Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES
speciality: Engineering

One of the best universities in Espírito Santo. Very good professors and good amount of labs for STEM programs (i.e. engineering courses).

The university itself is somewhat old, so some of the infrastructure could be improved. The program itself also is a bit old. For instance, in the only programming course from my graduation we were taught Fortran, which is definitely not a go-to language nowadays.

The Restaurante Universitário helps a lot with affordable food options. The university is well located and easily accessibly through public transportation.

Another plus is the presence of a language school inside of the university, for students that want to learn other languages.

The university has its advantages in large-scale medical studies, but what I didn’t like was that it didn’t offer “data science,” which was something I wanted to do. However, I delved into the IT field so as not to stray too far from my goal.