Universidade Federal de Roraima

What Universidade Federal de Roraima does

Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR) is a federal public university located in Boa Vista, the capital of the State of Roraima, Brazil. It was authorized by Lei nº 7.364 on September 12, 1985, created by Decreto-Lei nº 98.127 on September 8, 1989, and began academic activities on March 19, 1990. UFRR was the first higher education institution in Roraima and the first federal university in Brazil created without pre-existing institutions to incorporate. The university operates three campuses (Paricarana, Cauamé, and Murupu) and 12 didactic centers and institutes, offering 38 undergraduate programs, 19 master's programs, and 7 doctoral programs across disciplines including agronomy, health sciences, law, engineering, education, and the humanities. It serves general residents of Roraima, indigenous communities (via the Instituto Insikiran and dedicated indigenous selection processes), immigrants and refugees (in partnership with ACNUR/UNHCR), and senior citizens (UFRR 60+), with specialized units including NEaD for distance learning, Telessaúde for telemedicine, and the Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica (NIT) for intellectual property management.

The university is funded through the federal budget via the Ministry of Education (MEC) under the Lei Orçamentária Anual, with execution managed through PROPLAN and PROAD. As a public institution, tuition is free for undergraduate and graduate Brazilian students; the only fees disclosed relate to entrance examination registration (R$90–120 for Vestibular 2027 stages). Its technology stack includes the SIG integrated management systems (SIGAA, SIPAC, SIGRH, SIGEventos), the Pergamum library management system, Power BI dashboards for internationalization metrics, and the STT (Sistema de Telemedicina e Telessaúde) platform serving DSEI Yanomami and DSEI Leste de Roraima. Communication channels include the institutional website, social media accounts, Rádio Universitária 95.5 FM (15 years broadcasting as of 2026), and Rádio e TV Universitária.

UFRR's strategic positioning leverages its unique regulatory monopoly as the sole federal university in Roraima, its differentiated indigenous education programs via Instituto Insikiran, and its growing internationalization through the Cátedra Franco-Brasileira da Biodiversidade Amazônica (CFBBA) and partnerships with Université Clermont Auvergne, Sorbonne Nouvelle, and Université Grenoble Alpes. The institution has received regional recognition including 2nd place in North Brazil agronomy ranking (RUF 2014) and 1st place (RUF 2015), as well as a Destaque em Internacionalização award (RUF 2025). Its primary customers from a revenue standpoint are the Brazilian federal government via MEC, while its primary beneficiaries are residents of Roraima who previously had to leave the state for higher education.

Name

Universidade Federal de Roraima

Legal name

Universidade Federal de Roraima

Website

https://ufrr.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR) is a Brazilian federal public university in Boa Vista, Roraima, offering tuition-free undergraduate and graduate education across three campuses to residents of the state, with dedicated programs for indigenous, refugee, immigrant, and senior populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Multi-Campus Systems (EDAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

University-Affiliated Pathway & Foundation Programs (EDAIAJAA), Pre-Master’s / Graduate Pathway Programs (EDAIAJAD), Degree-Level Scholarships (Undergrad/Masters/PhD/Postdoc) (EDAIAOAE), Research & Lab-Based Short-Term Programs (Undergraduate/Graduate) (EDAIAIAF)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Undergraduate programs
• Graduate education
• Distance learning
• Telemedicine services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boa Vista

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Federal Budget Allocation: As a federal public university, UFRR is funded through the Ministry of Education (MEC) via the federal budget (LOA – Lei Orçamentária Anual). The university executes its budget through PROPLAN and PROAD, with annual budget allocations, decentralized internal budgets, parliamentary amendments, and decentralized execution terms (TEDs).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR) is a federal public university offering tuition-free undergraduate and graduate education across 38 undergraduate programs and 19+ master's and 7 doctoral programs through three campuses in Boa Vista, Roraima. The university provides specialized services including distance learning (NEaD/UAB), indigenous higher education (Instituto Insikiran), telemedicine for remote and indigenous communities (Telessaúde), intellectual property management (NIT), and academic publishing (Editora UFRR).

