State University of Goiás

The State University of Goiás (UEG) is a public multicampus university in the State of Goiás, established by State Law No. 13,456 of April 16, 1999.

Under the terms of its Statute, approved by State Decree No. 9,593 of January 17, 2020, and its General Regulations, approved by its University Council, UEG is an institution dedicated to teaching, research, and extension activities for scientific and technological purposes. It is cultural and educational in nature and is public, tuition-free, and secular. UEG is an autonomous agency of the executive branch of the State of Goiás, with academic and scientific, administrative, financial, and asset-management autonomy, pursuant to Article 207 of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Article 161 of the Constitution of the State of Goiás, and State Law No. 18,971 of July 23, 2015. It is governed by its Statute, General Regulations, and supplementary rules.

UEG is headquartered in the municipality of Anápolis, Goiás, and its academic presence is organized across eight regions of the state through in-person campuses and university units (UnU), as well as distance education centers (EaD). This presence extends to every microregion of Goiás defined by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). As the only state public university in Goiás, UEG has a strategic role in expanding access to public higher education throughout the state’s interior, along with the conditions, processes, and outcomes associated with it. It also promotes scientific and technological development and innovation at the local level within the state’s municipalities.

As it approaches the celebration of its silver jubilee, these characteristics reinforce UEG’s profile as a State Public Institution of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, dedicated to meeting and responding—locally and regionally—to the demand for highly qualified professionals needed for the development of the municipalities of Goiás.

The State University of Goiás (UEG) is a public multicampus university in the State of Goiás, established by State Law No. 13,456 of April 16, 1999.
Under the terms of its Statute, approved by State Decree No. 10,603 of December 16, 2024, and its General Regulations, approved by its University Council, UEG is an institution dedicated to teaching, research, and extension activities for scientific and technological purposes. It is cultural and educational in nature and is public, tuition-free, and secular.

UEG is an autonomous agency of the executive branch of the State of Goiás, with academic and scientific, administrative, financial, and asset-management autonomy, pursuant to Article 207 of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Article 161 of the Constitution of the State of Goiás, and State Law No. 18,971 of July 23, 2015. It is governed by its Statute, General Regulations, and supplementary rules.

To achieve its objectives, UEG is guided by the following principles: respect for freedom of thought and expression, without discrimination of any kind; the universality of knowledge; equal opportunities to access, participate in, and remain engaged in teaching, research, and extension activities; ideological and academic pluralism; the inseparability of teaching, research, and extension activities; democracy and transparency in governance; the democratization of education, culture, and scientific and technological research, as well as the sharing of their benefits; the defense of peace, democracy, human rights, and environmental commitments; compliance with applicable legislation and the principles governing public administration; and unified operation as a university across its various campuses.

These characteristics reinforce UEG’s profile as a State Public Institution of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, dedicated to meeting and responding—locally and regionally—to the demand for highly qualified professionals needed for the development of the municipalities of Goiás.