The University 

In Europe and the Americas, the history of the oldest universities goes back centuries. In Brazil it still counts for decades. For this reason, the history of Brazilian universities is very recent. The da Campinas State University (Unicamp) is even more recent. A Unicamp its campus was officially installed on October 5, 1966. A few years later it had already established itself as one of the main Brazilian and Latin American universities, a true powerhouse of advanced research and social interest, today fully consolidated. 

Thus, Unicamp knew how to combine its youth with a strong experience in producing new knowledge in practically all areas. Not by chance, it accounts for 15% of all Brazilian scientific production and around 10% of national postgraduate studies. This means that it maintains areas of scientific and technological compatibility with the main research centers in the world, with which it has more than a hundred cooperation agreements.

Unicamp is an autarchy, autonomous in educational policy, but subordinate to the state government with regard to subsidies for its operation. Thus, the financial resources are mostly obtained from the Government of the State of São Paulo, through the share of the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) and from national and international development institutions. Unicamp is located in a place where coffee and sugarcane plantations once existed. The main campus, in the district of Barão Geraldo, in Campinas (there are others in Piracicaba and Limeira) is named after Zeferino Vaz, who dreamed of the University and saw it born in 1966.

Students do not pay school fees, since the University is subsidized by the state government. However, fees or small expenses may occur in the case of university extension or specialization courses. 

The most recent general information about UNICAMP can be obtained at 2002 statistical yearbook which provides statistical information relating to the 2001 academic year. 

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Campinas State University

Dean 
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

Vice Rector 
José Tadeu Jorge

Vice-Rector of University Development
Paulo Eduardo M. Rodrigues da Silva

Vice-Rector of Extension and Community Affairs
Rubens Maciel Filho

Pro-Rector of Research
Fernando Ferreira Costa

Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Studies
daniel hogan

Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Jos� Luiz Boldrini