Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and it occupies the 741-750 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.南大河联邦大学是一所位于巴西南大河州阿雷格里港的公立联邦研究型大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 741-750 区间。

It traces its origin to the School of Pharmacy and Chemistry founded in 1895, was organised as the University of Porto Alegre in 1934 and took its present federal name in December 1950. It is one of the largest producers of scientific publications in Brazil and a leading federal institution in the south of the country.该校源自 1895 年创办的药学与化学学校，1934 年组建为阿雷格里港大学，并于 1950 年 12 月启用现今的联邦大学校名；它是巴西科学论文产出最多的机构之一，也是该国南部领先的联邦院校。

Its OpenAlex record lists 177,329 research works and 6,823,708 citations, and it teaches more than 31,000 undergraduates and over 12,000 graduate students with about 2,600 faculty members.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 177,329 项、被引 6,823,708 次；该校培养本科生 31,000 余人、研究生 12,000 余人，拥有约 2,600 名教师。

History

• Higher education in Rio Grande do Sul began in 1895 with the School of Pharmacy and Chemistry in Porto Alegre, the earliest ancestor of the present university.南大河州的高等教育始于 1895 年阿雷格里港的药学与化学学校，这也是现今这所大学最早的源头。

• In 1896 the Engineering College was created, and together the two schools marked the beginning of university-level teaching in the state.1896 年设立工程学院，这两所学校共同标志着该州大学层次教学的开始。

• At the end of the nineteenth century the Medicine and Law schools were founded, the law school being the first institution of tertiary education in the humanities in the state.十九世纪末，医学与法学两校相继创立，其中法学院是该州第一所人文学科的高等教育机构。

• In November 1934 the University of Porto Alegre was founded, uniting the engineering, medical, law, commerce, communication, agricultural, veterinary, philosophy and fine arts schools.1934 年 11 月，阿雷格里港大学成立，合并了工程、医学、法学、商科、传播、农学、兽医、哲学与美术等学院。

• The original university brought together the Engineering School with its astronomy, electrical and industrial chemistry institutes and the Medical College with its dentistry and pharmacy institutes.最初的大学把工程学院及其天文、电气与工业化学研究所，与医学院及其牙科、药学研究所合并在一起。

• It also incorporated the Law College with its School of Commerce and the Communication College later known as FABICO, which taught journalism, advertising and public relations.它还并入了法学院与其商学院，以及后来名为 FABICO 的传播学院，后者教授新闻、广告与公共关系。

• In 1947 the institution became the University of Rio Grande do Sul, incorporating law and dentistry colleges from Pelotas and a pharmacy college from Santa Maria.1947 年，该校改组为南大河大学，并入了佩洛塔斯的法学与牙医学院以及圣玛丽亚的药学院。

• Those outlying units later separated when the Federal University of Pelotas and the Federal University of Santa Maria were founded.随着佩洛塔斯联邦大学与圣玛丽亚联邦大学相继成立，这些外地单位其后又分离出去。

• In December 1950 control of the university passed to the federal government, and the institution received its present name, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.1950 年 12 月，该校的管理权移交联邦政府，机构也获得现今的名称——南大河联邦大学。

• Between 1964 and 1969, during the worst years of the military dictatorship, 33 professors were dismissed from the university along with a number of students.1964 至 1969 年军事独裁最严酷的时期，该校有 33 名教授连同若干学生被解职或除名。

• Despite that repression the university remained a centre of intellectual debate, and many state officials and teachers in smaller universities were educated there.尽管遭受打压，该校仍是思想辩论的中心，许多州级官员与较小院校的教师都出自这里。

• Three Brazilian presidents, Getulio Vargas, Joao Goulart and Dilma Rousseff, studied at the institution, as did many of the state's historians, philosophers and social scientists.巴西三位总统——热图利奥·瓦加斯、若昂·古拉特与迪尔玛·罗塞夫——都曾在该校就读，该州许多历史学、哲学与社会科学学者亦然。