Product overview

Universidade Federal de Roraima is a federal public university offering undergraduate and graduate education across three campuses (Paricarana, Cauamé, and Murupu). The institution operates as a unified university system with specialized units including the NEaD for distance learning, Telessaúde for remote healthcare services, NIT for intellectual property management, an university press, radio station, and the Insikiran Institute for indigenous higher education. The university provides traditional academic programs alongside specialized services supporting regional development in Roraima.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Education Programs Tuition-free undergraduate degree programs across 38 courses at three campuses in Boa Vista, Roraima. Open to Brazilian students through Vestibular entrance exams, SISU, PSEI (indigenous selection), and special admissions including immigrants, refugees, and seniors (UFRR 60+).
• Graduate Education Programs Master's and doctoral programs including professional master's, networked master's, and doctoral programs across multiple disciplines (19+ master's and 7 doctoral programs). Includes BIONORTE doctoral program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology, EDUCANORTE doctoral program in Amazon Education, and various professional programs.
• Instituto Insikiran de Formação Superior Indígena Indigenous higher education institute offering specialized programs including Gestão em Saúde Indígena, Gestão Territorial Indígena, and Licenciatura Intercultural, providing culturally specific higher education for indigenous populations in Brazil.
• Núcleo de Educação a Distância (NEaD) Distance education unit coordinating online EAD programs in partnership with UAB (Universidade Aberta do Brasil), including Pedagogia EAD, Matemática EAD, Geografia EAD, and Informática EAD programs delivered to students across Roraima and beyond.
• Telessaúde UFRR Telemedicine and telehealth services including teleconsultations, telediagnostics, tele-education, and teleattendance targeting indigenous and remote communities in Roraima. Operates through the STT (Sistema de Telemedicina e Telessaúde) platform serving DSEI Yanomami and DSEI Leste de Roraima.
• Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica (NIT) Technology innovation center managing intellectual property, technology transfer, and technological entrepreneurship. Handles patent, trademark, industrial design, and software registrations with INPI, supporting university innovation and IP commercialization.
• Editora da UFRR (EdUFRR) University press publishing e-books, booklets, dictionaries, catalogs, and academic literature. Associated with ABEU (Associação Brasileira de Editoras Universitárias), supporting academic publication across the university.
• Rádio Universitária 95.5 FM University radio station broadcasting since 2011, celebrating 15 years of transmission in 2026. Provides educational and cultural programming reaching the entire state of Roraima, also available online at radio.ufrr.br.
• Rádio e TV Universitária (RTV) University television and radio production unit creating educational and institutional content, celebrating 37 years alongside the university's 37-year anniversary in 2026/2027.

