Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paran¨¢ (Unioeste)

The State University of Western Paran¨¢ or Universidade Estatual do Oeste do Parana is usually known as Unioeste. It is a public university in 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn Brazilian border state serving 바카라사이트 region which includes 바카라사이트 ¡®Triple Frontier¡¯ with Paraguay and Argentina and 바카라사이트 famed Iguacu Falls, rated as one of 바카라사이트 "Seven Natural Wonders of 바카라사이트 World".

It was formed in 1987 by 바카라사이트 merger of municipal institutions in Cascavel, Foz de Iguacu, Toledo and Marechal Candido Rondon, of which 바카라사이트 oldest and largest was Fecivel in Cascavel, founded in 1972. Recognised as a university in 1994, it created a fifth campus at Francisco Beltrao in 1998 and incorporated 바카라사이트 Cascavel Regional Hospital as a medical school in 2000.

The headquarters and largest campus remain at Cascavel, a modern city which owes its mild climate to being 815m above sea level and has tripled in population to more than 300,000 since 바카라사이트 foundation of Fecivel. Higher education has been among 바카라사이트 engines of growth, with 바카라사이트 establishment during this time of several private institutions.

Unioeste was ranked seventh among 바카라사이트 36 Brazilian universities assessed in 2017 under 바카라사이트 Ministry for Education¡¯s General Course Index. Academic initiatives in 2018 include 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 Nucleo Maria de Penha, a multidisciplinary centre focused on tackling violence against women.

More than 90 per cent of Unioeste students come from 바카라사이트 state of Paran¨¢. This makes 바카라사이트 announcement of 바카라사이트 list of successful applicants for places a major local event, which in 2017 was accompanied by a university-sponsored street festival in Cascavel¡¯s Avenida Brasil.