Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

State University of Maranhão
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
Other names
UEMA
Mottoscientia ad vitam(Latin for Science for Life)
TypePublic university
EstablishedDez 30, 1981
AffiliationABRUEM, RENEX
BudgetR$ 209.886.197,36 (2014)
RectorProf. Walter Canales
Students23,518 (2015)
Location, ,
2°34′44″S 44°12′33″W / 2.5790232°S 44.2090497°W / -2.5790232; -44.2090497
CampusUrban
Websitewww.uema.br

Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA, English: State University of Maranhão) is a public state university in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It was founded on Dezember 30, 1981, and is based in São Luís. In addition to the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), it was the second university in the state. In September 2016, part of it was dismembered for creation of a third, the newly founded Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão (UEMASUL). With more than 20 thousand students, the institution has 22 campuses and 25 university centers. In the university ranking, it ranks 157th in Brazil. The university rector is Walter Canales Sant' Ana.