Federal University of Santa Catarina

The Federal University of Santa Catarina is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.

Considered one of the leading universities in Brazil, UFSC is the 6th best university in Latin America in the ranking of Times Higher Education; the 23rd by QS World University Rankings, and was ranked as the 10th best institution of higher education in Latin America by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. In the annual ranking of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, it is the 6th best Brazilian university, with courses being among the ten best in the country.

The structure of its campus comprises 11 Academic Schools, divided by field of study. Every School is divided in departments, the largest one being the Department of Mechanical Engineering.