What Universidade Federal do Acre does

Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) is a federal public university (autarquia federal) operating under Brazil's Ministry of Education (MEC), headquartered on the main campus in Rio Branco, Acre, in the Western Amazon region. Originating from a Faculty of Law established in 1964, it became Centro Universitário do Acre in 1970, Universidade do Acre in 1971, and was federalized on April 5, 1974 through Law No. 6,025. It delivers tuition-free undergraduate and graduate education (stricto sensu and lato sensu, including CAPES-evaluated master's and doctoral programs), research, and extension services across campuses in Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul (Juruá Valley), and Floresta, plus distance learning through NIEAD. It serves high-school graduates and transfer students admitted via Brazil's national SISU/ENEM selection system, graduate students, and the broader Acre community through health, veterinary, cultural, and extension programs.

The institution's technology footprint centers on federal and internally managed digital platforms: SEI! (Sistema Eletrônico de Informações) for electronic document management and digital signatures (launched at UFAC in 2020, with iOS/Android apps published by the federal planning ministry), the Portal do Aluno and Portal do Professor for academic administration, the Portal de Ementas, a scholarship management system (PROAES), a research/extension projects platform, and digital library systems linking CAPES Periodicals, EBSCO, and Domínio Público. Systems are maintained by the Núcleo de Tecnologia da Informação (NTI). The website integrates accessibility tooling (VLibras, Google Translate) but no public or partner-facing API is documented.

As a federal public university, UFAC does not charge tuition and generates no commercial revenue; it is funded through federal budget allocations via MEC, CAPES grants for postgraduate programs (PROAP/PROAES), and parliamentary amendments administered through its support foundation Fundape. Its go-to-market is event-driven recruitment through the SISU national selection process, with graduate intake managed by PROPEG. Student support (food, transportation, housing, childcare, scholarships) is delivered via PROAES. The university is led by Reitora Prof.ª Dr.ª Margarida de Aquino Cunha and governed by collegiate bodies CONSUN, CEPEX, and CONSAD, with a full slate of Pró-Reitorias covering research, administration, student affairs, HR, extension, planning, and innovation/technology.

Name

Universidade Federal do Acre

Legal name

Universidade Federal do Acre

Website

https://ufac.br

Company type

Public

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) is a tuition-free federal public university in the Western Amazon, funded by Brazil's Ministry of Education, serving undergraduate, graduate, and community students across Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, and Floresta campuses plus distance learning.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Multi-Campus Systems (EDAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Research Universities with Major Extension & Outreach Missions (EDAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Public higher education
• Undergraduate programs
• Graduate programs
• University extension
• Academic research

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio Branco

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Funding: As a federal public university, UFAC receives funding from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) through the Federal Government budget allocation. Revenue comes from operational funds, CAPES grants for postgraduate programs, and direct government transfers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) is a public federal university located in the state of Acre, Brazil, that delivers tuition-free higher education across undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as research, extension, and community outreach programs. Founded in 1964 and federalized in 1974 under Brazil's Ministry of Education, it operates campuses in Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, and Floresta to serve the population of Acre and the Amazon region.

Product overview

Universidade Federal do Acre is a public higher education institution offering a portfolio of academic services and institutional systems. The core student-facing products include the Portal do Aluno (Student Portal) for academic management and grades, the Portal do Professor (Professor Portal) for faculty administration, and the Portal de Ementas for course syllabi. Administrative operations rely on SEI! (Sistema Eletrônico de Informações) for electronic document and process management. The university also operates support services including Biblioteca Central (library), Restaurante Universitário (meal service), scholarship management systems, and various specialized units such as Editora da Ufac (publishing), Parque Zoobotânico (botanical/zoological park), Clínica Veterinária (veterinary clinic), and Unidade de Tecnologia de Alimentos (food technology lab). The institution maintains physical campuses in Rio Branco (main) and Floresta, plus the Colégio de Aplicação (affiliated school) and distance education through NIEAD.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Degree Programs
• Graduate (Postgraduate) Programs
• University Extension Programs
• University Restaurant (RU)
• University Library System

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50 years of educational service to the state of Acre since federalization in 1974

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundape (Fundação de Apoio e Desenvolvimento ao Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundape is UFAC's primary support foundation, assisting with project management, financial administration of research grants, and institutional development. The foundation has a newly inaugurated headquarters on the Rio Branco campus (June 2026). Handles contract management for parliamentary amendments and institutional projects.
• Portal da Transparência (Controladoria-Geral da União)coreOthersUFAC maintains compliance with Brazil's Lei de Acesso à Informação through the Transparency Portal, publishing financial data, contracts, budgets, and institutional documents as required by law.
• CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)coreOthersCAPES evaluates and funds UFAC's graduate programs through PROAP grants and program evaluation processes, providing funding for research projects and scholarships.
• SEBRAEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through SEBRAE Lab for entrepreneurship education and support, providing incubation and acceleration services for student and faculty ventures.
• Ministry of Education (MEC)coreOthersFederal Ministry overseeing all federal universities in Brazil. Provides operational funding, sets regulatory frameworks, and coordinates national education policies including SISU admissions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR): Federal university in Porto Velho, Rondônia — Acre's neighboring Amazon state. Comparable to UFAC as a regional federal university serving a Western Amazon population with similar graduate program structure and federal funding dependency.
• Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP): Federal university in Macapá, Amapá, serving the Amazon estuary region. Directly comparable to UFAC as a regional federal university with Amazon-focused research, multi-campus presence, and a comparable scale of graduate programs and student body.
• Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA): Federal university created in 2013 from a UFPA spin-off, operating across multiple campuses in southern and southeastern Pará. Comparable to UFAC as a multi-campus regional federal university with a relatively young institutional structure serving Amazon-adjacent populations.
• Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA): Major federal university in Belém serving Pará state with multi-campus presence across the Amazon region. Closely comparable to UFAC in mission, structure, and student demographics, with overlapping graduate program portfolios in environmental and forestry sciences.
• Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM): Federal public university headquartered in Manaus serving the Amazonas state. Directly comparable to UFAC as a regional Amazon federal university with multi-campus structure, CAPES-evaluated graduate programs, and similar federal funding model serving an Amazonian population.
• Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR): Federal university in Boa Vista, Roraima, serving Brazil's northernmost state. Closely comparable to UFAC in regional Amazon positioning, multi-state service area, and graduate program portfolio aligned with frontier-region development needs.

Regional players

• Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT): Major federal university in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, with campuses across the state including the Amazon biome. Comparable to UFAC in regional scope and Amazon-related research focus, but operating at significantly larger scale with broader graduate program offerings.
• Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (UFSB): Federal university with a multi-campus, decentralized model serving southern Bahia. Comparable to UFAC in its multi-campus architecture and regional development mission, though UFSB operates in a different biome and economic context.

Others

• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA): Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation with strong Amazon research presence including units in Acre. EMBRAPA is not a higher-education institution but is comparable to UFAC as a federally-funded Amazon research and extension actor — a key ecosystem partner for agricultural and forestry research.

Broad incumbents

• Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA): One of Brazil's largest and oldest federal universities, headquartered in Salvador. UFBA represents the broader incumbent federal university tier UFAC operates within, sharing the same funding and regulatory framework but at significantly larger scale with substantially higher CAPES-evaluated program counts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UFAC_oficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/UfacTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/ufacoficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/ufac_oficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universidade-federal-do-acre---ufac

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

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