State University of Maranhão

Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
Other names	UEMA
Motto	scientia ad vitam(Latin for Science for Life)
Type	Public university
Established	Mar 27, 1987
Affiliation	ABRUEM, RENEX
Budget	R$ 209.886.197,36 (2014)
Rector	Prof. Gustavo Pereira
Students	23,518 (2015)[1]
Location	São Luís , Maranhão , Brazil 2°34′44″S 44°12′33″W / 2.5790232°S 44.2090497°W / -2.5790232; -44.2090497
Campus	Urban
Website	www.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 March 25, 1987, and is based in São Luís.^[2] 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).^[3] With more than 20 thousand students,^[4] the institution has 22 campuses and 25 university centers. In the university ranking, it ranks 157th in Brazil.^[5] The university rector is Gustavo Pereira da Costa.^[6]

History

UEMA had its origin in the Federation of Higher Schools of Maranhão (Federação das Escolas Superiores do Maranhão – FESM), created by Law 3,260, of August 22, 1972, to coordinate and integrate students from Maranhão higher education system. FESM, initially, was created by four higher education units: School of Administration, School of Engineering, School of Agronomy and Faculty of Caxias. In 1975, FESM incorporated the São Luís School of Veterinary Medicine and, in 1979, the Faculty of Education of Operators.^[7]

An FESM was transformed into the State University of Maranhão – UEMA, through Law No. 4,400, of December 30, 1981, and its operation was authorized by Federal Decree No. 94,143, of March 25, 1987, as a special regime Autarchy, legal entity of public law, in the multicampi modality. Initially, UEMA has three fields and seven teaching units:

• Basic Studies Unit;
• Engineering Studies Unit;
• Administration Studies Unit;
• Agronomy Studies Unit;
• Veterinary Medicine Studies Unit;
• Caxias Education Studies Unit;
• Imperatriz Education Studies Unit

UEMA was subsequently reorganized by Laws 5,921, of March 15, 1994, and 5,931, of April 22, 1994, amended by Law 6,663, of June 4, 1996. In principle, UEMA was linked to the State Secretariat of Education. After the administrative reform implemented by the State Government in 1999, SEDUC was transformed into the Human Development State Management – GDH.

UEMA was separated from the GDH by State Law No. 7,734, dated April 19, 2002, which provided for new changes in the Government's administrative structure, and became part of the State Planning and Management Department.

On January 31, 2003, with Law No. 7,844, the State underwent a new structural reorganization. The State System for Scientific and Technological Development was created, of which UEMA became part, and the university started to be linked to the State Management of Science, Technology, Higher Education and Technological Development – GECTEC, today, Secretary of State of Science, Technology, Higher Education and Technological Development – SECTECz

Campi

With its main campus in its own Cidade Universitária Paulo VI , the university maintains 19 training and study centers scattered across the state:

• Bacabal: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Bacabal – CESB
• Balsas: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Balsas – CESBA
• Barra do Corda: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Barra do Corda – CESBAC
• Caxias: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias – CESC
• Codó: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Codó – CESCD
• Coelho Neto: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Coelho Neto – CESCON
• Colinas: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Colinas – CESCO
• Coroatá: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Coroatá – CESCOR
• Grajaú: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Grajaú – CESGRA
• Itapecuru-Mirim: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Itapecuru-Mirim – CESITA
• Lago da Pedra: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Lago da Pedra – CESLAP
• Pedreiras: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Pedreiras – CESPE
• Pinheiro: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Pinheiro – CESPI
• Presidente Dutra: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Presidente Dutra – CESPD
• Santa Inês: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Santa Inês – CESSIN
• São João dos Patos: Centro de Estudos Superiores de São João dos Patos – CESJOP
• São Luís: Centro de Ciências Agrária – CCA, Centro de Ciências Sociais Applicadas – CCSA, Centro de Educação, Ciências Exatas e Naturais – CECEN, Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas – CCT
• Timon: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Timon – CESTI
• Zé Doca: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Zé Doca – CESZD

Libraries

The central library of the library network is in São Luís, the library system had a total of 61,598 different monographs, 4,500 electronic publications and around 1,400 journals in 2018.^[8]

Publications

Current publications: Anuário

• Universidade Estadual do Maranhão: Anuário. São Luís 2018 (PDF, 23,1 MB; Brazilian Portuguese).

References

External links

• Official website

See also

• List of state universities in Brazil
• Rankings of Universities in Brazil
• Universidade Federal do Maranhão
• Education in State of Maranhão