Universidade Federal de Jataí (UFJ)

Universidade Federal de Jatai is a higher education institution located in the Brazilian city of Jatai. It has its roots with the Federal University of Goias established in 1980, but gained its current name in 2018.

There are around 3,000 undergraduate students admitted at one time, across the university’s two campuses: Riachuelo and Jatoba.

There are four main general areas of study at the university are agrarian, biology and health, sciences, and human studies. Across these areas, a range of degree programmes can be taken, ranging from chemistry to literature, pedagogy to animal science, forest engineering to medicine.

The city of Jatai is known for its agricultural production of goods including soybeans and rice, as well as poultry and cattle. There are several multinational companies located in the city as a result, including Nestle, Cosan and ADM. There are three universities in the city.