Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro-UFRRJ

What Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro-UFRRJ does

UFRRJ (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian federal public university headquartered in Seropédica, with additional campuses in Três Rios, Nova Iguaçu, and Campos dos Goytacazes. The institution delivers free undergraduate, graduate, and technical education with an emphasis on agricultural sciences, rural development, and sustainability, and serves prospective and enrolled students, researchers, faculty, and community-extension beneficiaries across Rio de Janeiro state. Admission is channeled primarily through the SISU national unified selection system, which provides a broad, nation-wide intake funnel.

The university's central technological asset is SIGAA (Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Atividades Acadêmicas), an integrated academic activity management platform that consolidates enrollment, teaching, research, extension, library services, and digital document issuance into a single administrative stack, supported by COTIC (Coordenadoria de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação). Additional digital capabilities include a digital diploma issuance system and a library acquisition system, which together form the operational backbone of the institution's academic services.

UFRRJ operates a non-commercial business model: no tuition is charged to students, and the institution is funded by the Brazilian federal government through the Ministry of Education (MEC). Consequently, revenue mechanics differ fundamentally from typical corporate entities, with operational funding flowing from government appropriations rather than market-based transactions. The institution has expanded its academic portfolio to include Data Science at the Três Rios campus and Computer Science at the Nova Iguaçu campus, signaling a partial diversification beyond its traditional agricultural core.

Name

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro-UFRRJ

Legal name

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Website

https://sigaa.ufrrj.br

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UFRRJ is a Brazilian federal public university headquartered in Seropédica with campuses in Três Rios, Nova Iguaçu, and Campos dos Goytacazes, delivering free undergraduate, graduate, and technical education focused on agricultural sciences and rural development, supported by the SIGAA integrated academic management platform.

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAAAI

Public Research Universities with Multi-Campus Systems

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

Keywords

• Higher education
• Agricultural sciences
• Research university
• Graduate programs
• Extension services

Headquarters

HQ city

Seropédica

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

UFRRJ is a Brazilian public federal university that delivers tuition-free higher education across undergraduate, graduate (Stricto Sensu Master's/Doctorate and Lato Sensu specialization), and technical levels, with specialized focus on agricultural sciences, veterinary sciences, biological sciences, forestry, and technology. Academic operations are managed through SIGAA, an integrated platform covering teaching, research, extension activities, library services, and digital diploma issuance.

Product overview

UFRRJ operates SIGAA (Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Atividades Acadêmicas), a unified academic management platform that integrates multiple functional areas including undergraduate and graduate education, scientific research, university extension programs, library services, technical courses, and digital services for the university community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Education Programs
• Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs
• Lato Sensu Specialization Programs

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidade de Brasília (UnB): Federal public research university operating multiple campuses in the Federal District. Comparable as a federal public university with multi-campus structure, although its geographic footprint is more centralized than UFRRJ's distributed Rio de Janeiro state model.
• Universidade de São Paulo (USP): Largest Brazilian public research university with multi-campus operations across São Paulo state. Comparable as a multi-campus public research university, but far broader in scope and significantly larger than UFRRJ.
• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS): Federal public research university with multi-campus operations in Rio Grande do Sul. Comparable federal structure and academic breadth, though with stronger technology and engineering emphasis than UFRRJ.
• Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA): Multi-campus federal research university in Bahia with broad academic offerings and significant graduate research output. Comparable in federal funding model and multi-campus public university scale.
• Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC): Federal public research university in southern Brazil with multi-campus structure and strong graduate program portfolio. Comparable as a multi-campus federal university serving a defined state geography.
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG): Major multi-campus federal research university covering the full spectrum of academic fields. Comparable in federal funding model and multi-campus scale, though more generalist than UFRRJ's agricultural focus.
• Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR): One of Brazil's oldest federal universities with multiple campuses and a broad program mix. Comparable in federal funding model, multi-campus structure, and use of standardized academic platforms.

Direct peers

• Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA): Minas Gerais-based federal university with concentrated focus on agriculture, food science, and engineering. Closely matches UFRRJ's applied agricultural orientation and federal funding model.
• Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV): Leading Brazilian federal university with deep specialization in agricultural sciences, forestry, and veterinary sciences. Highly comparable to UFRRJ's agronomy, forestry, and veterinary institutes and its rural-development orientation.
• Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ): Brazil's largest federal university, also based in Rio de Janeiro state and using the SIGAA platform. Directly comparable as a multi-campus federal public research university funded by MEC with similar governance and program mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universidade-federal-rural-do-rio-de-janeiro-ufrrj

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