Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro
The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro is a public university located in the city of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formerly FMTM and transformed into a university in 2005 by a federal government decree.
The courses currently taught are: Agronomy, Biomedicine, Biological Sciences, Field Education, Physical Education, Nursing, Physics, Physiotherapy, Geography, History, Linguistics, Mathematics, Medicine, Nutrition, Psychology, Chemistry, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical engineering.
Introduction
The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro is a Federal Institution of Higher Education. It was founded on May 27, 1953, under the name of Triângulo Mineiro Medical School. Following the success and national and international recognition in the training of physicians, the FMTM served as the basis for the creation of Nursing and Biomedicine courses and later in the creation of UFTM. It has its headquarters in Rua Frei Paulino nº 30, Abadia neighborhood, in Uberaba.The UFTM has a total area of 108,889.41m², 27,494.44m² of the Hospital of Clinics of UFTM.
The university presents an area of influence in the region of Triângulo Mineiro and today it sees its area of influence extended, extending to the interior of São Paulo, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
The teaching provided by UFTM has been recognized as quality due to its scientific maturation, the progressive qualification of its faculty, investments in research and extension activities aimed at meeting the needs and aspirations of the local community and the region.
There has always been a growing interest in UFTM to carry out the indissociability of teaching, research and extension, and in its 50 years of existence the UFTM has been outstanding in the research area, with its concerns aimed at solving local and regional problems. In this sense, it has dedicated special attention to Chagas disease, Schistosomiasis, Leishmaniasis and other common tropical diseases in the region.
Brief history of UFTM
Traditional in the health study, the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, former Faculty of Medicine of Triângulo Mineiro, was founded in 1953, obtaining authorization for the operation of the Medical Course from 1954. Since its foundation, it has developed in the aspects quantitative and qualitative, creating and operating, as of 1989, the Undergraduate Nursing, and from 2000 the Graduate Course in Biomedicine, baccalaureate. In 2006, the Undergraduate Courses in Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy and Licentiate in Portuguese / Spanish and Portuguese / English Literature were implemented. In 2009, undergraduate courses in Biological Sciences, Physical Education, Physics, Geography, History, Mathematics, Chemistry, Social Work were implemented. In 2010, undergraduate courses in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering were implemented.The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro offers, at the Lato Sensu Postgraduate level, nineteen Medical Residency Programs in various specialties and two Specialization courses. At the undergraduate level Strito Sensu, he created in 1987 the Postgraduate Master's Degree in Human Pathology and now offers Master's and Doctorate in Pathology and in Tropical Medicine and Infectology. Since 1987, it has been offered the Course of Perfection in Tropical Medicine with 10 vacancies annually, where students from all over Latin America are received. Due to the high demand and seeking to materialize its proposal to expand teaching activities in the health area, in 1990 the UFTM obtained authorization to create the Cefores - Special Health Training Center, with the objective of training technicians to work in the currently offering five technical courses.
Chronological facts
1953 - Foundation - authorization to operate the Undergraduate Medical Course1960 - Federalization
1972 - Official start of lato sensu
1980 - Official Home of the Medical Residence
1982 - Inauguration of Teaching Hospital
1987 - Beginning of the stricto sensu
1989 - Creation of the Undergraduate Nursing Course
1990 - Implementation of CEFORES, Special Health Training Center
1999 - Creation of the Undergraduate Course in Biomedicine
2005 - Transformation at Federal University of the Triângulo Mineiro
2006 - Implantation of five new courses
2008 - Implementation of the Psychology Undergraduate course
2009 - Implementation of eight new courses
2010 - Implantation of seven new courses
2012 - Implementation of the Interdisciplinary Field Education Course
Courses offered
UFTM offers undergraduate, postgraduate and stricto sensu courses, technical and vocational courses, organizes various events. UFTM libraries are available for book lending for the entire UFTM internal community and the external community.GRADUATION - CAMPI UBERABA
The UFTM made available in 2012, 1,354 places in the 25 undergraduate courses:
- Biomedicine
- Biological Sciences - Bachelor's Degree
- Field Education - Bachelor's Degree
- Physical Education - Bachelor
- Nursing
- Environmental engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Food Engineering
- Production engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Physics - Bachelor
- Physiotherapy
- Geography - Bachelor
- History - Degree
- Linguistics - Hab. Portuguese English
- Linguistics - Hab. Portuguese Spanish
- Mathematics - Bachelor
- Medicine
- Nutrition
- Psychology
- Chemistry - Bachelor's degree
- Social service
- Occupational therapy
- Agronomy
- Biological Sciences - Bachelor's Degree
- Chemistry - Bachelor's degree