Federal University of Campina Grande
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The Federal University of Campina Grande (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG) is a public research university located in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. Together with the Federal University of Paraíba, it is the main university of the state of Paraíba. It was established after splitting from UFPB in 2002.
UFCG is one of the leading technological and scientific institutes of northeastern Brazil. It was mentioned in a 2001 edition of Newsweek magazine as a technopole - among 9 other around the world - that represents a new vision for technology. It was again quoted in 2003 as the Brazilian Silicon Valley. It is one of the five institutions to have a continuous international concept from the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (grade over 5) in the Electrical Engineering Postgraduate Program, and one of the two to simultaneously hold a concept of 5 stars in the Technological Department (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) from the Ministry of Education.
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