Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri

Diamantina, Brazil Public Website

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Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, commonly called UFVJM, is a public federal university based in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, with additional campuses in Teófilo Otoni, Janaúba, and Unaí. It became a university in 2005, building on an institutional history that began with Diamantina’s School of Dentistry in 1953. UFVJM provides undergraduate education, distance-learning options, and postgraduate programs through the doctoral level. Its academic footprint reflects its role in expanding public higher education beyond Brazil’s largest metropolitan centers, with teaching and research spanning health, agriculture, engineering, sciences, humanities, education, and applied professional fields. Prospective students should assess courses campus by campus because subject availability, student support, and local living arrangements differ substantially across the university’s locations. Portuguese is the normal language of instruction.

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Federal public university operating under the Brazilian government
Five campuses distributed across Diamantina, Teófilo Otoni, Janaúba, and Unaí
Created as UFVJM in 2005 from predecessor institutions dating to 1953
Active undergraduate enrollment confirmed for 2026

Student Life & Environment

Student experience varies by campus and municipality. UFVJM’s student-affairs office administers accessibility, inclusion, social-service support, and a set of assistance benefits intended primarily for students in socioeconomic vulnerability. Benefits listed across the university include maintenance, housing, accommodation, food, teaching-material, emergency, and inter-campus transport support, but the mix is campus-specific and places or payments are not automatic. Students must follow the relevant semester’s notice and complete a socioeconomic assessment. Diamantina has a university student residence for eligible, regularly enrolled, in-person undergraduates whose families live outside the city. Applications follow a published selection process, and demand should not be interpreted as a guarantee of accommodation. Other campuses use different forms of housing or accommodation assistance. UFVJM’s 2026 student-affairs pages also show active benefit calls and payment calendars. Academic life can extend beyond classes through research, extension, international mobility, and supervised practical work. Accessibility services include educational guidance and Portuguese–Libras translation or interpretation. Because facilities differ among the five campuses, prospective students should verify dining, transport, accessibility, sports, and study-space arrangements for their intended location before committing. In Diamantina, official 2026 material indicated that the Campus JK university restaurant was still under development, so students should not assume that a completed restaurant service is available there without checking the latest notice.

Location & Surroundings

UFVJM’s headquarters are in Diamantina, a municipality in Minas Gerais’s Jequitinhonha region. The city contains two distinct university sites: the historic Campus I and the larger Campus Juscelino Kubitschek. Students should confirm which site hosts their course because commuting patterns and nearby services may differ. The Diamantina student residence is at a separate address in the city. The university’s footprint extends well beyond its headquarters. Campus do Mucuri is in Teófilo Otoni in eastern Minas Gerais, while Janaúba serves the state’s northern region and Unaí lies in northwestern Minas Gerais. These are separate municipalities rather than branches within easy daily travel of Diamantina. A student’s selected program therefore determines not just a campus but a different local housing market and regional setting. This multicampus structure suits applicants interested in studying in inland Minas Gerais and in an institution oriented toward regional access and development. It also makes campus-level planning essential. Before enrolling, students should compare the exact teaching address, transport options, accommodation availability, climate, and distance from their support network for the municipality attached to their course.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UFVJM is a federal public university. Brazil’s Constitution establishes free public education in official institutions, so regular public degree study is not structured around the tuition charged by private universities. This does not make attendance cost-free: students remain responsible for housing, food, transport, materials, personal expenses, and any optional or exceptional administrative services. No reliable university-wide 2026 estimate of these living costs was identified, and expenses should be budgeted for the particular campus city rather than for Diamantina alone. UFVJM provides needs-based assistance through semester-specific selection. Depending on campus, listed support can include maintenance, housing or accommodation, food, teaching materials, emergency aid, and transport between university spaces. Eligibility requires socioeconomic evaluation, benefits vary by location, and applicants should not include an award in their financial plan until formally selected. Diamantina’s student residence is restricted to qualifying in-person undergraduates and has limited, competitively allocated places. Career preparation is principally course-based. Each undergraduate pedagogical plan determines whether an internship is required or optional and when it may begin. Under the university’s current regulations, internships require active enrollment, a signed commitment agreement, an activity plan, academic supervision, workplace supervision, and accident insurance. UFVJM supplies insurance for mandatory internships, while the host organization normally handles it for non-mandatory placements. The university publishes opportunities, but the sources reviewed do not support a university-wide placement rate, graduate salary, or named-employer claim.