Quantifiable outcome

• First university in Roraima, eliminating the need for residents to travel to other states for higher education since 1990
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Embaixada da França / Cátedra Franco-Brasileira da Biodiversidade Amazônica (CFBBA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Partnership through CFBBA, launched by presidents of Brazil and France in November 2024. UFRR professor Fábio Almeida de Carvalho (Instituto Insikiran/PPGL) had a project selected in the first CFBBA chairs call, developed in partnership with Université Clermont Auvergne. The network also includes UNIFAP, UFPA, and UFAM.
• Université Clermont Auvergne (France)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Academic cooperation through the Cátedra Franco-Brasileira da Biodiversidade Amazônica (CFBBA). Professor Saulo Neiva conducted a 16-day academic mission at UFRR in August 2026, delivering the Aula Magna for PPGL and PPGSOF programs. The partnership is part of a bilateral initiative between Brazil and France presidents (November 2024) focused on Amazon biodiversity cooperation.
• Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobility partnerships and programs for French language and literature exchange, as referenced in CRINT internationalization announcements for French mobility programs.
• Université Grenoble Alpes – FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobility program partnerships for French academic exchange referenced in CRINT internationalization announcements.
• Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the CFBBA network of universities, cooperating on Amazon biodiversity research alongside UFRR, UFPA, and UFAM.
• Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the CFBBA network of universities, cooperating on Amazon biodiversity research alongside UFRR.
• Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the CFBBA network of universities, cooperating on Amazon biodiversity research alongside UFRR.
• ACNUR (UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between ACNUR and UFRR promoting formation in Humanitarian Journalism and Disinformation, supporting refugee and immigrant students at the university.
• Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFRR hosted the technical team of the CNPEM Embaixadores (Ambassadors) program, which includes the Brazilian particle accelerator, promoting science outreach and research collaboration.
• Banco do BrasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsor of the Nortear – Projeto de Formação e Fomento das Artes Visuais em Roraima, approved via Programa Rouanet Norte of the Ministério da Cultura, coordinated by Núcleo de Apoio à Vida (NAVIBV) and supported by CCLA/UFRR.
• Ministério da Cultura / Programa Rouanet NorteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsorship of the Nortear project for visual arts formation in Roraima through the Rouanet Norte program, supporting the inauguration of the Galeria Dam Kuy A'ki at UFRR.
• TCERR (Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Roraima)minorOthersCooperation agreement between UFRR and TCERR for technical collaboration and accountability matters.
• SESAU (Secretaria de Saúde de Roraima)minorOthersCooperation agreement between UFRR and SESAU for health services and programs, including support for the Hospital Universitário (HU) and indigenous health services.
• Rede Bionorte (Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFRR participates in the Bionorte network offering a doctoral program in Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, coordinated across northern Brazilian universities.
• ACWA (Amazon Center for Water Research)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement between UFRR and ACWA for water resource research and management in the Amazon region.
• ECEME (Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército)minorOthersCooperation agreement between UFRR and ECEME for military education and strategic studies collaboration.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM): Another federal public university in the Brazilian Amazon and a CFBBA network partner with UFRR. UFAM is comparable in mission (federal public higher education in the Amazon), institutional structure (multi-campus, federal MEC-linked), and research focus on Amazon biodiversity and regional development.
• Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA): A larger federal public university in the Amazon region and CFBBA network partner with UFRR. UFPA shares the federal MEC linkage, multi-campus Amazon-region footprint, and portfolio of indigenous, biodiversity, and regional development research programs.
• Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP): Brazilian federal public university in Amapá and CFBBA network partner with UFRR. UNIFAP is comparable as a smaller Amazon-border federal university serving a frontier state with similar indigenous and border-region programmatic emphases.
• Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC): Federal public university serving Acre, another Amazon-border state. UFAC is comparable to UFRR in scale, mission (federal higher education in the Amazon), and focus on indigenous education, biodiversity, and regional development.
• Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB): National distance-learning network run by CAPES in partnership with federal universities. UFRR's NEaD operates as a UAB pole, making UAB directly comparable as the institutional model and partner for UFRR's EAD program portfolio.

Regional players

• Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA): Federal public university in the Amazon region (Pará) created from a former UFPA campus. Comparable to UFRR as a relatively new federal university focused on regional development in the Amazon, with similar scale and program mix.
• Instituto Federal de Roraima (IFRR): Federal public technical and higher education institution operating in Roraima. IFRR is comparable to UFRR as the other federal higher-education provider in the same state, with overlapping technical/vocational programs and shared student populations.

Broad incumbents

• Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA): Federal research institute under MCTIC focused on Amazon biodiversity and natural resources. INPA is comparable to UFRR's CBio and graduate programs as a regional biodiversity research counterpart, with overlapping faculty and student networks.
• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa): Federal agricultural research corporation with strong Roraima presence (Embrapa Roraima). Comparable to UFRR's CCA and agronomy programs as a public agricultural research and technology-transfer entity operating in the same regional ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Université Clermont Auvergne: French university partner to UFRR through the Cátedra Franco-Brasileira da Biodiversidade Amazônica (CFBBA). Comparable as UFRR's primary international research partner in Amazon biodiversity with active mobility and project collaboration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UFRRoficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/UFRRoficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/UFRRoficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/ufrroficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ufrr

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles28 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Universidade Federal de Roraima