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The State University of Londrina<\/strong> (UEL) is located on a lovely campus<\/strong>, in the city of Londrina, made up of 235 hectares, surrounded by green areas<\/strong>, where the goal is a combination between excellence and quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By adopting democratic <\/strong>administrative practices and ensuring full academic and scientific autonomy, UEL is a public and tuition free university<\/strong>, whose mission is to administer its structure in accordance with a democratic perspective with complete didactic-scientific autonomy<\/strong>. It is committed to social and economic development as well as to the political and cultural transformation of the State of Paran\u00e1 and Brazil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 50 years old, the State University of Londrina brings together a community of around 24,000 people (nearly 5,000 faculty and staff and 19,000 undergraduate and graduate students). If UEL was one of the 399 municipalities of Paran\u00e1 state, it would be more populous than 321 of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An institution of this size offers a range of services to ensure comfort, security, tranquility and the resources needed to fulfill its mission and enable students, faculty and staff to live in a democratic, organized and functional space<\/strong>, and to carry out their academic and administrative activities in an environment concerned with the full exercise of citizenship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the services available, many are also open to the external community, such as bank branches, the University Restaurant, cafeterias, libraries, bookstores, laboratories, museums, xerographic services, Radio and TV programming, clinics, and cultural spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically for the internal community, UEL offers Student Housing, agreements with health professionals and laboratories, outpatient care, social-family support programs and health care, education and prevention, occupational medicine and prevention of drug use, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the political dimension, students count on the Academic Centers of the undergraduate courses, Students Central Directory and representation in the three Superior Councils, the highest organs of the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUEL\u201d stands for Universidade Estadual de Londrina<\/em> (State University of Londrina), located in the city of Londrina, in the south of Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academics<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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53 undergraduate courses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

49 Master’s and PhD Programs
59 Specialization Courses
69 Residences<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Students<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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12,000+ Undergraduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5,000+ Graduate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Research<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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More than 250+ laboratories providing support to scientific research projects and teaching activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1,300+ ongoing research projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major research fields: Agronomy, Animal Science, Education, Experimental Pathology, Food Science, Health and Rehabilitation, Language Teaching, Language Studies, Mathematics, Microbiology, Molecule Genetics and Biology, STEM Teaching.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Faculty<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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1,500+ Faculty members<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 90% of the faculty hold a PhD title or completed post-doctoral studies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UEL\u2019s mission is to produce and disseminate knowledge, by educating citizens and professionals in various academic fields within the ethical values of freedom, equality, and social justice. The University has grown considerably, and is currently considered one of the 5 top ranked state Universities of the country<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 50 years old of teaching, research and outreach, UEL strives to fulfill its role to create opportunities and provide high-level human resources to many different fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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