Universidade Estadual de Roraima

What Universidade Estadual de Roraima does

Universidade Estadual de Roraima (UERR) is a public state university headquartered in Boa Vista, Brazil, established by state law in 2005 to deliver higher-education services to the population of Roraima. The institution operates two physical campuses — in Boa Vista and Rorainópolis — and delivers undergraduate, graduate, and (as of the most recent cohort) doctoral programs spanning health sciences, education, agriculture, law, and the humanities. UERR's business model is that of a tuition-free public university: revenues derive from State Government of Roraima budget allocations and federal research and student-aid transfers, with students served as non-paying beneficiaries.

The institution's core academic platform is delivered through conventional on-campus instruction supplemented by Moodle-based distance learning, and it is supported by structured research infrastructure including the LABRIA laboratory, named research groups (GPACT, GEAMUS), and the ARIER academic journal. Technology investments include the ComprasMatch AI tool used in internal procurement workflows and an LLM/RAG-based chatbot deployed for rural retirement information services. UERR maintains international cooperation agreements with Monash University (Australia), CRBC, IHEAL (France), and Peruvian universities to support faculty and student mobility, and it operates a joint Master's program with the Federal Institute of Roraima (IFRR).

UERR's primary customer segment is Roraima-resident students seeking free public higher education, admitted through the institution's own VESTIBULAR exam or via the national ENEM-based pathway. Its end-user base is geographically constrained by the population of Roraima — one of Brazil's least populous states — which structurally limits enrollment scale. Strategic posture in 2025 reflects a 20-year institutional milestone, vertical expansion into doctoral-level research, AI-tool deployment, and selective internationalization aimed at strengthening the institution's position within the state's human-capital and R&D ecosystem.

Name

Universidade Estadual de Roraima

Legal name

Universidade Estadual de Roraima

Website

https://uerr.edu.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidade Estadual de Roraima is a public state university in Boa Vista, Brazil, founded in 2005, operating two campuses to deliver tuition-free undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs primarily serving students in the state of Roraima.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boa Vista

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

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Services: As a state public university, UERR operates primarily through government funding from the State of Roraima. Education services are provided free of charge to students, funded by public budgets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

UERR is a tuition-free state public university delivering undergraduate degrees (Bacharelado, Licenciatura, Tecnólogo), graduate specialization, Master's, and doctoral programs across approximately 30+ academic tracks, complemented by distance learning via NEaD, research in Amazonian biodiversity and indigenous studies, and health-sciences training using modern simulation laboratories and the Sectra virtual anatomy table.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bacharelado (Undergraduate Bachelor's) Programs Tuition-free bachelor's degree programs covering administration, agronomy, computer science, accounting, law, physical education, nursing, forestry engineering, public security, social work, tourism, and medicine, for prospective undergraduate students in Roraima.
• Licenciatura (Teacher Training) Programs Tuition-free undergraduate teaching-degree programs for prospective and in-service teachers in basic education, including delivery through the PARFOR program for working public school teachers.
• Tecnólogo (Technology) Programs Shorter-cycle technology degrees in agribusiness management and tourism and hospitality management for students seeking rapid professional qualification.
• Mestrado (Master's) Programs Tuition-free Master's degree programs in education, agroecology, public security, philosophy, and geography for graduate students and researchers, with CAPES Note 4 quality recognition.
• Doutorado (Doctoral) Programs Doctoral-level academic programs in science and mathematics education and in biodiversity and biotechnology for advanced researchers and graduate students.
• Especialização (Specialization) Programs Postgraduate specialization certificates for working professionals, with emphasis on Amazonian history, geography teaching, public law, language teaching, and philosophy of religion.
• NEaD Distance Learning Programs Moodle-based distance education delivering online and hybrid academic programs to working teachers and other students across Roraima.
• ComprasMatch AI Tool Artificial intelligence tool that processes procurement text data to match government purchase needs with suitable suppliers, designed to increase efficiency in public procurement processes.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Instituto Federal de Roraima (IFRR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership for Master's program in Education (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação - PPGE), offering academic master's positions for 2027.1 semester admission.
• Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for academic events including the debate on indigenous peoples and colonization processes. Jointly organized with PPGDS program for scholarly activities.
• Centre de Recherches sur le Brésil Colonial et Contemporain (CRBC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research partnership for studies on colonial and contemporary Brazil, participating in academic events on indigenous peoples and colonization.
• Institut des Hautes Études de l'Amérique Latine (IHEAL)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership for Latin American studies, collaborating on research events and publications.
• 1º Batalhão Logístico de SelvaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the extension project 'Liderança em Terreno Hostil: Decisões e Colaboração em Ambiente de Selva', providing jungle survival training for students. 19 students and 3 professors participated in the program.
• Universidade César Vallejo (UCV) - PeruminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership for academic exchange and research collaboration. Professor Dr. Ismar Borges de Lima participated as invited speaker at 4th International Tourism Congress.
• Universidad Nacional San Martín (UNSM) - PeruminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic cooperation partnership with Peruvian university for scientific collaboration, lectures, technical visits and institutional articulation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA): Federal university in Belém with strong research in Amazon biodiversity and indigenous studies, and an active research-collaboration partner of UERR. Comparable as a publicly funded Amazon-region research university with overlapping academic domains.
• Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA): Amazonas state university operating multi-campuses across the Brazilian Amazon with a broad portfolio of undergraduate and graduate programs. Highly comparable as a state-funded public university focused on Amazon-region higher education.
• Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA): Pará state university with multi-campus delivery, free tuition, and a mix of teacher-training and applied programs. Directly comparable as a multi-campus Brazilian state university serving an Amazonian population with the same gratuidade model.
• Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR): Federal university headquartered in the same city (Boa Vista) as UERR, offering overlapping undergraduate and graduate programs. Directly comparable as co-located public higher-education providers competing for the same regional student and faculty pool.
• Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM): Major federal university headquartered in Manaus serving the Amazon region with wide undergraduate and graduate offerings. Comparable as a publicly funded Amazon-region university competing for similar prospective students and researchers.
• Instituto Federal de Roraima (IFRR): Federal institute co-located in Roraima and an active partner running the joint Mestrado em Educação (PPGE) with UERR. Closely comparable as a public-sector higher-education provider offering technical, undergraduate, and graduate programs in the same state.

Broad incumbents

• Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC): Bahia state university with a wide portfolio of undergraduate and graduate programs. Comparable as a multi-program Brazilian state university funded through state-budget appropriations with a similar gratuidade model.
• Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF): Large federal university with broad graduate and research programs that serves as an academic-research collaboration partner for UERR. Comparable as a broad-scope federally funded university with mature research infrastructure.
• Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF): Rio de Janeiro state university offering multi-disciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs. Comparable as a Brazilian state university with free tuition, multi-campus graduate programs, and applied regional research.

Regional players

• Monash University: Australian research-intensive university with which UERR maintains an international academic-collaboration agreement. Comparable as a partner institution offering co-authorship, exchange, and joint-research pathways rather than as a same-market competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uerr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/VideosUERR
• Facebookfacebook.com/UERR.oficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/uerr.oficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universidade-estadual-de-roraima

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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