Federal University for Latin American Integration
public federal university in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
The Federal University for Latin American Integration (Portuguese: Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-americana, UNILA) is a public university located in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, at the tri-national border shared by Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. UNILA emphasises natural resources, social studies and language, international relations and areas considered important for development and regional integration.
UNILA is a bilingual university, where Portuguese and Spanish are used.
History
Luiz Inácio da Silva, Brazil's former president, proposed the University creation in 2007, however it was created only on January 12, 2010 on the border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
UNILA was the thirteenth university inaugurated by the Lula Government, and had its first class of 200 students among Brazilians, Paraguayans, Uruguayans and Argentines in August 2010, with an estimated investment of approximately 550 million reais, a portentous construction expected to end in 2014, with the architectural design of the famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
It is connected to the network of federal universities in Brazil. Its mission is to contribute to Latin American integration, with emphasis on Mercosur, through technical cooperation among universities, government agencies and international.
Courses
Undergraduate
Biological Sciences
Economic Sciences
Social and Political Sciences
Engineering Physics
Materials Engineering
Energy Engineering
Civil Engineering of Infrastructure
Architecture
International Relations and Integration
Cinema and Audiovisual
Postgraduate
Biosciences
Neotropical Biodiversity
Economics
Civil Engineering
Applied Physics
History
Contemporary Latin American Integration
Latin American Studies
Comparative Literature
International Relations
See also
List of universities in Brazil
Brazil University Rankings
Universities and Higher Education in Brazil
Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira
References
External links
Official website (in Portuguese)
Projeto de lei que cria Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana é assinado. Agência Brasil/Brazilian news agency (2007) Deprecated link archived 2007-08-13 at archive.today (in Portuguese)
University of Latin American Integration (UNILA) created. Embassy of Brazil in London, UK (2007).
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