Universidade Federal de Jataí

What Universidade Federal de Jataí does

Universidade Federal de Jataí (UFJ) is a public federal university located in Jataí, Goiás, Brazil, established as an autonomous institution on March 20, 2018, by federal law (PLC 7/2018). UFJ originated as CÂMPUS Avançado de Jataí (CAJ), an interiorization outpost of Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) founded in 1980, and evolved through successive reorganizations (CAJ 1980-2005, CÂMPUS Jataí 2005-2014, Regional Jataí 2014-2018) before achieving autonomy. The institution serves undergraduate and graduate students in the Southwest Goiás region through Brazil's centralized SiSU national selection system, admitting approximately 1,080 students annually across 25 undergraduate programs spanning agricultural sciences, biological and health sciences, exact sciences, human sciences, linguistics, letters, and arts. It also operates 10 stricto sensu graduate programs (9 master's including Law, implemented in 2024, and 1 doctoral in Geography) plus 4 lato sensu specializations.

UFJ operates a standard academic technology infrastructure including the SIGAA academic management system, SEI electronic information system, SophiA institutional software, an independent Portal UFJ web portal (launched 2024), and an integrated SiSU UFJ admissions portal. Specialized service units include the Veterinary Hospital (Hospital Veterinário), the Physiotherapy Teaching Clinic (Clínica de Fisioterapia), the Language Center (Centro de Línguas), the university library system (Bibliotecas UFJ), a Legal Practice Center (Núcleo de Prática Jurídica), and an Internationalization Office (Escritório de Internacionalização). The institution employs 314 staff and is led by its first elected Rector, Christiano Peres Coelho, alongside Vice-Rector Alana Flávia Romani, for the 2024-2027 term.

UFJ's business model is entirely government-funded: it charges no tuition to any student, with all operating revenue derived from direct budget allocations from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC). There is no tuition revenue, no enterprise customer base, no private capital, no commercial pricing structure, and no venture or private equity ownership. The institution functions as a state entity serving a defined regional mandate for higher education access, scientific research, and community extension in Southwest Goiás, with revenue predictability tied directly to federal budget cycles and policy continuity.

Name

Universidade Federal de Jataí

Legal name

Universidade Federal de Jataí

Website

https://portalufj.jatai.ufg.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Universidade Federal de Jataí is a public federal university in Jataí, Goiás, Brazil, offering free undergraduate and graduate education across 25 programs to students in the Southwest Goiás region, funded entirely by Brazil's Ministry of Education.

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Public university programs
• Undergraduate degree programs
• Graduate research programs
• Academic extension services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jataí

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Government Funding: As a federal public university, UFJ is funded entirely by the Brazilian federal government through the Ministry of Education (MEC). There is no direct revenue generation from tuition as education is free for all students.

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Core offering

Universidade Federal de Jataí is a Brazilian public federal university that provides tuition-free higher education, including 25 undergraduate degree programs, graduate master's and doctoral programs, and specialization (lato sensu) courses. It also delivers public-service offerings such as a veterinary hospital, a physiotherapy clinic, a language center, and library services to the regional community of southwest Goiás.

Product overview

Universidade Federal de Jataí operates a comprehensive institutional portal ecosystem comprising the main Portal UFJ website, the SiSU admissions system integrated with Brazil's Ministry of Education, academic management systems (Sigaa, SophiA), document management (SEI UFJ), library services, and specialized clinical service units including a veterinary hospital, physiotherapy clinic, and language center. The university offers 25 undergraduate programs and multiple graduate programs (stricto sensu and lato sensu).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Degree Programs

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Scale indicators5 records

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Direct peers

• Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar): An interior-based multi-campus federal university in São Paulo state with strong research output and graduate program depth. Comparable in federal funding structure and free tuition model, with a similar regional development orientation.
• Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU): Another interior Brazilian federal university with a multi-campus model serving a regional population in Minas Gerais. Similar profile of broad academic offerings, free tuition, and MEC funding, with comparable scale and mission.
• Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM): An interior-based federal university in Minas Gerais with origins in the federal interiorization policy, similar to UFJ's history. Comparable scale, free tuition, and regional service mission make it a strong structural peer.
• Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG): The parent institution from which UFJ was spun off in 2018. UFG operates multiple campuses across Goiás state and shares governance, administrative systems (Sigaa, SophiA), and academic lineage with UFJ, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS): A multi-campus federal university in Brazil's Center-West region with comparable program breadth (undergraduate, master's, doctoral) and a similar regional development mandate, operating under the same MEC funding model.
• Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA): A federal university in Minas Gerais with strong programs in agricultural sciences and a similar interior-city setting. Operates under the same MEC funding model with free tuition and a comparable mission of regional development.
• Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV): A federally funded Brazilian university with a strong agricultural sciences and regional development focus, mirroring UFJ's program emphasis. While larger and more research-intensive, it shares the public federal university model and interior location characteristics.

Regional players

• Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG): The state-level public university serving Goiás with multiple campuses across the state, including presence in Jataí. While state-funded rather than federally funded, it competes for the same student population and offers overlapping programs in the same geography.
• Instituto Federal Goiano (IF Goiano): A federal network of technical and higher education institutions in Goiás state, with campuses near Jataí. While focused on technical/vocational education rather than full university programs, it competes for similar student demographics and shares the federal public funding model.

Broad incumbents

• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC Goiás): The largest private university in Goiás, offering competing undergraduate and graduate programs in the same region. While tuition-based rather than publicly funded, it directly competes for students in Goiânia and the broader Goiás catchment area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/universidadefederal-jatai

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Profiles2 records

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