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UFOP rises 17 positions in ranking of universities in Latin America

The annual ranking of universities around the world, carried out by the British magazine “Times Higher Education”, ranked Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) #59 among 177 institutions from 13 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. UFOP was ranked #59 in the current ranking of Universities in Latin America,...

UFOP begins its offer of the courses through the International Virtual Mobility Program "Destination: Brazil."

On July 13th, UFOP began to offer extension courses that are part of the International Virtual Mobility Program "Destination: Brazil," promoted by the National Association of Directors of Federal Brazilian Higher Education Institutions (ANDIFES) < https://www.destinobrasil-andifes.org >. For six weeks, participants...

Registrations open for ANDIFES International Virtual Mobility Program - Destination: Brazil

The virtual courses provided through ANDIFES International Virtual Mobility Program - Destination: Brazil, offered by several universities in the country, are now available for application. The Program is an initiative of the National Association of Directors of Federal Brazilian Higher Education Institutions (ANDIFES)...

UFOP signs the first Cooperation Agreement with China

On May 18, in a virtual ceremony, the Rector of UFOP, Prof. Cláudia Aparecida Marliére de Lima, signed the Cooperation Agreement between the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto and 河北地质大学 - Hebei Geo University (HGU), the first agreement between UFOP and China. The agreement envisions the mobility of students, professors,...

Software developed by UFOP and Harvard ensures monitoring of vaccination in USA

U.S. Secretary of Defense/Wikipedia Commons The FDA's Sentinel Initiative is a set of efforts that aimed at identifying and evaluating the safety of medicines, which has already established a new protocol to monitorate adverse events during vaccination against COVID-19 in the USA. To do so, it will use statistical software...

Chinese Bridge Online annual edition finished with intense participation of UFOP members

Hebei Normal University and the Confucius Institute organized Chinese Bridge Online in its first virtual edition. In previous years, the event was held through face-to-face competitions in China, when participants from several countries gathered for challenges against each other. However, the 2021 edition was changed to an...

UFOP researchers propose the use of bioinformatics to identify and counteract antigens from the new coronavirus

The technique is applied to identify in the genome of pathogens (such as Sars-Cov-2) possible antigenic targets for potential vaccines against viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases. This is how the professor of the School of Pharmacy and researcher of the Center of Research in Biological Sciences (Nupeb) of the Federal...

Professor from the Department of Economics participates in international event

The Economic History Workshop is an international event organized by a group of professors from institutions of different countries. Created in 2013, the event gathers and debates works of economical and historical analysis that intensively use primary sources, both quantitative and qualitative, regardless of the period...

UFOP Researchers participate in Scientific Panel for the Amazon

The Scientific Panel for the Amazon (SPA), coordinated by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), aims to discuss sustainable solutions for the Amazon through a scientific evaluation of the state of the various ecosystems in the region, the causes and tendencies of climate change and the land use. The last...

UFOP celebrates its 51st anniversary!

Today, August 21st, Federal University of Ouro Preto celebrates its 51st anniversary. Founded from the junction of the century-old and traditional School of Pharmacy and School of Mines, the institution currently offers programs in the most diverse areas of knowledge, with campuses in Ouro Preto, Mariana and João Monlevade...