• From 2012 to 2019 the university was rated the best federal university in Brazil in the ranking sponsored by the Ministry of Education, a list that excludes the University of Sao Paulo.2012 至 2019 年间，该校在教育部资助的排名中被评为巴西最佳联邦大学，该榜单不包含圣保罗大学。

• In 2010 the university adopted the National High School Examination as part of its admissions, initially counting for ten per cent of the final score.2010 年，该校把全国高中考试纳入招生体系，最初占最终成绩的百分之十。

• Since 2019 it has allocated 30 per cent of places through that national examination and 70 per cent through its own vestibular entrance examination.自 2019 年起，该校 30% 的名额通过全国高中考试录取，70% 通过本校的入学考试录取。

• A new campus, the Campus Litoral Norte in Tramandai, extended the university to the state's northeastern coast in the 2010s.2010 年代，位于特拉曼达伊的北海岸校区落成，把该校的办学延伸到该州东北沿海。

• The university has grown to more than 300 buildings accommodating 29 faculties, schools and institutes divided into 94 departments.该校已发展至 300 多栋建筑，容纳 29 个学院、学校与研究所，下设 94 个系。

• Its Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre became one of the largest clinical research hospitals in southern Brazil and a base for the health sciences.其阿雷格里港临床医院成为巴西南部规模最大的临床研究医院之一，也是健康科学的教学基地。

• The university press, the UFRGS Museum, the Botanical Garden, the broadcasting centre and the astronomical observatory were established as part of its academic and cultural infrastructure.大学出版社、UFRGS 博物馆、植物园、广播中心与天文台相继设立，构成其学术与文化设施的一部分。

• In the twenty-first century the institution expanded its postgraduate provision and research, becoming one of the largest producers of scientific publications in Brazil.进入二十一世纪，该校扩大研究生教育与科研规模，成为巴西科学论文产出最多的机构之一。

• Its undergraduate research programme was formalised to draw undergraduates into research, technological development and innovation alongside their coursework.其本科生科研计划正式确立，使本科生得以在课程之外参与研究、技术开发与创新活动。

• In 1898 the Medical School was founded in Porto Alegre and in 1900 the Free Faculty of Law followed as the state's first institution of tertiary education in the humanities, where Getulio Vargas took his law degree in 1907.1898 年医学学校在阿雷格里港创立，1900 年自由法学院继之成立，成为该州第一所人文学科高等学府，热图利奥·瓦加斯于 1907 年在此取得法学学位。

• In 1939 Joao Goulart graduated in law from the institution and in 1977 Dilma Rousseff completed her economics degree there, two of the three presidents of Brazil counted among its alumni.1939 年若昂·古拉特在该校法学专业毕业，1977 年迪尔玛·罗塞夫在此完成经济学学业，其校友中的三位巴西总统有两位出自这两年。

• Repression continued from the military coup of 1964 until the return of civilian rule in 1985, when dismissed professors were reinstated and the university's academic life revived.自 1964 年军事政变起至 1985 年恢复文官统治期间，该校持续遭受打压；文官统治恢复后，被解职的教授得以复职，学术生活也随之复苏。

• In 2007 the university joined the federal programme for the restructuring and expansion of universities, which added places, new courses and buildings across its campuses.2007 年，该校加入联邦高校重组与扩张计划，在全校各校区增设了名额、新课程与楼宇。

Academics

• The university's library system comprises 33 libraries, including the central library and specialised collections in law, medicine, engineering, the arts and the natural sciences, and it operates the UFRGS Press.其图书馆系统由 33 座图书馆组成，包括中心馆以及法学、医学、工程、艺术与自然科学方面的专门馆藏，学校并运营 UFRGS 出版社。

• The university is organised into 29 faculties, schools and institutes, divided into 94 departments and housed in more than 300 buildings across the city.该校设有 29 个学院、学校与研究所，下设 94 个系，分布于全市 300 多栋建筑之中。

