Federal University of the São Francisco Valley
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco | |
Other names | UNIVASF |
|---|---|
| Type | Public university |
| Established | June 27, 2002 |
| Rector | Paulo César Fagundes Neves |
| Students | 6,211 (2019) |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Five campuses across the São Francisco River Valley region in states of Pernambuco, Bahia and Piauí |
| Website | www.univasf.edu.br |
The Federal University of the São Francisco Valley (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, UNIVASF) is a publicly funded university serving the São Francisco Valley in the states of Pernambuco, Bahia and Piauí in Brazil. It is headquartered in Petrolina and has campuses in the municipalities of Juazeiro, Senhor do Bonfim, and Paulo Afonso, Bahia; Petrolina, and Salgueiro Pernambuco; and São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí. In 2019, the university enrolled a total of 6,211 students across all campuses in 31 programs of study.
In 2019, Folha de São Paulo ranked UNIVASF 106th nationally, with its animal science program ranked in the top 25.