Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão | |
Other names | UEMA |
|---|---|
| Motto | scientia ad vitam(Latin for Science for Life) |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | Dez 30, 1981 |
| Affiliation | ABRUEM, RENEX |
| Budget | R$ 209.886.197,36 (2014) |
| Rector | Prof. Walter Canales |
| Students | 23,518 (2015) |
| Location | , , 2°34′44″S 44°12′33″W / 2.5790232°S 44.2090497°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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.