• Its colleges include architecture, communication, economics, education, law, pharmacy, medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.其学院包括建筑、传播、经济、教育、法学、药学、医学、牙医与兽医等。

• Its institutes cover biosciences, chemistry, fine arts, food technology, geosciences, health sciences, hydraulic research, informatics, languages and literature, mathematics and statistics, philosophy and human sciences, physics and psychology.其研究所涵盖生物科学、化学、美术、食品科技、地球科学、健康科学、水利研究、信息学、语言与文学、数学与统计、哲学与人文科学、物理以及心理学。

• The School of Engineering, descended from the Engineering College of 1896, remains one of the university's largest academic units.由 1896 年工程学院沿革而来的工程学院，至今仍是该校规模最大的学术单位之一。

• Teaching spans the agricultural sciences, exact and earth sciences, biological sciences, engineering, health sciences, applied social sciences, human sciences, linguistics, arts and multidisciplinary fields.其教学覆盖农业科学、精确与地球科学、生物科学、工程、健康科学、应用社会科学、人文科学、语言学、艺术以及跨学科领域。

• Undergraduate students number about 31,000 and graduate students more than 12,000, with a further 1,300 pupils in the university's elementary, secondary and technical schools.其本科生约 31,000 人、研究生 12,000 余人，此外附属小学、中学与技术学校还有 1,300 名学生。

• The university employs more than 2,600 faculty members and operates more than 500 laboratories for teaching and research.该校有 2,600 余名教师，并运营 500 多个教学与研究实验室。

• Its infrastructure includes 33 libraries, 37 lecture halls, five refectories, three campus accommodation buildings and two summer camps.其设施包括 33 座图书馆、37 个讲堂、五个食堂、三栋校内住宿楼与两处夏令营基地。

• The Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre serves as the university's clinical research hospital and is one of the largest hospitals in southern Brazil.阿雷格里港临床医院是该校的临床研究医院，也是巴西南部规模最大的医院之一。

• The university press, the UFRGS Museum, the Botanical Garden, the broadcasting centre and the observatory form part of its academic and cultural provision.大学出版社、UFRGS 博物馆、植物园、广播中心与天文台构成其学术与文化服务的一部分。

• Admission is by the vestibular entrance examination, held in January, with classes beginning in March, and places are keenly contested because tuition is free.招生通过每年一月举行的入学考试进行，三月开课；由于免收学费，名额竞争十分激烈。

• Since 2010 the National High School Examination has been used in admissions, and since 2019 it accounts for 30 per cent of the places offered.自 2010 年起，全国高中考试被纳入招生，2019 年起占所提供名额的 30%。

• Research programmes include undergraduate research grants, a research promotion programme, a science-in-society and science-in-school programme and support for journal editing.其科研计划包括本科生科研资助、科研促进计划、科学面向社会与校园计划，以及对期刊编辑的资助。

• OpenAlex records 177,329 research works and 6,823,708 citations for the university, one of the largest research outputs in Brazil.OpenAlex 记录该校研究成果 177,329 项、被引 6,823,708 次，是巴西科研产出规模最大的高校之一。

• As a federal public university it charges no tuition fees, and it provides scholarships and student apprenticeships that support students from across the state.作为联邦公立大学，该校不收学费，并提供奖学金与学生实习岗位，以资助来自全州各地的学生。

• Its postgraduate programmes award master's and doctoral degrees in all its fields, and the university is a leading producer of scientific publications in Brazil.其研究生项目在各领域均授予硕士与博士学位，学校也是巴西科学论文产出的重要机构。

Campus

• The university is almost entirely located in Porto Alegre, with four campuses named Centro, Saude, Olimpico and do Vale, together with a few outlying buildings. The campuses are spread along the city's main avenues and are linked by bus routes, and the university also runs the Agriculture Experimental Station and units in other towns.该校几乎全部位于阿雷格里港，设有中心、健康、奥林匹克与山谷四个校区，另有少量校外建筑；各校区沿城市主要大道分布并以公交线路相连，学校还运营农业试验站及设于其他城镇的单位。

