Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (reviews)

The course curriculum is good (Department of Literature), but it lacks more ways to insert students into the job market. The classes are too focused on those who want to pursue an academic career, which hurts students who would like to follow other paths in the profession.

The buildings are not well-maintained, but it’s understandable given the lack of federal funding in recent years. The professors and staff do the best they can.

This university has a reputation for being the best in Brazil, something I partly agree with, the top professionals really did come from there, but there is a massive lack of resources that is obvious to anyone taking classes there: crumbling buildings, and courses lacking their own classrooms and having to use facilities belonging to other departments. The campuses themselves are really nice, though—I have no complaints about that.

UFRJ – Fundão is far from every neighborhood in the city, except Ilha do Governador. The campus is ugly and dirty. The professors miss classes every month. It is one of the best Universities in Brazil only on paper, because the students experiences say the opposite.

Subjects are good, more focused on research than private market. But student enterprises and initiatives complement, introduce and develop the students that want a more private career. It’s in the best campus and building of UFRJ, well located.