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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, commonly known as Unicamp, is one of Brazil’s most prestigious research powerhouses, renowned particularly for its excellence in engineering, computer science, and the biological sciences. Despite Spanish and Portuguese being the primary languages of instruction, the university offers a growing selection of graduate-level courses taught in English and robust inbound exchange opportunities supported by its dedicated International Relations Executive Directorate (DERI). International students benefit from comprehensive integration support, including Portuguese language courses, housing assistance, and active student-run networks like ESN Unicamp that help newcomers adapt to campus life. A particularly distinctive characteristic of Unicamp is its extraordinary innovation ecosystem, as it is responsible for a significant percentage of all patent applications in Brazil and boasts a science park that has launched hundreds of successful startup companies founded by its alumni.
Background
The State University of Campinas (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Established in 1962, Unicamp was designed from scratch as an integrated research center unlike other top Brazilian universities, usually created by the consolidation of previously existing schools and institutes. Its research focus reflects on almost half of its students being graduate students, the largest proportion across all large universities in Brazil, and also in the large number of graduate programs it offers: 153 compared to 70 undergraduate programs. It also offers several non-degree granting open-enrollment courses to around 8,000 students through its extension school. Its main campus occupies 3.5 square kilometres (860 acres) located in the district of Barão Geraldo, a suburban area 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the downtown center of Campinas, built shortly after the creation of the university. It also has satellite campuses in Limeira, Piracicaba and Paulínia, and manages two technical high schools located in Campinas and...
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