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 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.

External link

• Official site