Bahia State University
Bahia State University (, UNEB) is a public university in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is the largest north eastern Brazilian university and one of the region's most prestigious educational institutions. The university was founded in 1983, regrouping already existing schools in the state of Bahia, such as the Technical Education Center of Bahia, the Faculty of Agronomy of the Middle San Francisco (Brazilian river), the Faculty of Teacher Training of Alagoinhas, the Faculty of Teacher Training of Jacobina, the Faculty of Teacher Training of Santo Antônio de Jesus, the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters  of Caetité and the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Juazeiro. The university has subsequently created new departments, becoming one of the largest institutions of higher education in Brazil, with approximately 50,000 students enrolled. Academics. Rankings. Quacquarelli Symonds uses its own methodology to carry out the study, with data collection in higher education institutions and to data provided by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED), which brings together 34 countries worldwide. The QS evaluates issues such as academic reputation - are applied 15,000 questionnaires with academic - employability reputation (evaluates the image with companies and government agencies employers of  graduates), titration of teachers, published articles, citations in academic papers, impact on internet in addition to the degree of participation and student satisfaction regarding the university. In this last criterion - participation and satisfaction of students - the UNEB even more highlights: Could maximum score (100 points) reaching the top position among the university in Brazil and the fourth place among the institutions in Latin America. "Our university has been reaching achievements that are relevant. This leading position is also the result of the participation and mobilization of the student segment, which has been fighting for a public university quality. The entire  university body is to be congratulated, but we can not accommodate us because we still have many more achievements ahead", said Marcelo Lemos, general coordinator of the Central Directory of Students (DCE) of UNEB. Research and postgraduate. The university also took the lead in Bahia in the issue citations in academic papers, leaving the Ufba second. Among the Latin institutions the UNEB figure in 31st place. According to the Dean of Graduate Studies (PPG), José Cláudio Rocha, the result shows the growth of the institution's investments in research. "The quality of work undertaken within the university is growing every  day. We are evolving much in the scientific literature and began to figure prominently in international studies, "celebrated José Cláudio. The ex-rector Lourisvaldo Valentim also held the prominent position of UNEB the ranking QS Top Universities, congratulating the joint efforts of the entire academic community in the 24 campuses of the university to this result. "We are all to be congratulated. Students, teachers, researchers, servers and managers, all contribute their part to this significant growth of our institution ", celebrated Valentim. The rector also highlighted some numbers that explain the development of UNEB, "Since 2006, we invested more than R  $ 35 million in research and strict post-graduate studies, increasing the number of masters and doctoral degrees, as well as enough enlarge the areas of research ". Currently the university has 200 research groups on all campuses totaling 1 200 researchers. In just over five years UNEB also jumped a sensu graduate strict 12 master's degrees and offered three doctorates.