page_title: Federal University of Santa Catarina
section_title: Academic schools
hierarchical_section_title: Federal University of Santa Catarina / Academic schools
caption_attribution_description: Vue de l'intérieur du bâtiment regroupant les salles de cours du CTC de l'Université fédérale de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brésil.
context_page_description: The Federal University of Santa Catarina is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
  Considered one of the leading universities in Brazil, UFSC is the 9th best university in Latin America in the ranking of Times Higher Education; the 22nd by QS World University Rankings, and was ranked as the 10th best institution of higher education in Latin America by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. In the annual ranking of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, it is the 6th best Brazilian university, with a most courses being among the ten best in the country.
  The structure of its campus comprises 11 Academic Schools, divided by field of study. Every School is divided in departments, the largest one being the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The oldest school at UFSC is the School of Law. The Department of Law was the first of UFSC's departments to be officially recognized in 1932.
context_section_description: School of Agricultural Sciences – CCA
  School of Biological Sciences – CCB
  School of Communication and Arts – CCE
  School of Education – CED
  School of Health Sciences – CCS
  School of Law – CCJ
  School of Philosophy and Human Sciences – CFH
  School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences – CFM
  School of Sports – CDS
  School of Socio-Economic Sciences – CSE
  School of Technology – CTC
caption: School of Technology (CTC)
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