The Araranguá Campus at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina is located in the city of Araranguá, in the southern coast of Santa Catarina state, 225 km away from Porto Alegre/RS and 214 km away from Florianópolis/SC.
The campus currently has two units: the Mato Alto Unit and the Jardim das Avenidas Unit. These are located in the Mato Alto and Jardim das Avenidas districts, respectively.
See how to get to each campus unit below.
How to get to Jardim das Avenidas Unit
How to get to Mato Alto Unit
..:: CAMPUS BYLAWS
NORMATIVE RESOLUTION No. 167/2022/CUn – Approves the Bylaws of the Araranguá Campus – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
..:: HISTORY OF THE CAMPUS
The UFSC Araranguá Campus was created in November 2008 by the Resolution no. 027/CUn/2008. In August 2009, its first undergraduate degree program – Information and Communication Technologies – was inaugurated, meeting the needs of the local labor market.
Less than one year later, in March 2010, the second degree program – Energy Engineering – began its activities. In the same year, the completion of the second construction phase of the first UFSC Araranguá building, in Mato Alto district, increased the physical structure and the perspective for the creation of new programs on campus.
The Araranguá Campus development was quick, following the growth of the city. In March 2011, two new undergraduate programs began their activities: Computer Engineering and Physiotherapy.
In addition to the undergraduate programs, from June 2014, the Araranguá Campus started offering graduate-level programs. The first to be created was the Master’s in Information and Communication Technologies, followed by the Master’s Programs in Physics Education (2014), Energy and Sustainability (2014), and Rehabilitation Sciences (2016).
With the increase in the number of students, faculty and staff, the Mato Alto building could not accommodate the university’s demands. Continuing its expansion plans, UFSC Araranguá rented a new building in Jardim das Avenidas.
The university activities are still integrated between the two campus units. Currently, the Jardim das Avenitas Building houses the Araranguá Campus’ graduate and undergraduate programs and the administrative units. The Mato Alto Unit houses several research and outreach laboratories.
The year 2018 was a milestone for UFSC and the Araranguá community and region. On 3 April 2018, the city’s anniversary, the Federal Official Gazette published an ordinance (no. 239) authorizing the establishment of the Medicine Program at UFSC-Araranguá, consolidating UFSC presence in the region and fulfilling a long-term dream of the southern Santa Catarina people.
Today, UFSC Araranguá is proud to house the School of Sciences, Technology and Health, with around 1300 students, 150 staff members and 30 indirect employees.
..:: MISSION AND PRINCIPLES
UFSC’s Mission
The university’s mission is to produce, systematize, and socialize philosophical, scientific, artistic, and technological knowledge, broadening and deepening students’ education for professional practice, critical thinking, and national and international solidarity with a view to building a just and democratic society and also guaranteeing quality of life.
Araranguá Campus
Mission
The mission of the Araranguá Campus is to generate, socialize and apply knowledge through teaching, research and outreach, innovating in the education of citizens and contributing to the regional sustainable development.
Principles
– Ethics;
– Excellence;
– Respect for Differences;
– Commitment;
– Cooperation;
– Effectiveness;
– Social Responsibility.
..:: CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION
Director: Prof. Eugênio Simão
+55 48 3721- 2198
Vice-Director: Prof. Anderson Luiz Fernandes Perez
+55 48 3721-2198
Administrative Director: Luana Vargas Raupp da Silva
dadm.ara@contato.ufsc.br
+55 48 3721-7161
