Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

What Universidade Federal de Campina Grande does

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG) is a public federal university under the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC), headquartered in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. Founded in 1952, the institution operates seven campuses across the state of Paraíba — Campina Grande (main), Cajazeiras, Cuité, Patos, Pombal, Sousa, and Sumé — and serves undergraduate, graduate, and technical education students, faculty/researchers, and community patients at two wholly-owned university hospitals (Hospital Universitário Alcides Carneiro/HUAC and Hospital Universitário Júlio Bandeira/HUJB). Educational delivery spans on-campus programs, distance learning (Educação a Distância/EaD), and mixed modalities, with student intake managed through the national SISU selection system, dedicated vestibular entrance exams, and a consortium-based doctoral program in Development and Technological Innovation in Medicines delivered jointly with five other public universities.

The university operates an integrated technology stack including SIGAA (academic management), SIGRH (human resources), SEI (electronic document management), and the PSI unified systems portal. It also runs the Núcleo de Inovação e Transferência de Tecnologia (NITT) for innovation management and technology transfer, and a Fundação de Apoio for research and innovation projects. UFCG is LGPD-compliant and accredited through MEC's e-MEC registration system.

UFCG does not charge tuition for undergraduate education. Funding flows primarily from federal government allocations via MEC, supplemented by specialized programs, grant capture, and the support foundation. Recent activity in the June 2026 cycle shows a fully subscribed SISU intake (158 vagas filled), a 40-vaga dedicated Music vestibular, a 20-vaga master's cohort in Mechanical Engineering, and a 50-vaga doctoral cohort in Medicines Innovation in consortium with five other public universities — indicating active expansion of graduate and research capacity across the multi-campus network.

Name

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Legal name

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Website

https://ufcg.edu.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG) is a Brazilian federal public university serving undergraduate, graduate, and technical students across seven campuses in Paraíba state, while operating two university hospitals, an EaD distance-learning channel, and a technology-transfer nucleus under MEC federal funding.

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Campina Grande

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Brazil

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Latin America

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B2C

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Services

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

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Core offering

UFCG is a Brazilian federal public university delivering tuition-free undergraduate, graduate (master's and doctoral), and distance learning programs across seven campuses in the state of Paraíba, supported by integrated academic (SIGAA), HR (SIGRH), electronic document (SEI), and unified portal (PSI) systems. The university also operates two teaching hospitals (HUAC and HUJB) providing healthcare services alongside medical education, and conducts research, extension, and technology transfer activities through the NITT innovation center.

Product overview

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande is a Brazilian federal university offering a comprehensive educational portfolio across multiple campuses. The institution operates integrated academic and administrative systems including SIGAA for academic management, SIGRH for human resources, SEI for electronic document processing, and PSI as a unified portal. Educational offerings span undergraduate (Graduação) and graduate (Pós-Graduação) programs, distance learning (Educação a Distância), and technical education. The university also operates two university hospitals (HUAC and HUJB) for healthcare services and medical education.

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• Graduação (Undergraduate Programs)
• Pós-Graduação (Graduate Programs) Master's and doctoral degree programs across various disciplines, including a doctoral program in Development and Technological Innovation in Medicines offered at the Cuité campus in association with five other public universities, and a master's program in Mechanical Engineering with 20 seats.
• Educação a Distância (EaD / Distance Learning) Remote distance learning programs delivered online, expanding access to UFCG educational offerings beyond on-campus modalities.
• Hospital Universitário Alcides Carneiro (HUAC) University hospital providing healthcare services to the community combined with medical education and clinical training for UFCG students.
• Hospital Universitário Júlio Bandeira (HUJB) University hospital located at Campus Patos providing healthcare services to the community alongside medical education and clinical training.
• Vestibular de Música da UFCG (Music Entrance Examination) Specialized entrance examination process for the Music undergraduate program, offering 40 vagas (seats) with a separate admission track from SiSU.
• Assistência Estudantil (Student Assistance Programs) Federal student assistance program providing financial aid and socioeconomic support to enrolled students, requiring socioeconomic registration for access.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Five Other Public Universities (Association for Doctoral Program)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFCG offers a doctoral program in Development and Technological Innovation in Medicines at the Cuité campus in association with five other public universities. This collaboration enables shared faculty resources, research infrastructure, and wider access to doctoral education across the consortium.

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Direct peers

• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN): UFRN is a federal university in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. It is a Northeast-region peer with comparable MEC funding, multi-campus operations, university hospital (HUOL), and distance-learning programs through SEDIS. Directly comparable on geography, scale, and operating model.
• Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL): UFAL is a federal public university in Alagoas — a smaller Northeast state comparable to Paraíba. Same MEC federal funding model, tuition-free structure, multi-campus layout (Maceió, Arapiraca, Delmiro Gouveia), and university hospital (HUPAA). Direct peer for scale and regional positioning.
• Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE): UFPE is a federal public university in Recife, Pernambuco — directly comparable as a Northeast Brazilian federal university with strong graduate programs, university hospitals, and research output. Same MEC funding model and tuition-free structure as UFCG, but operating at larger scale in a wealthier state.
• Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC): UFC is the largest federal university in the Northeast, headquartered in Fortaleza. Comparable as a federal MEC-funded public university with multiple campuses, university hospitals, and broad undergraduate/graduate portfolios. Larger than UFCG but operates under the same federal tuition-free framework.
• Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA): UFBA is one of Brazil's largest federal universities, located in Salvador, Bahia. Comparable MEC funding model, multi-campus presence (Ondina, Vitória, Canela), two university hospitals, and broad graduate program portfolio. Larger scale than UFCG but same federal tuition-free framework.
• Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB): UFPB is UFCG's parent institution — UFCG was formally split off from UFPB in 2002. Both are federal public universities located in Paraíba state, sharing MEC funding, tuition-free model, multi-campus structure, and similar student demographics. UFPB is the most direct comparable institution in terms of geography, governance, and operating model.
• Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS): UFS is a federal public university in Sergipe state, comparable to UFCG in regional Northeast positioning, MEC funding model, multi-campus structure, and university hospital (HU). Direct competitor for Northeast-region federal research funding and graduate talent.
• Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI): UFPI is a federal public university in Piauí — a Northeast state with comparable socioeconomic profile to Paraíba. Same MEC funding model, tuition-free structure, multi-campus layout (Teresina, Picos, Floriano), and university hospital (HU). Direct peer for size and regional operating context.

Broad incumbents

• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG): UFMG is one of Brazil's largest and highest-ranked federal universities, headquartered in Belo Horizonte. Same MEC federal funding framework but operates at materially larger scale with multiple campuses, extensive graduate programs, and broader research output. Useful peer for benchmarking UFCG's long-term trajectory.

Regional players

• Instituto Federal da Paraíba (IFPB): IFPB is a federal institute also located in Paraíba, focused on technical/vocational education and offering some undergraduate programs. Operates under the same federal MEC funding umbrella as UFCG but with a technical-education mandate rather than academic/research focus, making it a regional adjacent peer competing for the same student base.

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Strengths5 records

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