Federal University of Western Pará | |
Native Name: | Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará |
Native Name Lang: | Pt |
Motto: | Natura Hominis et Progressio |
Motto Lang: | la |
Type: | Public |
Chancellor: | Aldenize Ruela Xavier [1] |
Vice Chancellor: | Solange Helena Ximenes Rocha |
Other Names: | UFOPA |
City: | Santarém |
State: | Pará |
Country: | Brazil |
Campus: | Santarém, Itaituba, Monte Alegre, Alenquer, Oriximiná, Óbidos, Juruti |
The Federal University of Western Pará (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, UFOPA) is a public university in the state of Pará, in northern Brazil.
UFOPA was founded in 1970 as Núcleo de Educação em Santarém (NES), and was renamed UFOPA in 2009. It has an annual budget of 90 million real, and has over 400 faculty and over 10,000 students.