History of UFRA

Hiatory of UFRA

The UFRA has marked its origin in the School of Agronomy of Amazon, created in 1945, which was born with the purpose of preparing agronomists of the North of Brazil, It started operating in 1951, and already in the 1960 consolidated as a training institution for Human Resources in Agricultural Sciences.

It has had a vocation to promote exchanges, being the first university institution to practice expanding its area of operation. The School began to receive students from other Latin American countries like Venezuela, Honduras, Peru and Colombia.

In 1972 the School of Agronomy Amazon was called Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Pará (FCAP) in order to better meet the demand for training human resources in the Amazon. In 1974, FCAP was created in the first veterinary hospital in the northern region.

After five decades of history, in 2002, the decree that transformed the FCAP in Federal Rural University of Amazonia was signed. And from then UFRA has been growing and expanding their areas of expertise.

Currently the institution offers undergraduate courses in Management, Agronomy, Biology, Accounting, Computer Science, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Cartographic Engineering and Surveying, Fishing Engineering, Production Engineering, Forestry Engineering, Computer Science, Literature – Sign Language, Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science and Information Systems.

In addition to the 16 courses, UFRA has graduate Programs in the areas of Agricultural Sciences, Tropical Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources, Forestry Sciences, Animal Production and Health, Life Sciences, Applied to Agricultural Biotechnology.The UFRA headquarters is located in Belém - PA, on the river Guamá, and also has five campuses in the state, they are: Paragominas, Paraupebas, Capitão Poço, and Capanema Tomé-Acu.