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List of universities in Brazil by state

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ781182 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a list of universities in Brazil, divided by states.

Across the country there are more than 2,368 Brazilian universities and colleges (public and private) recognized by the MEC (Ministry of Education).

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The public source identifies “List of universities in Brazil by state” as wikimedia list article. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around List, universities and Brazil.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 33-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with List, universities and Brazil providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “List of universities in Brazil by state” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.