• The Centro campus occupies the downtown area, where the historic faculties and the central administration are based.中心校区位于市中心，历史悠久的各院系与中央行政机关设于此。

• The Saude campus concentrates the health sciences close to the Hospital de Clinicas.健康校区集中设置健康科学各院系，紧邻临床医院。

• The Olimpico campus houses the School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance.奥林匹克校区设有体育、物理治疗与舞蹈学院。

• The Campus do Vale lies on the eastern edge of the city and accommodates several large institutes and research units.山谷校区位于城市东缘，容纳若干大型研究所与科研单位。

• Off-campus buildings include the Business School and the Institute of Arts, and the university also operates the Agriculture Experimental Station.校外建筑包括商学院与艺术学院，该校还运营农业试验站。

• The Campus Litoral Norte in Tramandai, on the state's northeastern coast, was added as a new campus in the 2010s.位于该州东北沿海特拉曼达伊的北海岸校区，于 2010 年代新增。

• The university estate covers 2,185 hectares, with 402,000 square metres of built area distributed across its campuses and minor units.该校占地 2,185 公顷，建筑面积 402,000 平方米，分布于各校区与小型单位。

• Its main coordinates are approximately 30.03 degrees south and 51.23 degrees west, in the centre of Porto Alegre.其主坐标约为南纬 30.03 度、西经 51.23 度，位于阿雷格里港市中心。

• The campuses are spread along the city's main avenues, and students move between them by bus, with the downtown and Vale campuses linked by regular services.各校区沿城市主要大道分布，学生乘公交车往返，中心校区与山谷校区之间有固定班次相连。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul is placed in the 741-750 band, according to the official ranking table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，南大河联邦大学处于 741-750 区间。此排名以官方榜单为准。^[1]

• It stands in the 701-800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and is 429th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 701-800 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 429。

• It is placed in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.该校处于软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名 501-600 区间。

• From 2012 to 2019 the university was rated the best federal university in Brazil in the ranking sponsored by the Ministry of Education.2012 至 2019 年间，该校在教育部资助的排名中被评为巴西最佳联邦大学。

• In the 2012 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities the university was placed 71st in the world.在 2012 年世界大学网络计量排名中，该校位列世界第 71 位。

• OpenAlex attributes 177,329 works and 6,823,708 citations to the university, the largest research record among universities in southern Brazil.OpenAlex 记录该校成果 177,329 项、被引 6,823,708 次，是巴西南部高校中科研记录规模最大的。

• Its position of 429th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News table places it among the highest-ranked Brazilian universities in that ranking.其在 2026-2027 年度 US News 榜单中第 429 位的座次，使其成为该榜中排名最高的巴西高校之一。

• The Hospital de Clinicas and the health sciences institutes underpin its reputation in medicine and the biomedical sciences.临床医院与健康科学各研究所支撑起该校在医学与生物医学领域的声誉。

• Its alumni include three former presidents of Brazil, members of the Supreme Federal Court, state governors, writers and scientists. Its graduates hold posts in federal and state government, in the judiciary and in Brazilian industry and research institutes.其校友包括巴西三位前总统、联邦最高法院法官、州长、作家与科学家；其毕业生在联邦与州政府、司法系统以及巴西的工业与研究机构中任职。

• Faculty members such as Marcia Barbosa and Thaisa Storchi Bergmann have won national and international recognition in physics and astronomy.马西亚·巴尔博萨与泰萨·斯托尔基·贝格曼等教师，在物理学与天文学领域获得国内外认可。

Student life

• The university does not foreground a formal motto, and its identity is bound to free public higher education and to the city of Porto Alegre.该校不突出正式的校训，其身份认同与免费公立高等教育以及阿雷格里港这座城市紧密相连。

