Feevale University | |
Native Name: | Universidade Feevale |
Motto: | Conhecimento para inovar o mundo |
Mottoeng: | Knowledge to innovate the world |
Established: | June 28, 1969 |
Type: | Private, community, non-profit |
Rector: | José Paulo da Rosa |
Head Label: | Vice rectors |
Head: | Inajara Vargas Ramos, Cleber Cristiano Prodanov, Angelita Renck Gerhardt, Alexandre Zeni |
Faculty: | 1450 |
Students: | 18,000 |
Coor: | -29.665°N -51.12°W |
Campus: | Urban |
Colors: | Amazon Green, Dark Green and Medium Yellow |
The Universidade Feevale (Feevale University) (Feevale) is a Brazilian university in the city of Novo Hamburgo (Vale do Rio dos Sinos, the largest shoe manufacturing center of the country) in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The selection process is through an entrance exam and continuous assessment.
It is a community entity, non-profit, with didactic autonomy, scientific, administrative, and disciplinary. Through the teaching of undergraduate, postgraduate, research, and extension, Feevale educates citizens.
On June 28, 1969 founded the Associação Pró-Ensino Superior em Novo Hamburgo (Aspeur), maintainer of Feevale under the name Federação de Estabelecimentos de Ensino Superior em Novo Hamburgo (Federation of Institutions of Higher Education in Novo Hamburgo).
On July 21, 1999, the Centro Universitário Feevale acquired university autonomy through the approval of the Minister of Education Paulo Renato Souza. Thereafter, the projects of the institution could be developed more rapidly, providing opportunities for the achievement of desired objectives.
A major achievement occurred on April 5, 2010, when Novo Hamburgo celebrated its 83 years of political emancipation when it was published in the Diário oficial (Official Gazette), an ordinance of the Ministry of Education, accrediting the University Center as Universidade Feevale (Feevale University). The news was expected by the academic community and the municipality for at least five years.[1] [2] [3]
Feevale has approximately 18 000 students in all levels of education, and 1450 teachers. It has two campuses: Campus I is on Avenue Dr. Maurício Cardoso, 510, Hamburgo Velho neighborhood, and Campus II in RS-239, 2755, Vila Nova neighborhood.
Offers 38 undergraduate courses:
The Feevale received the National Award for Educational Management 2008, with the project "Geographic information system applied to the administration of the campuses I and II of the University Feevale. The institution was the only finalist from Rio Grande do Sul, competing alongside five other university in the country - two from Santa Catarina and three from São Paulo. The National Confederation of Education Institutions and Humus Consultancy, responsible for the award, received 35 entries from schools all over Brazil, who presented their projects and successful cases in academic management, social responsibility, people, and financial-economic.