• Admission is through the national ENEM examination and the SISU system, and undergraduate teaching is free of charge.该校通过全国 ENEM 考试与 SISU 系统招生，本科教学不收学费。
• UFPE runs extension projects in poor neighbourhoods of Recife and in the interior, offering health care, legal advice and teacher training.该校在累西腓贫困社区与内陆开展推广项目，提供医疗、法律咨询与教师培训。
• The Centre of Informatics maintains partnerships with companies in Porto Digital and sends students to internships in software and data science.信息学中心与波尔图数字园区的企业保持合作，并安排学生进入软件与数据科学领域实习。
• Several UFPE postgraduate programmes hold high grades in the CAPES evaluation, particularly in computer science, physics, medicine and engineering. CAPES is the federal agency that oversees graduate education in Brazil.该校多个研究生项目在 CAPES 评估中获得高等级，尤其在计算机科学、物理学、医学与工程领域。CAPES 是负责巴西研究生教育的联邦机构。
• The university's law and medical schools are among the most selective in Brazil, with applicants competing for a small number of places.该校法学院与医学院是巴西最难考入的院系之一，申请者需竞争少量名额。

Campus

• The Cidade Universitária Reitor Joaquim Amazonas covers 149 hectares in the Várzea district and is the university's main campus. It is one of the largest university campuses in Brazil's Northeast.若阿金·阿马佐纳斯校长大学城位于瓦尔泽亚区，占地 149 公顷，是该校主校区。它是巴西东北部面积最大的大学校区之一。
• The Recife campus houses the rectory, the central library, the Hospital das Clínicas and most of the university's academic centres. Its buildings are organised by academic centre, with the central library at the heart of the site.累西腓校区容纳校长办公室、中央图书馆、临床医院以及该校大部分学术中心。校园建筑按学术中心分布，中央图书馆位于场地中心。
• The Agreste Academic Centre in Caruaru offers eleven undergraduate courses and serves students from the semi-arid interior of Pernambuco. The centre has laboratories, a library and student services adapted to the interior.卡鲁阿鲁的农业腹地学术中心开设十一个本科课程，服务伯南布哥半干旱内陆地区的学生。该中心设有实验室、图书馆与适合内陆学生的服务设施。
• The Vitória de Santo Antão Academic Centre focuses on health, education and applied sciences and gives the university a presence in the Zona da Mata.维多利亚德圣安唐学术中心侧重健康、教育与应用科学，使该校在森林地带也有布局。
• The main campus lies near the Capibaribe River and is linked to the city centre and Boa Viagem by bus routes.主校区靠近卡皮巴里贝河，公交线路把它与市中心及博阿维亚任连接起来。
• Modernist buildings from the 1960s and 1970s house the academic centres, with later blocks for laboratories and the central library.1960 与 1970 年代的现代主义建筑容纳各学术中心，此后又增建了实验室与中央图书馆。
• The campus has university restaurants, sports courts and student service buildings concentrated around its central square.校园内的大学餐厅、运动场与学生服务建筑集中在中央广场周围。
• The Recife Law School occupies a historic building in the old centre, close to the Capibaribe and the city's colonial streets.累西腓法学院位于老城的一栋历史建筑内，靠近卡皮巴里贝河与城市殖民时期街道。
• The Caruaru campus is smaller than Recife and offers a more intimate academic environment for students from the Agreste region.卡鲁阿鲁校区规模小于累西腓，为农业腹地学生提供更亲切的学术环境。
• UFPE's architectural heritage includes the law school and several early twentieth-century faculty buildings in Recife.该校建筑遗产包括法学院以及累西腓几处二十世纪早期的学院建筑。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, UFPE is placed in the 1201-1400 band, reflecting its size and research profile. The band includes several large federal universities in Brazil's Northeast.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 区间，反映其规模与研究实力。该区间包含巴西东北部几所大型联邦大学。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place UFPE in the 1601-1800 band.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入 1601-1800 区间。
• UFPE is ranked 1,033rd in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027, one of its strongest international positions.该校在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中居第 1033 位，是其国际排名中较靠前的位置。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places UFPE in the 901-1000 band, its first appearance in that range. The ranking measures research output, citations and awards rather than teaching.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将该校列入 901-1000 区间，这是其首次进入该区间。该排名衡量科研产出、引用与获奖情况，而非教学。
• OpenAlex attributes 104,825 works and 2,530,448 citations to UFPE, making it one of the most productive universities in Brazil's Northeast. Its output is concentrated in health, engineering, exact sciences and social sciences.OpenAlex 为该校收录 104825 项成果与 2530448 次引用，使其成为巴西东北部科研产出最高的大学之一。其成果集中于健康、工程、精确科学与社会科学领域。
• UFPE is one of the largest federal universities in the Northeast and a leading centre of research in Pernambuco.该校是东北部规模最大的联邦大学之一，也是伯南布哥重要的研究中心。
• Its law school is among Brazil's oldest and has trained presidents, ministers of the supreme courts and state governors. The school's historical archive is a national reference for legal history.该校法学院是巴西最古老的法学院之一，培养了总统、最高法院法官与州长。学院的历史档案是巴西法律史研究的重要参照。
• The Centre of Informatics is a national reference in computer science and has spun off companies in Recife's Porto Digital cluster.信息学中心是全国计算机科学的重要参照，并催生了累西腓波尔图数字园区的多家企业。
• UFPE's medical school and Hospital das Clínicas are central to public health care and medical training in Pernambuco.该校医学院与临床医院在伯南布哥的公共医疗与医学教育中处于核心地位。
• The university is known for research in energy, petroleum engineering, software, oceanography and materials science.该校以能源、石油工程、软件、海洋学与材料科学领域的研究著称。
• UFPE's alumni include major figures in Brazilian politics, science, literature, music and film.该校校友包括巴西政治、科学、文学、音乐与电影领域的重要人物。
• The university's reputation is strengthened by its partnerships with Petrobras, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and international research networks.该校与巴西石油、奥斯瓦尔多·克鲁兹基金会及国际研究网络的合作强化了其声誉。

