The Amazonas State University (, UEA) is a Brazilian public

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operated by the state of Amazonas, located in

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, Amazonas,

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. It was established in 2001 by a state law that turned the University of Technology of Amazonas (Universidade de Tecnologia do Amazonas) into the UEA. In 2011, UEA was ranked the best university of the state in an evaluation made by the

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History

School of Technology of Amazonas

The University of the State of Amazonas was previously called University of Technology of Amazonas (). UTAM was established by a state law in 14 of December 1972. A posterior law, of 10 of October 1977 turned the university in an institute, but it remained called as university. The creation of UTAM started with an educational policy, created by the Governor of the State of Amazonas, Colonel João Walter de Andrade, that observed the insufficiency of technicians for industry. Since its foundation in 1973, UTAM has offered courses in Operational Engineering (Wood, Mechanic, Electronic and Electrotechnical), Mechanic Maintenance, Civil Construction, Topography and Highways. In 1977, the Ministry of Education abolished Operational Engineering so the administrators of UTAM started to offer courses of Technology at a Superior level. In 1986 UTAM started an Engineering course. The course in Data processing started in 1992 and Computer Engineering started in 1997.

Transformation to UEA

In 2001 the Mayor of Manaus signed a law that turned the University of Technology of Amazonas into the University of the State of Amazonas. It has campuses in 17 cities of Amazonas. In 2011 it was the best university of the north region of Brazil, according to a Ministry of Education exam, called ENADE.

New Iranduba Campus

With the opening of the Manaus-Iranduba Bridge, the Amazonas Government will build a university city in the city of Iranduba, located in the other margin of the Rio Negro River, inside the Manaus Metropolitan Area. The reserved area is located 7 km from the bridge and has 10,000

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. In 2011 the topographic studies were made and in the first semester of 2012 the bidding will be made. All of the courses will be transferred to this new campus. In the project is also included a university

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Admissions

There are two forms to enter UEA. * SIS (Sistema de Ingresso Seriado - Serial Admission System) is an exam that the students take at high school. It consists of three exams, one per high school year. At Brazil, High School takes three years to be finished, also called as "Ensino Médio" in Portuguese. * Vestibular (the name of the Admission exam) is made of two exams on consecutive days. The first exam is about general knowledge and the second one is about specific knowledge. However, the Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM - National High School Exam) can be used to replace the grades of general knowledge exam if the grades of ENEM are higher than the first exam.

Campus

The structure of UEA is divided into Superior Schools (located in Manaus) and Center for Studies.

Superior Schools

* Escola Superior de Tecnologia (Superior School of Technology) * Escola Superior Normal (Normal Superior School) * Escola Superior de Artes e Turismo (Superior School of Arts and Tourism) * Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde (Superior School of Health) * Escola Superior de Ciências Sociais (Superior School of Social Sciences) The campus in Manaus have a total area of 52.073 m².

Center for Studies

* Centro de Estudos Superiores de Itacoatiara (Center for Superior Studies of Itacoatiara) * Centro de Estudos Superiores de Lábrea (Center for Superior Studies of Lábrea) * Centro de Estudos Superiores de Parintins (Center for Superior Studies of Parintins) * Centro de Estudos Superiores de São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Center for Superior Studies of São Gabriel da Cachoeira) * Centro de Estudos Superiores de Tabatinga (Center for Superior Studies of Tabatinga) * Centro de Estudos Superiores de Tefé (Center for Superior Studies of Tefé) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Boca do Acre (Center for Superior Studies of Boca do Acre) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Carauari (Center for Superior Studies of Carauari) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Coari (Center for Superior Studies of Coari) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Eirunepé (Center for Superior Studies of Eirunepé) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Humaitá (Center for Superior Studies of Humaitá) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Manacapuru (Center for Superior Studies of Manacapuru) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Manicoré (Center for Superior Studies of Manicoré) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Maués (Center for Superior Studies of Maués) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Novo Aripuanã (Center for Superior Studies of Nvo Aripuanã) * Núcleo de Ensino Superior de Presidente Figueiredo (Center for Superior Studies of Presidente Figueiredo)

Courses

Escola Superior de Tecnologia *

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

Production Engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufac ...

Computer Engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

* Engineering of Control and Automation * Forest Engineering *

Meteorology Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...

* Technology in Systems Development * Technology in Industrial Automation * Technology in Electronics * Technology in Mechanical Maintenance * Technology in Data Processing Escola Normal Superior *

Biological Sciences Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution of ...

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

Portuguese Language Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tom� ...

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

Pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

* Science Education * Science Education in Amazon Escola Superior de Artes e Turismo *

Dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

- Sing * Music - Instruments * Music - Regency *

Theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

* Tourism and Social Development Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde *

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

* Collective Health *

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

Odontology Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of ...

Escola Superior de Ciências Sociais * Administration * Public and Citizen Security * Law * Accounting Sciences * Economics * Military Sciences and Public Safety

References

External links

Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
(Portuguese) {{Authority control Amazonas, State Buildings and structures in Manaus Universities and colleges in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Universities and colleges established in 2001 2001 establishments in Brazil