• Because it is a federal institution, students pay no tuition fees, and places are allocated through a competitive entrance examination.由于是联邦院校，学生免交学费，名额通过竞争性的入学考试分配。

• Student life is dispersed across the four campuses, and the downtown campus and the Vale campus have distinct cultures and daily rhythms.学生生活分散在四个校区，中心校区与山谷校区的文化与日常节奏各不相同。

• The university's student movement has a long history, and the campus was a centre of political debate during the military dictatorship.该校的学生运动历史悠久，校园在军事独裁时期曾是政治辩论的中心。

• Its refectories, residence buildings and summer camps support students who come from other parts of Rio Grande do Sul and from abroad.其食堂、住宿楼与夏令营基地为来自南大河州各地及海外的学生提供支持。

• Student organisations run cultural, scientific and sporting activities, and the university's broadcasting centre produces radio and television programmes.学生组织举办文化、科学与体育活动，学校的广播中心则制作广播与电视节目。

• The university press and the UFRGS Museum offer students cultural programming, exhibitions and publications.大学出版社与 UFRGS 博物馆为学生提供文化活动、展览与出版物。

• Sport and physical education are centred on the Olimpico campus, which has facilities for athletics, swimming and team sports.体育与体育教育以奥林匹克校区为中心，该校区设有田径、游泳与团体运动设施。

• Porto Alegre's cultural life, its book fair and its music and theatre scene give students a setting that extends well beyond the campuses. The city's book fair, held annually since 1955, is one of the largest in Latin America and draws student volunteers from the university.阿雷格里港的文化生活、书展以及音乐与戏剧氛围，为学生提供了远超出校园的环境；该市书展自 1955 年起每年举办，是拉丁美洲规模最大的书展之一，吸引该校学生担任志愿者。

Notable people

• Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1954, studied at the institution's law school in the early twentieth century.1930 至 1945 年以及 1951 至 1954 年两度担任巴西总统的热图利奥·瓦加斯，二十世纪初曾就读于该校法学院。

• Joao Goulart, president of Brazil from 1961 to 1964, was a graduate of the same law school.1961 至 1964 年任巴西总统的若昂·古拉特，也是该法学院的毕业生。

• Dilma Rousseff, president of Brazil from 2011 to 2016, studied economics at the university.2011 至 2016 年任巴西总统的迪尔玛·罗塞夫，在该校学习经济学。

• Ellen Gracie Northfleet, a lawyer and justice of the Supreme Federal Court, graduated from its law school and later served as chief justice.律师、联邦最高法院法官埃伦·格拉西·诺思弗利特毕业于该校法学院，后出任首席大法官。

• Rosa Weber, also a justice of the Supreme Federal Court, is a graduate of the university.同为联邦最高法院法官的罗莎·韦伯也是该校毕业生。

• Nelson Jobim, a former justice of the Supreme Federal Court and minister of defence, studied law at the institution.联邦最高法院前法官、国防部长内尔松·若宾曾在该校学习法律。

• Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, chairman of the steel group Gerdau, is among its best-known business alumni.钢铁集团盖尔道董事长若热·盖尔道·约翰彼得，是该校最知名的商界校友之一。

• Moacyr Scliar, a physician and one of Brazil's leading writers, graduated from its medical school and was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.医生、巴西重要作家之一莫阿西尔·斯克利阿尔毕业于该校医学院，并当选巴西文学院院士。

• Marcia Barbosa, a physicist on the faculty, is known for her work on the anomalies of water and has held leadership roles in Brazilian science.该校教师、物理学家马西亚·巴尔博萨以水的反常性质研究著称，并在巴西科学界担任要职。

• Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, an astronomer at the university, won international recognition for her research on active galactic nuclei.该校天文学家泰萨·斯托尔基·贝格曼因对活动星系核的研究而获得国际认可。

• Paulo Renato Souza, minister of education from 1995 to 2002, studied economics at the university.1995 至 2002 年任教育部长的保罗·雷纳托·索萨，在该校学习经济学。