| Federal University of Itajubá | |
| Native Name: | Universidade Federal da Itajubá |
| Native Name Lang: | Pt |
| Other Names: | UNIFEI |
| Former Names: | Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá (EFEI) |
| Motto: | "Revelemo-nos mais por atos do que por palavras, dignos de possuir este grande país" |
| Established: | November 23, 1913 |
| City: | Itajubá |
| Undergrad: | 7.676 (2016) |
| Postgrad: | 1.042 (2016) |
| Administrative Staff: | 338 (2009) |
| Academic Staff: | 462 (2016) |
| Campus: | Urban, approx. 3 km from the city centre |
| Budget: | R$ 142,773,689.00 (2011)[1] |
| Website: | www.unifei.edu.br |
The Federal University of Itajubá (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Itajubá, UNIFEI; formerly known as the Portuguese: Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá, EFEI), is a federal university located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is considered the first technological university and one of top ten engineering schools in Brazil. Extremely reputable among Brazilian engineering schools, it carries more than 100 years of tradition in teaching, with emphasis on Electrical Engineering – which is one of the best research institutes on Power Systems field in Latin America – Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering, Automation and Control engineering and Computer Engineering.
The university was founded on November 23, 1913, as the Instituto Eletrotécnico e Mecânico de Itajubá (IEMI; English: Electrotechnical and Mechanical Institute of Itajubá). On April 16, 1968, the university changed its name to Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal Engineering School). In 2002, it earned the title of University, and was renamed as Universidade Federal de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal University), by the Brazilian Law 10,435, approved by the former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The university is considered to be one of the best universities of Brazil, according to the ranks published by the Ministério da Educação e Cultura - MEC (Culture and Education Ministry).[2] [3] It was elected in 2009 one of the top ten universities in Brazil by two different rankings, occupying the first position in one of them.[4] In the IGC/2011 (College and Universities Evaluation) by MEC (Ministry of Education), the Itajubá Federal University obtained the grade 5, maximum, being among the best 27 higher-education colleges and among the top 10 universities of the country.[5] [6]
The university owns and operates its own AM radio station, called Rádio Universitária 1570 kHz (University Radio) ZYL-242, operating in the 1570 kHz band since early 1961.