Student life

• Undergraduate teaching is free, and students eat at subsidised university restaurants on the Recife campus.该校本科教学免费，学生在累西腓校区的补贴大学餐厅就餐。
• Affirmative-action quotas have made UFPE one of the most diverse student bodies in Brazil's Northeast. Many students come from public schools, and the university offers tutoring and financial aid.平权配额使该校成为巴西东北部最多元的学生群体之一。许多学生来自公立学校，学校为他们提供辅导与资助。
• The student union, known as the DCE, organises debates, cultural festivals and protests on education funding. It also provides legal and psychological support to students.该校学生总会简称 DCE，组织辩论、文化节以及关于教育经费的抗议活动。它还为学生提供法律与心理支持。
• The university's arts centre hosts film cycles, concerts and theatre productions that are open to students and the public.该校艺术中心举办电影放映、音乐会与戏剧演出，向学生与公众开放。
• Students compete in volleyball, basketball, handball and swimming at the Brazilian University Games.学生参加巴西大学生运动会的排球、篮球、手球与游泳比赛。
• Extension projects offer health care, legal advice and literacy classes in poor communities of Recife and the interior. Projects are run by faculty and students in partnership with local associations.推广项目在累西腓贫困社区与内陆提供医疗、法律咨询与扫盲课程。项目由教师与学生同当地协会合作开展。
• Low-income students can apply for housing support, meal subsidies and transport passes through student-assistance programmes.低收入学生可通过学生资助项目申请住宿支持、餐食补贴与交通卡。
• Recife's beaches, music scene and Carnival shape student life, and many students take part in cultural groups and bands.累西腓的海滩、音乐场景与狂欢节塑造了学生生活，许多学生参加文化团体与乐队。
• Students from the interior often study at the Caruaru or Vitória de Santo Antão centres, which offer smaller classes.来自内陆的学生常在卡鲁阿鲁或维多利亚德圣安唐中心就读，那里的班级规模更小。

Notable people

• Nilo Peçanha graduated from the Recife Law School in 1887 and served as president of Brazil from 1909 to 1910. He was the first Brazilian president of Afro-Brazilian descent.尼洛·佩萨尼亚 1887 年毕业于累西腓法学院，1909 至 1910 年任巴西总统。他是巴西首位非裔血统总统。
• Mário Schenberg trained in engineering at the Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco and became one of Brazil's leading theoretical physicists. The Schenberg-Chandrasekhar limit bears his name.马里奥·申贝格在伯南布哥理工学院接受工程训练，后来成为巴西最重要的理论物理学家之一。申贝格-钱德拉塞卡极限以他的名字命名。
• Cristovam Buarque graduated in mechanical engineering from UFPE and later served as governor of the Federal District and minister of education. He is known for his advocacy of public education.克里斯托旺·布阿尔克毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学机械工程专业，后来任联邦区区长与教育部长。他以倡导公共教育闻名。
• Marco Maciel graduated in law from UFPE and served as vice president of Brazil from 1995 to 2003.马尔科·马西埃尔毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学法学院，1995 至 2003 年任巴西副总统。
• Eduardo Campos graduated in economics from UFPE and served as governor of Pernambuco from 2007 to 2014.爱德华多·坎波斯毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学经济学专业，2007 至 2014 年任伯南布哥州州长。
• João Campos graduated in civil engineering from UFPE and has been mayor of Recife since 2021.若昂·坎波斯毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学土木工程专业，自 2021 年起任累西腓市长。
• Humberto Costa graduated in medicine from UFPE and served as Brazil's minister of health from 2003 to 2005.翁贝托·科斯塔毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学医学专业，2003 至 2005 年任巴西卫生部长。
• Silvio Meira is a professor of computer science at UFPE's Centre of Informatics and a founder of the CESAR innovation centre in Recife.西尔维奥·梅拉是伯南布哥联邦大学信息学中心计算机科学教授，也是累西腓 CESAR 创新中心的创始人之一。
• Kleber Mendonça Filho studied journalism at UFPE and became a filmmaker known for Aquarius and Bacurau.克莱贝尔·门东萨·菲略在伯南布哥联邦大学学习新闻学，后来成为以《水瓶座》与《巴克劳》闻名的导演。
• Ariano Suassuna graduated in law from UFPE in 1950 and became a playwright and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. His play Auto da Compadecida became a classic of Brazilian theatre.阿里亚诺·苏阿苏纳 1950 年毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学法学院，后来成为剧作家与巴西文学院院士。他的剧作《慈悲圣母》成为巴西戏剧经典。
• Francisco Julião graduated in law from UFPE and became a leader of the peasant leagues in Pernambuco in the 1950s and 1960s.弗朗西斯科·茹利昂毕业于伯南布哥联邦大学法学院，1950 与 1960 年代成为伯南布哥农民联盟的领袖。
• Paulo Freire directed UFPE's cultural extension service in 1961 and became one of the world's most influential educators. His Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated into more than twenty languages.保罗·弗莱雷在 1961 年主持伯南布哥联邦大学文化推广部门，后来成为世界上最具影响力的教育家之一。他的《被压迫者教育学》被译成二十多种语言。