The Universidade Federal de São Paulo
(Unifesp) has its roots in 1933 when a
private medical school was founded. It
became a federal institution in 1956 and
a federal university in 1994. Now it holds
seven campuses (Baixada Santista, Diadema,
Guarulhos, Osasco, São José dos Campos, São
Paulo and Zona Leste) with 55 undergraduate
courses, 68 graduate programs, 1,600 faculty
members, 3,700 employees and 20,300
regular students.