Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Facts for Kids

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ) is the largest federal universities of Brazil. It has a central campus in the city of Rio de Janeiro and two smaller ones. It was established in 1792 as a military college, and became a university in 1920. It is one the country's most prestigious universities.

The Federal University owns several hospitals and and several museums including the National Museum of Brazil.

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University Palace in the 19th century, when it functioned as a hospice. The building was given to University of Brazil only in 1949.
1928 diploma certificated by then-University of Rio de Janeiro
University Palace, neoclassical building finished in 1842. In the foreground, the Charity Statue, symbol of piety towards the ill (the facility originally functioned as a hospice).
Ponte do Saber ("Knowledge Bridge") is one of the main access points to the campus at Ilha do Fundão ("Backyard Island").
The Rectory building, designed by architect Jorge Machado Moreira and finished in 1957, was awarded in the same year at the IV Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo. Its gardens were designed by Roberto Burle Marx.
Night view of the University City: highlighted Saber bridge supported by 21 you are tied to a pylon.
The National Museum is among the most important architectural heritages not only of the university, but of Brazilian society as a whole
It is in the Center of Technology's Block A where the Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics are housed.
The university's modern-architecture City Hall is home of, besides the central bureau, the College of Fine Arts and the College of Architecture and Urbanism.
Garden in front of the Center of Technology
Students at the Center of Technology's Library
The National Museum, built from the Brazilian Imperial Family's old residence in "Paço de São Cristóvão" (Palace of São Cristóvão).
Access to the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF) is made through the Red Line of João Goulard Freeway, which passes through the northern area of UFRJ's College City (main campus).
The Palácio Universitário, a 19th-century neoclassical building that serves as campus of the UFRJ. The Institutes for Economics, Education, Communications and Administration, among others, are based here.
University complex in Macaé, at northern Rio de Janeiro (state).
Building in which the College of Medicine operated until 1973, at "Praia Vermelha" (Red Beach).
Former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ex-governor of Rio de Janeiro state Sérgio Cabral Filho, and mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes visiting the CENPES.
H2+2 project, a hybrid hydrogene bus with electric traction developed by the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Post-Graduation and Research in Engineering (COPPE) and exhibited at Rio+20 conference.
Jorge Amado, writer
Oswaldo Aranha, politician, diplomat and statesman
Artur Ávila, Fields Medal-winning mathematician
Vital Brazil, physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist. Discoverer of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum
Carlos Chagas, doctor, discoverer of the Chagas disease
Oswaldo Cruz, physician, public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Former member of the Brazilian Academy of Literature
Ivan Lins, Latin Grammy-winning musician
Clarice Lispector, writer
Leandro Müller, writer and editor.
Oscar Niemeyer, architect
Jacob Palis, Legion of Honor and Balzan Prize-winning mathematician and professor
Vinícius de Moraes, Diplomat, writer, and lyricist

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro facts for kids

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